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Posted on 24 March 202323 March 2023

Windows 11 to get extra phishing protection

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This is only being released to the Windows Insider programme at the moment but if it is will get to the general release soon. Windows 11 gets phishing protection boost and SHA-3 support (bleepingcomputer.com) It is designed to protect your credentials, alerting you if you are about to carry out …

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Posted on 23 March 202323 March 2023

So what can be hacked?

It looks like most things can be hacked according to the White hat hacker event Pwn2Own 2023. Windows 11, Tesla, Ubuntu, and macOS hacked at Pwn2Own 2023 – BleepingComputer You can add Adobe Reader and Microsoft SharePoint and more to the list… Do you think you need take your cyber …

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Posted on 9 March 20239 March 2023

Breaking Windows Secure Boot is a big deal

The BlackLotus malware is going to be a problem – Microsoft Window’s cyber security stance relies on a the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) secure boot. If it can be compromised then all Windows users could have a problem. Even Windows 11 users. Here is Bruce Schneier’s view of the …

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Posted on 9 February 20239 February 2023

SonicWall web filtering has “limitations”

We have many clients who rely on website filtering at the network gateway to protect their organisations from malicious web content – we do not use SonicWall. SonicWall warns web content filtering is broken on Windows 11 22H2 (bleepingcomputer.com) This type of defence cannot have limitations – limitations means it …

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Posted on 1 February 20231 February 2023

Windows 10 is on it’s way out

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Microsoft has stopped directly selling Windows 10 licenses as of yesterday – directing customers to Windows 11. It is time for you to be planning your replacement of your Windows 10 devices – we are. You still have some time as Windows 10 will remain supported with security updates until …

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