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…packed week, with a lot of exciting things from Apple, Drama from Microsoft and security becoming an increasingly bigger problem in our lives. There is also an interesting story from First Digital doing Native Marketing using AI. You can find Last Week's TOP STORIES #87 here. Col…

…review your Teams usage, especially Teams Phone, included with your E5 license. Security KnowBe4 impersonated by bad guys This takes it up a notch! A customer of KnowBe4 successfully blocked an attempt to phish them by sending mail purporting to be from KnowBe4 to click on a link…

…h Africa qualified to deliver Fortinet’s complete range of solutions of managed security, cloud- based services, and full integration. FirstNet has one of the largest Forti-analyser deployments in the country. 9 certified Fortinet engineers are employed full-time (2 of which hav…

…atch makes an important point that though Microsoft will no longer be releasing security patches, the software does not stop working. You can read more here about how long they think you can keep using it for. It is still really important to consider your options NOW and start pl…

…de which is sure to include a hardware refresh or upgrade in some form as well. SecuritySecurity File Hosting services used in email attacksFile Hosting services used in email attacks Microsoft has warned of an attack that uses legitimate file hosting services to deliver files in…

…24 begins rolling out As it is an on-premise LTSC edition, it will only receive security patches for 5 years and excludes Teams and Publisher (which is being retired). Directions on Microsoft has a nice summary of the release here. SecuritySecurity CrowdStrike Aftermath Lessons l…

… announced that this special flavour of O365E1 is available. It adds additional security and management features and is, of course, available with and without Teams. Pricing and SKU details will be available for Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia on October 1, 2024 and only fo…

…released with improvements Microsoft is now trying again to release Recall with security features based on user feedback. Microsoft is now prioritising security, making it opt-in-only, with added encryption layers, and requires Windows Hello for access. You can read a great summa…

… exploring all options when buying new licenses, especially perpetual licenses. SecuritySecurity Critical Flaws stopped by Patch TuesdayCritical Flaws stopped by Patch Tuesday Again, Microsoft has released several patches for some pretty serious vulnerabilities—SEVEN rated as cr…

…s the issues that may become a real problem in the future if not addressed now. SecuritySecurity CrowdStrike - lessons learnt (reading the fine print)CrowdStrike - lessons learnt (reading the fine print) This fiasco has ended up being a really good reminder for companies and thei…