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The invasive Otter
In today's meeting, a person I met with was sent a meeting recap from "me". Otter had joined a meeting that I was invited to and then emailed them that person a recap of our meeting. I was very disturbed by this event
How to secure your network from OAuth permissions
You will have now prevented misleadingly named apps, potentially malicious apps, apps with misleading publisher names, apps performing unusual amounts of file downloads, the addition of credentials to OAuth, and apps with a strange ISP for an OAuth.
Microsoft 365: Copilot vs Copilot for Microsoft 365 – Excel
This has led me to develop very minimal skills when it comes to making a fancy pretty Excel sheet that I wouldn't be embarrassed to show to others. So, my goal is going to be to make my Excel sheet more functional and more pretty.
Microsoft Copilot – Outlook vs Bing Enterprise Chat
For this comparison I'm going to ask each to improve an email I wrote with my own brain.
Setting up Defender for Business XDR in 45 minutes or …
In this session, I reviewed the very most important parts to start with when setting up your XDR. That doesn't mean, skip the rest. It means start here and then go back through and configure everything.
Peer groups and learning groups for 2024
It was my pleasure to introduce peer groups to Third Tier. In 2024, we're introducing focused learning groups for Defender, Intune, Public speaking and more
Include IPv6 in Azure AD policies
Criminals of the world would love to know that they don't have to deal with MFA if they phish you while you're in the office. Now we've taken that option away
Conclusions from reading threat analyst reports
Despite criminal masterminds and "security researchers" always coming up with the next greatest tool for causing financial damage to our businesses and economy, there are patterns.
Ransomware prevention, not defense
Defense implies a reactionary approach. Prevention set the scene where ransomware can't get you in the first place.
Protect accounting firms from spreading malware via uploaded tax documents
Fortunately, Defender protects against this when configured correctly. In addition to the Defender for Endpoint sensor installation, Attack Surface Reduction rules and certain anti-virus configurations should also be deployed
Avoid PlugX malware
Once these two items have been set the ability of PlugX to take advantage of innocent people should be thwarted.