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Why The Data Breach Decline Is Bad News For Businesses

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While it is encouraging to see the number of data breaches, as well as the number of people impacted by them, decline, people should understand that this problem is not going away,” she said in a statement. The scam involves sending a phishing email claiming to be a Microsoft Office 365 update.

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Microsoft Joins Offensive Against Major Botnet

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In addition to attacking Trickbot with technology, Microsoft also went to court with copyright claims against the authors of Trickbot, since it includes a portion of Microsoft code. Burt's blog post also offered new insight, at least for lay readers, into the ways Trickbot has thwarted conventional approaches to computer security.

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7 Questions for Lutz Jannausch, Head of Business Applications, One Commercial Partner Group at Microsoft Germany

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Power BI enjoys great popularity and has grown to become one of the stars in the Microsoft cosmos alongside the familiar applications from Microsoft Office such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The man-hours that would flow into such a project would be difficult to justify. This is where BI tools come into play.

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How Excel Spreadsheets Can Create a Data Security Risk for Businesses

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According to a study by Cisco, Excel is one of the top Microsoft Office formats that receive malicious file extensions. In addition to malware, many companies may have no way of knowing if their files are being stored or duplicated by unauthorized users because they cannot review who has seen or accessed the data.

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How Excel Spreadsheets Can Create a Data Security Risk for Businesses

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According to a study by Cisco, Excel is one of the top Microsoft Office formats that receive malicious file extensions. Excel does not have audit trail capabilities, so it is difficult to prevent fraud as numbers, and other financial data can easily be changed by any user.

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Transcript: Howard Lindzon

Barry Ritholtz

RITHOLTZ: In fact, there was a period of time where it looked like Microsoft Office wasn’t going to be made available. The antitrust case against Microsoft is the only thing that kept Apple alive. Uh, Fred said to give me your number.” LINDZON: Lesson number two. LINDZON: Right. ” I do the pitch.

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