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Windows 11 Pro Will Soon Require a Microsoft Account

One of the key difference between a Home version and Pro version of Windows is being threatened by Microsoft. It appears Microsoft is happily thumbing their collective noses at the IT and business communities by attempting to force them into this horrid model. The difficulty of provisioning corporate desktops is difficult enough and this will make almost impossible. If Microsoft wanted to provide…

New Windows Server updates cause DC boot loops, break Hyper-V

At what point does the technical and business community say enough is enough and start charging Microsoft for each and every one of their disastrous screw ups with patches? Microsoft can no longer be indemnified for their failures which end up costing their customers untold millions of dollars to repair the things they break with their poorly tested patches and flawed operating systems. It is now…

Microsoft issues Windows attack warning that uses malicious Office files | Engadget

At what point will the world stop accepting the failures of Microsoft and start demanding that Microsoft pay for these continuing and never ending flaws in their software. The cost for companies to mitigate or resolve these issues just can no longer be solely the cost to the customer. It is time the world makes Microsoft pay for each and every security failure of their code.   Source: Microsoft…

What the hell is that…???Minutes before Trump left office, millions of the Pentagon’s dormant IP addresses sprang to life | The Seattle Times

Source: Minutes before Trump left office, millions of the Pentagon’s dormant IP addresses sprang to life | The Seattle Times

Reimagining Live Sports Production — Capture, Cloud, Everything – NAB Amplify

The power of the Internet and of cloud applications is about to rewrite the book on entertainment and sports production. Read on to get a sense of what is coming. For years I have envisioned the ability for end users (read: sports fans) to be able to pick and chose the camera angles they prefer when watching a sports broadcast. This goes beyond that and is an opening for robust development and…

Google Reveals What Personal Data Chrome and Its Apps Collect On You

Some good news here and some startling revelations as well. Read on… Source: Google Reveals What Personal Data Chrome and Its Apps Collect On You

HAFNIUM targeting Exchange Servers with 0-day exploits – Microsoft Security

A severe vulnerability is said to be exploited by a malicious state of a 0-day threat. Source: HAFNIUM targeting Exchange Servers with 0-day exploits – Microsoft Security A security checking tool for Exchange is available here: Exchange Server Security Checking Tool on Github  

Microsoft Releases More Emergency Windows 10 Updates

With Apple falling apart, Microsoft continues to fail at keeping bad patches and updates from destroying a once good OS.

Source: Microsoft Releases More Emergency Windows 10 Updates

New Windows exploit lets you instantly become admin. Have you patched? | Ars Technica

Not to be taken lightly. Ensure with your IT staff that this has been addressed.

Source: New Windows exploit lets you instantly become admin. Have you patched? | Ars Technica

The US Chamber of Commerce has published some important guidelines for bringing businesses and employees back to work.

https://www.uschamber.com/coronavirus/implementing-national-return-to-work-plan

As individuals continue the transition to online lessons and meetings, the FBI recommends exercising due diligence and caution in your cybersecurity efforts. The following steps can be taken to mitigate teleconference hijacking threats:

Do not make meetings or classrooms public. In Zoom, there are two options to make a meeting private: require a meeting password or use the waiting room feature…

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For businesses who are burdened with the expense of deploying specific hardware devices to their end user, ComputeInTheCloudis here to assist. If you’re maintaining VPNs to secure remote user connections, there are solutions that are less expensive and complicated to deploy. By adding inexpensive hardware or virtual systems, secured remote access can be achieved without the overhead of dedicated…

Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 72.0.1 and Firefox ESR 68.4.1 — Mozilla

An important update. Most users who run Firefox will be automatically updated, but if you are prompted to update your Firefox when you start it, please do not defer or ignore it.

Source: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 72.0.1 and Firefox ESR 68.4.1 — Mozilla

Tricky Phish Angles for Persistence, Not Passwords — Krebs on Security

Office 365 users – – – TAKE NOTE:

I believe this is an important issue to be aware of.

Source: Tricky Phish Angles for Persistence, Not Passwords — Krebs on Security

Getting to the bottom of the difference between: cloud sync, backup and storage | TechRadar

Many modern users of computing resources include in their normal day-to-day operations inclusion of storage resources such as OneDrive, Google, Amazon S3, DropBox, etc. Do these resources represent a safe harbor for your data or are they prone to data loss and malware attacks like local storage resources.  This article helps understand what’s what.

Source: Getting to the bottom of the difference…

10+ Great Tips for Windows 10 Desktops | Tom’s Hardware

I don’t often see a lot of useful advice on tools and tips for Windows 10. This is a nice exception…

Source: New PC? Change These Windows 10 Settings Right Away | Tom’s Hardware