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Microsoft 365 hero image: know who can reach your staff, know which accounts automation skips in Microsoft Defender, and own every exception in writing

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Help Desk Impersonation to AD CS Abuse: What to Check

In This Article What Microsoft found in two intrusions The one account automation left alone Review your attack disruption exclusions this week The front door: Teams external access and Quick Assist If you run Active Directory Certificate Services...

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Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access connects remote laptops to lending, core and file applications one app at a time, with every connection on record

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Global Secure Access for Financial Institutions: Retire the VPN One App at a Time

In This Article What Global Secure Access is What your Microsoft 365 license already includes Three features to turn on with Entra ID P1 How Private...

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Microsoft 365 hero image: know what runs on every PC, check the software inventory in Microsoft Defender, and approve every tool in writing

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MDM Enrollment Attacks: What Financial Institutions Check

In This Article What Huntress found in two incidents Why removing the remote tool is not the fix The question to ask: which management agents belong...

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Microsoft 365 hero: patch the internet edge, stop phishing at sign-in with a Microsoft Entra ID passkey, and know the NCUA 72-hour clock

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Black October: What Credit Unions Should Do Now

In This Article What "Black October" means for credit unions The PHP flaws CISA says to patch now Attacks that run at machine speed Move staff...

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Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management ranks device vulnerabilities by exposure and hands each fix to Microsoft Intune as a tracked task for a financial institution's IT team

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Defender Vulnerability Management for Financial Institutions: Fix What Matters First

In This Article What Defender Vulnerability Management does What your Microsoft 365 license already includes Reading the exposure score and...

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Microsoft 365 hero image: a bank employee holds an Android phone showing a Microsoft Authenticator sign-in request next to an unknown app, linked to Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Defender in a bank branch

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Microsoft Authenticator Android Vulnerability (CVE-2026-80097): What Banks, Credit Unions, and Lenders Should Do

In This Article What CVE-2026-80097 is Why one app holds the keys to the work account How the Microsoft Authenticator Android vulnerability worked...

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Windows Autopatch rolls out Windows updates through Microsoft Intune to test devices first, then to the rest of a financial institution's devices in rings

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Windows Autopatch for Financial Institutions: Patch Eligible Windows Devices in Rings

In This Article What Windows Autopatch does Which licenses include Windows Autopatch Which devices Autopatch can manage Autopatch groups and...

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Microsoft 365 illustration of a laptop connecting to branch Wi-Fi with a certificate delivered by Microsoft Intune, with Windows 11, EAP-TLS and Microsoft Entra ID labels, under the headline Branch Wi-Fi connects on its own, sign-in by certificate, every exception on record

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BlockNtlmv1SSO: How Banks, Credit Unions, and Lenders Keep Wi-Fi and VPN Working After the October Update

In This Article What the October update changed Why Microsoft blocked MS-CHAPv2 single sign-on Which devices lose automatic Wi-Fi and VPN sign-in...

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Microsoft 365 hero image: a laptop signing in through Microsoft Entra ID with Conditional Access and Token Protection, a copied session pass crossed out behind a dotted line, and the headline Sign in from anywhere, Stolen sessions stop working, Every cleanup on record

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Microsoft 365 Token Replay Campaign: What Banks, Credit Unions, and Lenders Should Do Now

In This Article What Huntress found How token spraying works Why the block list kept falling behind What the attacker left behind Read a Conditional...

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App Control for Business keeps approved apps running and unknown code blocked on Windows devices managed with Microsoft Intune

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Application Allowlisting with App Control for Business: Keep Approved Apps Running and Block the Rest

In This Article What application allowlisting changes on a Windows device App Control for Business or AppLocker What Microsoft 365 Business Premium...

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