Disabling risky services for any OS or software “out-of-the-box” is always a good idea. If you need it, then you or your system administrators can enable it. A brute force attack is where a threat actor – or normally a threat actor computer – will try a range of different …
Has the July’s Patch Tuesday broken Access applications? UPDATED 22 July 2022 – there is a fix.
Updated 22 July 2022 Microsoft is addressing this issue: Error when trying to open an ACCDE/MDE file created in a different version of Access (microsoft.com) However other optional updates may impact printing! Original post: Microsoft is investigating reports that applications based on Microsoft Access 2016 and 2013 are failing following …
Social engineering – your trust abused on YouTube
Here is a story featuring another Google product – that makes a huge profit for Google – that is being used and abused by threat actors against legitimate users: Convincing ‘YouTube’ Google ads lead to Windows support scams (bleepingcomputer.com) If you just make the YouTube videos look as though they …
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And it’s back – Microsoft reinstates, default blocking in Office apps of macros from the internet.
This story has gone back and forth. How can Microsoft wobble on what has been a well used attack vector, by threat actors for years and years? Microsoft to block downloaded Office macros – at last – Smart Thinking Solutions Oh No! Microsoft appears to have rolled back it’s macro …
More problems with July’s Patch Tuesday
Software is complex, we understand that. Which is why we accept patches and updates to fix functionality and security issues. However when Microsoft gets it wrong – you have to winder why they did not test more – it is their code. Microsoft’s latest security patch troubles Windows 11 users …
