Beginning December 1, 2019, small and midsize businesses (SMBs) will be able to purchase Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESUs) if they are not going to be ready to get off Windows 7 as of January 14, 2020, which is the date Microsoft will end [...]
Microsoft is urging Windows users to install an emergency out-of-band security patch. A recent security flaw has been found in some versions of Internet Explorer, allowing an attacker to run malicious code on an affected device. You could be secretly infected by visiting a malicious web page or by [...]
Time to change those passwords again! Two massive breaches occurred within the last month, totaling approximately 3 billion compromised usernames and passwords. On January 17, the details of the world’s largest online dump of personal data, Collection #1 was published. This breach contained usernames and passwords relating to 772,904,991 [...]
As all good things must end, it is almost time to say goodbye to the Windows 7 operating system (OS). As of January 14, 2020, Microsoft will cutoff support of the OS. With so many firms still using computers running Windows 7, a significant migration will need to take place in [...]
As all good things must end, it is almost time to say goodbye to the Windows 7 operating system (OS). As of January 14, 2020, Microsoft will cutoff support of the OS. With so many computers running Windows 7 (a little under half of all computers in the world), a significant [...]
Microsoft is urging users of the Internet Explorer to update their browser after finding a major flaw. The browser's memory corruption vulnerability lets attackers remotely execute code as if they were the computer's user, essentially giving them control of the computer, Microsoft wrote in a Wednesday security notice. An [...]
It's time to upgrade your password. Consider the following password Do's and Don'ts and the challenges they present. Let's start with the Don'ts: Password Don’ts Use your login name (ssmith) Use a sequence or repeated characters (“123456” or “abc123”) Reuse for different accounts Share. A secret is no longer [...]
Microsoft recently announced that it will start charging Windows 7 customers a monthly fee beginning January 14th 2020, if they want to keep their computers safe. This paid service will be made available until January 2023. What You Need to Know If you currently use Windows 7 (along with the [...]
A new scam has surfaced that uses a combination of breached passwords and adult content to scare people into paying bitcoin. This latest extortion campaign sends emails to compromised recipients, demanding payment or supposed video of them using an adult site would be released. What Can You Do? Since the message [...]
These days data breaches have become almost commonplace. It's no longer "if you get breached" but rather "when you get breached". While prevention is still key, it is important to implement procedures to quickly detect breaches and contain the damage once confirmed. Likened to fire preparedness in an office building, [...]
There is a new hack in town that involves compromising large numbers of routers, switches, and other network devices belonging to governments, businesses, and critical-infrastructure providers. The Russian government-sponsored actors are using the compromised devices to perform man-in-the-middle attacks that extract passwords, intellectual property, and other sensitive information, and to [...]
Virtua Medical Group of South Jersey recently agreed to pay almost $418,000 as part of a settlement involving a breach of more than 1,600 medical patient files. These patient records became viewable online due to a server misconfiguration by a 3rd party vendor. As a heavily regulated industry, healthcare data [...]
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