Blue Screens Software is complicated, and often security patches are needed in a hurry so testing may miss something – as in the case of some Windows 10 systems and this month’s Patch Tuesday: Patch Tuesday update is causing Windows 10 to blue screen • The Register The page on …
Ransomware targets home users – with some advice for you – UPDATED
This post was first made on 14 October 2022 Original Post Threat actors do not care who they infect as long as they pay up. Now fake anti-virus and security updates for Windows 10 have been circulating and deploying Magniber ransomware – the zip files contain JavaScript that initiates the …
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Optional Windows 10 update
Microsoft has issued a Windows 10 update to fix some bugs and add some printing features. Windows 10 KB5014666 update brings new printing features, bug fixes (bleepingcomputer.com)
I love patches as part of a cyber security plan – but there is a problem!
If the patch is not effective or worse it breaks something else whilst fixing the vulnerability. This happened to Microsoft: Microsoft fixes Windows authentication woes • The Register But you still have to run those patches and updates as an unpatched system is a target for threat actors. Better to …
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When wiping a system does not actually wipe the system – this is how data creeps out of organisations
So you are going to upgrade your computers – and what do you do with the old ones? What are your options? Pass the machine onto a junior in the organisation Donate the machine to good cause Sell or give it away to a member of staff or to someone …