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Microsoft recently revealed that it's enhancing protection against dangerous file types and malicious URLs in Teams chats and channels. "Microsoft Teams now blocks messages containing weaponizable ...

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Microsoft has announced new Windows 365 security defaults starting in the second half of 2025 and affecting newly provisioned and reprovisioned Cloud PCs. The company said these changes include ...

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