U.S. Edition EditionsAustralia EditionChina EditionIndia EditionSingapore EditionUnited KingdomUnited States Apr 08, 10:58 PM EDT Subscribe BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureMillennial MoneyOpinionSportsLuxury Technology By Mike Luces On 04/08/18 AT 9:48 PM Microsoft is exerting effort in protecting consumers from cybercrime. The Redmond giant is upgrading OneDrive, which is part of the Office 365 experience, to ensure the security of data users are saving to the cloud storage service.In this day and age, cloud services are typically targeted by ransomware. Users could lose numerous documents and their treasured photos in just a zap because of a ransomware attack. It’s good if everyone is doing regular backups, but the reality is not too many people anticipate ransomware attacks. This is why Microsoft is updating OneDrive with security features.According to The Windows Club, Microsoft is bringing the Files Restore feature of OneDrive … [Read more...] about Microsoft Upgrades Office 365’s OneDrive With Features Against Ransomware Attacks
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OneDrive, Outlook.com and Office 365 just got a whole lot more secure
If you subscribe to any of Microsoft’s cloud services, such as Office 365, then you’ll be pleased to know that a range of new security features is being added to them over the coming weeks.OneDrive, Microsoft’s cloud file synchronization service, is tightly integrated into Windows 10, allowing you to save files to a special folder that's automatically stored in the internet, and is accessible on any device that’s signed into your account.Earlier this year, OneDrive got a new feature that allows OneDrive users to roll back their cloud storage account to any point in the last 30 days. It’s an incredibly useful feature, which could help you recover from a ransomware attack, for example, but it was originally only available for business users. Thankfully, Microsoft has now made that feature available to any OneDrive subscriber (we're chasing Microsoft to see if this feature will come to free OneDrive accounts as well).To help further protect users’ files … [Read more...] about OneDrive, Outlook.com and Office 365 just got a whole lot more secure
Microsoft brings enhanced security features to Office 365
In a bid to protect users from phishing scams and ransomware, Microsoft is rolling out new security features for the Home and Personal versions of its Office 365 suite. The new protection capabilities include email encryption, ransomware detection and recovery and files restore features. "Today, we're announcing new advanced protection capabilities coming to Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal subscribers to help further protect individuals and families from online threats," Kirk Koenigsbauer, Corporate Vice President, Office 365 Client Applications-Microsoft, wrote in a blog post late on Thursday. Ransomware has become an increasingly pervasive attack method in which cybercriminals 'lock up' and prevent access to files in an effort to extort money from victims. "To help protect customers, we are introducing two new capabilities that allow you to recover your files if they are affected by a malicious attack," Koenigsbauer added. The new email encryption feature in Outlook.com … [Read more...] about Microsoft brings enhanced security features to Office 365
Microsoft adds file protection and email encryption to Office 365
Some of these tools, like the 30-day OneDrive backup feature Files Restore, were brought over from the Business version to Home and Personal Office 365. The suite can now detect ransomware attacks and guide users through the recovery process, which pinpoints the time and date of the incident and restores OneDrive to its state before that.The tools also cover sharing files between users, too. You can now set and require a password to access a shared OneDrive file or folder, which protects it if the link to the document is inadvertently forwarded. Additionally, starting later in 2018, links clicked on in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint will be checked in real-time to find whether the destination website will likely download malware or be part of a phishing scam.The new security features extend to outgoing messages. Outlook.com now offers end-to-end email encryption, which includes security mechanisms on the recipient's end. If they aren't opening the message in Outlook's browser login, … [Read more...] about Microsoft adds file protection and email encryption to Office 365
OneDrive Files Restore, ransomware detection, and more rolling out to Office 365
Microsoft today announced a new batch of security features are coming to Office 265 Home and Personal subscribers. Most notable among the new features is the addition of Files Restore for OneDrive, but there are some other important features hitting Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel as well. Files Restore was initially made available to OneDrive for Business users in January, and now it's rolling out Office 365 Home and Personal subscribers. The feature operates a a self-service recovery solution, allowing users to recover files to any point within the last 30 days. " You can use this feature to recover from an accidental mass delete, file corruption, ransomware, or another catastrophic event," Microsoft says. Additionally, Office 365 Home and Personal subscribers are getting access to a new ransomware detection and recovery feature. If Office 365 detects a ransomware attack, it will now alert users through an email, mobile, or desktop notification. Users will then be guided … [Read more...] about OneDrive Files Restore, ransomware detection, and more rolling out to Office 365