Announcements
Office Blogs: Defend yourself from cybercrime with new Office 365 capabilities
By Kirk Koenigsbauer, Corporate Vice President for Office, Microsoft
https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2018/04/05/defend-yourself-from-cybercrime-with-new-office-365-capabilities/OneDrive UserVoice: Provide Ransomware detection and recovery
By Douglas Pearce, Group Program Manager, Microsoft
https://onedrive.uservoice.com/forums/262982-onedrive/suggestions/12289380-provide-ransomware-detection-and-recovery
New support articles
Ransomware detection and recovering your files
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/ransomware-detection-and-recovering-your-files-0d90ec50-6bfd-40f4-acc7-b8c12c73637fRestore your OneDrive files (all restore options)
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/restore-your-onedrive-files-48cc6a72-1aca-412c-a670-e6f5b563c1c6Restore your OneDrive (Files Restore)
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/restore-your-onedrive-fa231298-759d-41cf-bcd0-25ac53eb8a15
News sites
The Verge: Microsoft adds ransomware protection and file restore to OneDrive cloud storage
Outlook.com also gets encrypted email support
By Tom Warren
https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/5/17201660/microsoft-onedrive-files-restore-feature-ransomware-protectionZDNet: Microsoft to add ransomware protection tools, advanced Outlook.com encryption for consumers
Microsoft is bringing more of the OneDrive and Outlook security protection tools it offers its Office 365 business customers to consumers.
By Mary Jo Foley
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-to-add-ransomware-protection-tools-advanced-outlook-com-encryption-for-consumers/Thurrott: OneDrive, Outlook, Other Office Products Get New Security Features
By Mehedi Hassan
https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/office-365/155848/onedrive-outlook-other-office-products-get-new-security-featuresTech Meme: Microsoft brings Files Restore to all OneDrive customers, letting users restore their entire OneDrive to a point in last 30 days, and adds ransomware detection — Microsoft is bringing more of the OneDrive and Outlook security protection tools it offers its Office 365 business customers to consumers.
https://www.techmeme.com/180405/p7#a180405p7Engadget: Microsoft adds file protection and email encryption to Office 365
They're part of a new set of tools to guard users against cybercrime.
By David Lumb
https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/05/microsoft-office-365-add-cybersecurity-tools/Windows Central: OneDrive Files Restore, ransomware detection, and more rolling out to Office 365
Several new security features are coming to OneDrive, Outlook, and more for Office 365 users.
By Dan Thorp-Lancaster
https://www.windowscentral.com/onedrive-files-restore-ransomware-detection-rolling-out-office-365MS Power User: Microsoft brings OneDrive File Restore, ransomware detection and many new features to Office 365 users
By Pradeep ViswanathanDigital Trends: Microsoft’s OneDrive now has your back in a ransomware attack
By Mark CoppockOn MSFT : OneDrive is getting new File Restore feature, ransomware protections with Office 365
By Laurent Giret
https://www.onmsft.com/news/onedrive-is-getting-new-file-restore-feature-ransomware-protections-with-office-365