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Justin Kirsch

Excel zero-click vulnerability CVE-2026-26144 weaponizes Copilot Agent for data exfiltration

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New Excel Zero-Click Vulnerability Lets AI Agents Steal Your Data

Prefer to watch? An Excel zero-click turns Copilot into an exfiltration channel before anyone opens the file. Watch the long-form walkthrough on the patch status, attack path, and the Microsoft Defender plus Microsoft Purview controls the M365...

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Copilot Cowork autonomous AI agent executing multi-step tasks across Microsoft 365 apps for financial institutions

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I Gave Copilot ONE Prompt — It Did 6 Hours of Work

Prefer to watch? One Copilot CoWork prompt did six hours of analyst work -- without touching a single governed system. Watch the long-form...

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Gartner Copilot Security Risks: 5 governance gaps financial institutions must address

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Gartner Just Named 5 Copilot Security Risks — Here's What Financial Institutions Need to Know

Prefer to watch? Gartner named five Copilot security risks -- two of them map to live CVEs your tenant can already be hit by. Watch the long-form...

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April 15 Copilot licensing decision timeline for financial institutions

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Every Version of Microsoft Copilot Explained: What Changes April 15 and What It Means for Your Institution

In This Article Every Version of Copilot, Explained What Basic vs. Premium Actually Means The Complete Pricing Guide for Financial Institutions Four...

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Why Automated Mortgage Processing Fails - And How Managed IT Can Fix It

In This Article Why Automated Mortgage Processing Falls Short The AI Governance Gap: A New Failure Mode How Managed IT Services Fix These Problems...

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User Experience in Online Mortgage Banking: The Role of Infrastructure, APIs, and Latency

In This Article Mortgage UX: What Borrowers Expect vs What Most Lenders Deliver The Three Pillars ABT Operates: Azure, API Management, and...

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Microsoft 365 E7 explained for credit unions, banks, and mortgage companies — Agent 365 governance, pricing breakdown, and deployment readiness

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Microsoft 365 E7 Explained — What Credit Unions, Banks, and Mortgage Companies Need to Know Before May 1

Prefer to watch? E7 is the $99 per user per month Frontier suite every financial institution has to price before May 1. Watch the E7 walkthrough on...

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Automated decisioning system architecture for financial institutions

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Automated Decisioning Systems for Financial Institutions: What Changed in 2026

In This Article What Automated Decisioning Systems Do for Financial Institutions How Automated Decisioning Technology Works: Three Stages The Data...

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Financial Compliance Made Simple: M365 Self-Audit Guide

In This Article Why a Quarterly Self-Audit Pays Off The Regulatory Pressure Behind Self-Audits The Five-Pillar Microsoft 365 Self-Audit Framework A...

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Stryker cyberattack impact on financial institutions running Microsoft 365

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Stryker Cyberattack: What It Means for Financial Institutions Running Microsoft 365

 Prefer to watch? A nation-state actor wiped 200,000 computers in one night -- with no malware signature a legacy AV would catch. Watch the...

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