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Microsoft is extending protection options to Mac and smartphone owners who use Microsoft 365. Not all devices receive the same protections, however. For example, on the Mac, anti-malware protection is provided by Microsoft Defender, while web protection is not. . .On the other hand, iPhones and Android devices are able to use web protection from Microsoft Defender. The web protection runs a virtual private network on your smartphone in the background and tries to intervene if any dangerous hyperlinks appear. Microsoft claims that the data from your browsing history is stored on-device and not shared with the company

How to Use Microsoft Defender on All Your Devices

If you use a mix of Apple, Android, and Windows gadgets, you're in luck: The security tool is now available to any Microsoft 365 subscriber.

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Microsoft Announces Security Compliance Product Improvements

By Kurt Mackie

Redmondmag | 06/08/2022

A few Microsoft security governance and compliance improvements were announced this week.

Notable improvements were described for various products, including the Microsoft Endpoint Manager device management solution, the Microsoft 365 Admin Center management portal, as well as the Microsoft Defender for Cloud service.

Microsoft also this week talked up Microsoft Purview, its data governance service for organizations overseeing on-premises and multicloud environments. It specifically highlighted a Compliance Manager feature that shows "compliance criteria for over 350 regulations and standards globally."

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Remediation Assignments
Microsoft is previewing the ability of an IT department to assign "remediation timeframes" for addressing the security recommendations that arise from the Microsoft Defender for Cloud service, according to an announcement.

The security recommendations might concern fixing misconfigurations or hardening workloads against attacks. Organizations can assign remediation tasks to personnel directly or they can use "automatic governance rules" for the purpose.

The preview offers a dashboard view in Microsoft Defender for Cloud of all of the remediation tasks that have been assigned, as well as task completion progress. Additionally, e-mail notifications can be sent to personnel "on a weekly cadence."

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Wi-Fi hotspots and Windows on Arm broken by Microsoft's latest patches

Only way to resolve is a rollback – but update included security fixes                           

Richard Speed Mon 20 Jun 2022 // 15:30 UTC 57

Updated Microsoft's latest set of Windows patches are causing problems for users.

Windows 10 and 11 are affected, with both experiencing similar issues (although the latter seems to be suffering a little more).

KB5014697, released on June 14 for Windows 11, addresses a number of issues, but the known issues list has also been growing. . .