Episode 439 | Hacks, Crashes and the News




Microsoft Cloud Show show

Summary: <p>AC and CJ check in on recent news from the past week including another AWS outage, MS winning company of the year, Log4J hacks, Windows news, Azure Space &amp; Teams encryption. </p><h3 id="whats-new-in-microsoft-365">What’s New in Microsoft 365</h3> <ul> <li>MC303513: Anti-Malware policy - Quarantine notifications for the recipient</li> <li>MC302216: Security hardening change: Enforce policies for Trusted Documents</li> </ul> <h3 id="news">News</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-yahoo-finance-company-of-the-year-2021-143057560.html">Microsoft is Yahoo Finance’s Company of the Year 2021</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/right-to-repair-microsoft-offers-surface-repair-tools-for-technicians-via-ifixit/">Right to repair: Microsoft offers Surface repair tools for technicians via iFixit</a></li> <li><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/message/12721">Summary of the AWS Service Event in the Northern Virginia (US-EAST-1) Region</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-start-pushing-malware-in-worldwide-log4shell-attacks/">Hackers start pushing malware in worldwide Log4Shell attacks</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/12/11/guidance-for-preventing-detecting-and-hunting-for-cve-2021-44228-log4j-2-exploitation">Guidance for preventing, detecting, and hunting for CVE-2021-44228 Log4j 2 exploitation</a></li> <li><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-terminal-as-your-default-command-line-experience/">Windows Terminal as your Default Command Line Experience</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-releases-test-build-of-notepad-redesigned-for-windows-11/">Microsoft redesigns Notepad for Windows 11</a></li> <li><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/end-to-end-encryption-for-one-to-one-microsoft-teams-calls-now/ba-p/3037697">End-to-end encryption for one-to-one Microsoft Teams calls now Generally Available</a></li> <li><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-satellite-connectivity-and-geospatial-capabilities-with-azure-space/">New satellite connectivity and geospatial capabilities with Azure Space</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="picks">Picks</h3> <p>AC’s Pick</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/saving-the-shuttle-simulator-it-was-an-artifact-that-needed-to-be-preserved/">Saving the shuttle simulator—“It was an artifact that needed to be preserved”</a></li> </ul> <p>CJ’s Pick</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2021/news-2021-065">NASA RETURNS HUBBLE TO FULL SCIENCE OPERATIONS</a></li> </ul>