Action1 is a cloud-based autonomous endpoint management platform focused on patch management, vulnerability assessment, and software deployment. The December release significantly expanded the platform by introducing native Linux agent support and an enterprise-wide management view, thereby strengthening Action1’s suitability for organizations managing heterogeneous, distributed environments.
Action1: Patch Management for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Softinventive Lab Total Network Inventory (TNI) is a network auditing and inventory management solution designed for managing IT assets across organizations. The software enables administrators to scan Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, and ESXi-based systems, including computers, servers, and network devices.
Total Network Inventory: The all-in-one solution for IT Asset auditing
EventSentry v5.2 brings powerful new security and monitoring enhancements, including compromised password checking in ADMonitor, local inventory visibility for file shares and user groups, and centralized Sysmon management. Additional upgrades like process tracking improvements, spoof detection, and threat scoring help security teams detect threats more effectively.
EventSentry v5.2: Enhanced security, inventory management & threat detection
Cyberattackers are evolving their tactics and developing more sophisticated ransomware. Advanced AI-driven security solutions are needed to provide the defense mechanisms to detect and remediate ransomware threats. Ransomware Protection Plus is a new solution from ManageEngine that provides a multi-layered defense against ransomware.
AI-powered anomaly detection with ManageEngine Ransomware Protection Plus
Most organizations view Microsoft Active Directory as a "black box," lacking full visibility into its activities. ManageEngine ADAudit Plus aims to change that with its Active Directory auditing solution.
Active Directory auditing with ManageEngine ADAudit Plus
ManageEngine Endpoint Central is an all-in-one solution for advanced endpoint management and security designed to help enterprises efficiently manage and secure their digital assets in today's complex, interconnected landscape. This unified platform addresses the diverse needs of modern IT environments, streamlining operations across various devices and operating systems.
Unifying endpoint management and security: An overview of ManageEngine Endpoint Central
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Cheap Chinese models are overtaking Anthropic | The Register
Anthropic is reportedly preparing for an initial public offering in late 2026 despite facing significant financial and competitive hurdles. Legal filings reveal a concerning fiscal gap, with the company spending double its $5 billion revenue on training and inference costs alone. Market data indicates a sharp decline in Anthropic’s market share, dropping from nearly 30 percent to just over 13 percent in a single year.
This downturn is largely driven by the rapid ascent of Chinese AI labs, which have narrowed the…Read more
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IT Experts wrote a new post: What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps?
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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) solution that delivers comprehensive security for Software as a Service (SaaS) applications across your organization. This security platform provides visibility into shadow IT, threat protection, data loss prevention capabilities, and security posture management for cloud-based applications. The tool integrates with Microsoft Defender XDR to offer extended detection and response across the full attack chain. Recent updates include March 2026 changes to Secure Score category calculations that reclassify some recommendations from the Cloud apps category to Identity, more accurately reflecting where controls apply without changing the overall Secure Score.
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IT Experts wrote a new post: New SMTP DANE and MTA-STS connector modes in Exchange Online
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Exchange Online now lets you choose, per outbound connector, whether SMTP DANE and MTA-STS are enforced opportunistically, mandatorily (for DANE), or not at all. These new connector modes give you granular control over how strictly Exchange Online enforces modern email security standards when sending mail to external domains.
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IT Experts wrote a new post: New in Microsoft Defender: AI-powered triage agents, new dashboard, automated hardening, voice call monitoring in Teams
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Microsoft announced several new Defender features at the RSA Conference 2026, most of which are in preview and have minimal technical documentation. The primary additions include AI-powered triage agents in Security Copilot that automatically classify security alerts, a new dashboard that consolidates identity-related security events, automated hardening actions based on attack predictions, and voice-call monitoring in Microsoft Teams.
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IT Experts wrote a new post: Using OpenID Connect (OIDC) for external MFA in Entra ID
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Microsoft has introduced external Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) as the new, fully integrated OpenID Connect (OIDC)-based way to connect third-party MFA providers, replacing the Custom Controls mechanism that previously enabled external MFA in a more limited way. Custom Controls will be deprecated on September 30, 2026.
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Chinese AI models overtake U.S. rivals in global token usage | news.cgtn
Chinese artificial intelligence models have surpassed United States rivals in global token usage for the first time. Data from the OpenRouter aggregation platform indicates that Chinese-developed systems now dominate the rankings of the most-used large language models. The MiniMax M2.5 model currently leads the market, processing approximately 1.7 trillion tokens on a weekly basis.
Google’s Gemini 3 Flash Preview holds the second position, followed closely by the DeepSeek V3.2 model. Other significant…Read more
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Azure Front Door Overview | Microsoft Learn
Azure Front Door serves as a global content delivery network and load balancer designed to optimize web application performance and security. The service utilizes Microsoft’s private wide area network and over 100 edge locations to reduce latency through anycast networking and split TCP connections. It facilitates the delivery of both static and dynamic content while providing integrated layer 3-4 DDoS protection and SSL offloading at the edge.
System administrators can manage the platform using DevOps-friendly tools such as the Azure…Read more
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Filter for devices as a condition in Conditional Access policy | learn.microsoft
Conditional Access policies now include a device filter condition to target or exclude specific hardware during authentication. Administrators can utilize various properties such as operating system, trust type, and custom extension attributes to refine access control. These filters support standard logical operators to create granular rules for scenarios like restricting privileged access to secure workstations.
One practical application involves blocking access from outdated operating systems by…Read more
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Cyberattack on EU Commission’s cloud | heise.de
A cyberattack recently targeted a website of the European Commission hosted on the europa.eu platform. While official statements claim the breach was limited to external web platforms, ongoing investigations are assessing the full extent of the potential data theft. Other European Union institutions are being notified of the incident to mitigate secondary risks across the shared infrastructure.
Conflicting reports suggest the breach may have involved at least one Amazon Web Services account associated with the Commission. Although…Read more
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If Trump’s War in Iran Spirals Into a Full-Blown Recession, It Could Crush the AI Industry and Spark a Catastrophic Polycrisis | Futurism
Geopolitical instability and rising energy costs have triggered significant market corrections, raising the possibility of a global recession. The artificial intelligence sector is particularly vulnerable to this economic downturn due to its reliance on massive capital injections. Years of heavy investment have yet to yield the financial returns necessary to justify the current scale of spending.
The broader economy has become increasingly…Read more
