Everything You Need to Know About Windows — April 2018

This month, Windows 10 goes on a diet, the April Update is delayed, and Project Honolulu reaches general availability as the Windows Admin Center.

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Hackers Exploit Right-to-Left Override Bug in Telegram to Distribute Malware

Hackers have exploited a bug in how Telegram’s Windows messaging client displays file names that contain a right-to-left override (RLO) character, to infect users with malware. The RLO character, represented by “U+202E” in Unicode, in… Continue reading Hackers Exploit Right-to-Left Override Bug in Telegram to Distribute Malware

Do You Need Third-Party Antimalware in Windows?

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In today’s Ask the Admin, we discuss whether it’s necessary to use third-party antimalware in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 on your company’s PCs.

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Fancy Bear Adopts New DDE Attack Against Microsoft Office

Russian cyberespionage group Fancy Bear is using a recently publicized technique that abuses a legitimate Microsoft Office feature to create documents that can install malware. For the past several years the most common method of embedding malicious co… Continue reading Fancy Bear Adopts New DDE Attack Against Microsoft Office

Windows Defender Exploit Guard Replaces EMET in Fall Creators Update

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at the technical details of how Windows Defender Exploit Guard will replace the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) in Windows 10.

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Microsoft Will Host Windows 10 Security Related Ask Microsoft Anything Event on 21 June

Tune in to this online event to learn about the various security enhancements and features that are packed into Windows 10.

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Microsoft Will Host Windows 10 Security Related Ask Microsoft Anything Event on 21 June

Tune in to this online event to learn about the various security enhancements and features that are packed into Windows 10.

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Try out new features in the Windows Defender ATP Service with a Creators Update Trial

One area that is getting a lot of attention in the upcoming Creators Update feature upgrade is added security and for Office 365 subscribers that means an improved Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection service.

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Resource: Learn all about Windows Defender and Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection

This workshop will show you how Microsoft protects devices within their organization using technologies built into Windows 10 and Microsoft Azure.

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