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The new module contains WAM support and cmdlets to limit federated chat for specific users and tenants. The new controls are welcome, but it\u2019s a sad state of affairs that to configure the settings you must install a new version of a module that doesn\u2019t work so well alongside other Microsoft 365 modules.", "date_published": "2026-07-24T09:00:00+02:00", "tags": [ "M365", "Admin" ] }, { "id": "https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/microsoft-responds-to-lg-monitors-installing-mcafee-ads-on-windows/", "url": "https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/microsoft-responds-to-lg-monitors-installing-mcafee-ads-on-windows/", "title": "Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows", "content_text": "App is installed through Windows Update when certain LG monitors connect to a PC.", "date_published": "2026-07-23T22:47:33+02:00", "tags": [ "Tech Press", "Analysis" ] }, { "id": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7crnKhSLws", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7crnKhSLws", "title": "Quick Introduction to Windows Sandbox", "content_text": "", "date_published": "2026-07-23T21:49:57+02:00", "tags": [ "Azure", "Video", "Tutorial" ] }, { "id": "https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox-live-services-are-currently-down-could-this-be-why-players-cant-access-halo-campaign-evolveds-early-access", "url": "https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox-live-services-are-currently-down-could-this-be-why-players-cant-access-halo-campaign-evolveds-early-access", "title": "Xbox Live Services are currently down \u2014 could this be why players can't access Halo: Campaign Evolved's early access? 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[...]", "date_published": "2026-07-23T17:34:43+02:00", "tags": [ "Security", "News" ] }, { "id": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/07/23/email-threat-landscape-q2-2026-trends-and-insights/", "url": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/07/23/email-threat-landscape-q2-2026-trends-and-insights/", "title": "Email threat landscape: Q2 2026 trends and insights", "content_text": "In the second quarter of 2026, the continuing effects of Microsoft\u2019s disruption of the Tycoon2FA phishing platform contributed to sustained declines in several major phishing techniques, while threat actors expanded into Teams-based social engineering and employed increasingly automated and multi-stage attack chains.\nThe post Email threat landscape: Q2 2026 trends and insights appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.", "date_published": "2026-07-23T17:00:00+02:00", "tags": [ "Security", "Analysis" ] }, { "id": "https://office365itpros.com/2026/07/23/permissions-creep-sdk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=permissions-creep-sdk", "url": "https://office365itpros.com/2026/07/23/permissions-creep-sdk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=permissions-creep-sdk", "title": "How Permissions Creep Can Halt the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK", "content_text": "The Microsoft Graph PowerShell Command Line tools app is how people run Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK cmdlets. The app can suffer from permissions creep, meaning that over time, the app accrues a set of delegated permissions used by people to access different types of Microsoft 365 and Entra ID information. All is fine until an internal limit is reached, at which point authentication fails and some permissions must be pruned.", "date_published": "2026-07-23T09:00:00+02:00", "tags": [ "M365", "Admin" ] }, { "id": "https://www.darkreading.com/identity-access-management-security/flaws-passkeys-implementation-old-attacks-work", "url": "https://www.darkreading.com/identity-access-management-security/flaws-passkeys-implementation-old-attacks-work", "title": "Flaws in Passkey Implementation Show Old Attacks Still Work", "content_text": "Ahead of Black Hat USA, researchers find exploitable flaws in how Microsoft handles passkeys that could allow attackers to impersonate privileged users.", "date_published": "2026-07-23T01:50:01+02:00", "tags": [ "Security", "Incidents" ] }, { "id": "https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/records-broken-patch-tuesday-raises-triage-stakes", "url": "https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/records-broken-patch-tuesday-raises-triage-stakes", "title": "Records Are Made to Be Broken: Patch Tuesday Raises Triage Stakes", "content_text": "Three of the 622 CVEs for which Microsoft issued patches this week are zero-days; there are more than 60 critical vulnerabilities.", "date_published": "2026-07-14T23:50:56+02:00", "tags": [ "Security", "Incidents" ] } ] }