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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...
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Microsoft Entra Provisioning Flaw (CVE-2026-57100): What Financial Institutions Must Verify
Microsoft fixed a 9.9 elevation-of-privilege flaw (CVE-2026-57100) in the Microsoft Entra provisioning service server-side, with no customer patch....
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Microsoft 365 Incident Response Plan for Financial Institutions: The Examiner-Ready Playbook
A written incident response plan is examiner-mandated for banks, credit unions, and mortgage companies. Here are the seven elements it must cover and...
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ClickFix Infostealers Are Draining Microsoft 365 Logins: What Financial Institutions Do Now
In This Article A Stolen Login Is a Working Login ClickFix: An Attack With No Vulnerability to Patch Why Sign-In MFA and Signature Antivirus Both...
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Microsoft Entra SSPR Registered-Methods Deadline: What Banks, Credit Unions, and Mortgage Companies Must Do
In This Article What Changes on September 7, 2026 Which Institutions Are Most Exposed The Rollout Timeline You Need on the Calendar What to Do Before...
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Microsoft 365 Employee Offboarding for Financial Institutions
A step-by-step guide to offboarding a departing employee in Microsoft 365 for banks, credit unions, and mortgage companies: revoke access first,...
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Conditional Access Password Spray Gap in Microsoft 365
In This Article What Happened in June 2026 Why MFA Did Not Fire The Conditional Access Scoping Gap What Every Financial Institution Should Check How...
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Ransomware Protection for Financial Institutions
In This Article What a Ransomware Attack Does to a Financial Institution How the Attack Actually Gets In The Controls That Stop Ransomware Your...
