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Conditional Access Exclusions: The List Nobody Reviews
Every institution grants Conditional Access exceptions. Microsoft documents how those lists grow, names access reviews as the compensating control,...
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You Might Be Running a Financial Institution. The FTC Thinks So.
In This Article The Label You Did Not Choose Who Is Covered? The List Is Longer Than You Think What the Safeguards Rule Actually Requires What...
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Windows Hello for Business Key Abuse: What Financial Institutions Need to Verify
Malware already running in a signed-in Windows session can use that user's Windows Hello for Business key to authenticate to Microsoft Entra ID, with...
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Payroll Pirates: The Microsoft 365 Attack Your Alerts Miss
A Microsoft 365 session-hijacking campaign is reading payroll and finance mail while deliberately avoiding the account-modification signals most...
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Entra Risk Policies Retire Oct 1, 2026: What Banks Must Do
In This Article What actually changes on October 1 The self-service loop that goes away first The detections keep firing. No risk policy acts on...
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Hotel Wi-Fi Is Stealing Microsoft 365 Sessions
In This Article What Microsoft Found on Hotel and Conference Wi-Fi Two Attack Paths, and Why the Difference Decides Your Controls The Part That...
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Defender's New Password-Protected Attachment Quarantine: What Lenders Should Decide
Microsoft is adding an opt-in Safe Attachments setting that quarantines password-protected attachments Defender cannot scan or detonate. It is off by...
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AD FS Key Container Hardening: What Changes for Financial Institutions on October 13
The October 2026 Windows security update changes permissions on the AD FS Distributed Key Manager container by default. Here is what it removes,...
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Microsoft 365 Profile Cards: 11 Properties Go Visible
Microsoft is flipping eleven Microsoft 365 profile card properties from hidden to visible by default in late August 2026, including user principal...
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Microsoft Q2 2026 Threat Data: Teams Vishing Hit 10x While One Phishing Platform Collapsed
Microsoft's Q2 2026 email threat report shows Tycoon2FA phishing down 92% and invoice-themed BEC collapsing, while Teams vishing climbed to roughly...
