Episode 426 | Start Me Up, Attacks and Hacks and Win 11 Updates

Microsoft Cloud Show

AC and CJ get into the news … and there are some doozies! We discuss a slew of cyber security news, Microsoft’s new start experience, Windows 11, Teams and take a look at some inside conversations at Apple regarding Office on iOS.

News

• What it was like inside Microsoft during the worst cyberattack in history
• Juniper Breach Mystery Starts to Clear With New Details on Hackers and U.S. Role
• Microsoft: Attackers Exploiting Windows Zero-Day Flaw
• Microsoft MSHTML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2021-40444
• A deep-dive into the SolarWinds Serv-U SSH vulnerability
• US Cybercom says mass exploitation of Atlassian Confluence vulnerability ‘ongoing and expected to accelerate’
• Google debuts Meet features, including ‘Companion mode’
• Microsoft rebrands its news feed as ‘Microsoft Start’
• Microsoft acquires Clipchamp to empower creators
• Misbehaving Microsoft Teams ad brings down the entire Windows 11 desktop
• EdgeDeflector enforces your default browser setting in Windows
• Why can an ad break the Windows 11 desktop and taskbar?
• Windows Subsystem for Android Arrives in the Microsoft Store
• Microsoft won’t stop you installing Windows 11 on older PCs
• Project Maven: Amazon And Microsoft Scored $50 Million In Pentagon Surveillance Contracts After Google Quit
• 5 reasons to attend the Azure data governance digital event
• Announcing a new Microsoft Teams authentication provider and file upload feature in the Microsoft Graph Toolkit
• Twitter: “Apple exec - Microsoft wants to use an external payment system on iOS”

Picks

AC’s Pick

• O.MG CABLE - * TO USB-A

CJ’s Pick

• The disastrous voyage of Satoshi, the world’s first cryptocurrency cruise ship