September 2023 release of new Exchange Server CVEs (resolved by August 2023 Security Updates)

You may have noticed there were several new Exchange Server CVEs that were released today (a part of September 2023 ‘Patch Tuesday’). If you haven’t yet, you can go to the Security Update Guide and filter on Exchange Server under Product Family to revi… Continue reading September 2023 release of new Exchange Server CVEs (resolved by August 2023 Security Updates)

Malware distributor Storm-0324 facilitates ransomware access

The threat actor that Microsoft tracks as Storm-0324 is a financially motivated group known to gain initial access using email-based initial infection vectors and then hand off access to compromised networks to other threat actors. These handoffs frequently lead to ransomware deployment. Beginning in July 2023, Storm-0324 was observed distributing payloads using an open-source tool […]

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FP2: Fully In-Place Functional Programming provides memory reuse for pure functional programs 

This research paper was presented at the 28th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Functional Programming (opens in new tab) (ICFP), a premier forum for discussing design, implementations, principles, and uses of functional programming. Functional programming languages offer a host of advantages, such as ensuring memory safety (opens in new tab) and eliminating arbitrary side effects. […]

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Data Security Exploit Real Crime Case + How Microsoft Purview is Designed to Detect & Respond

Detect and prevent data security incidents with Microsoft Purview. Combine data classification with proactive and adaptive data loss prevention policies aligned to the assessed insider risk level for a multi-layered approach. 
 

 
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Announcing the general availability of new Azure burstable virtual machines

Today, we are announcing the general availability of the latest generations of Azure Burstable virtual machine (VM) series – the new Bsv2, Basv2, and Bpsv2 VMs based on the Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8370C, AMD EPYC™ 7763v, and Ampere® Altra® Arm-based proc… Continue reading Announcing the general availability of new Azure burstable virtual machines