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Europol Cybercrime Report 2018 According to Europol’s 2018 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) report, ransomware is the top threat to organizations. This report sites ransomware as the largest player in financially-motivated attacks. It also points out the increase in...

Windows 10 Update causes HP Blue Screen of Death Microsoft is in trouble with its latest Windows 10 update. The October release 1809 already had a bug that was deleting users’ personal files. Now, this update is wreaking new havoc...

Patch Tuesday: The Latest News Microsoft has released 49 security patches today covering Internet Explorer (IE), Edge, ChakraCore, Hyper-V, Exchange, Windows components, .NET Core, SQL Server, and Microsoft Office. 12 updates are listed as Critical, 35 are rated Important, one...

Google Polishes Chrome With an apparent rise in malicious extensions, Google has announced five changes that aim to secure their product. These should be incorporated into their next release in the later half of this month, Chrome 70. 1. Expanded...

Hope you don’t rely on RDP The FBI and Department of Homeland Security have released a new US-CERT Alert. Alert I-092718-PSA details the ramping up of cyber attacks exploiting the Remote Desktop Protocol. RDP is included with Windows, and with...

Virobot Will Return Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro has identified a new malware, Virobot. While it doesn't appear to be connected to a previous strain of ransomware, it uses familiar techniques. However, Virobot is ransomware, keylogger, and botnet all in one....

CMS is Revolutionizing IT Management In a recent article, Inc. Magazine featured Syxsense in an article titled "These Startups are Making Otherwise Boring Industries Extremely Attractive--Here's How." "Saying IT work is less-than-sexy might not be the understatement of the year,...

How will you deploy Office 2019? Office 2019 is now available.  As of today, commercial volume license customers, Windows or Mac, can begin their deployment process. According to Microsoft’s statement, Office 2019 should be available to all customers within a...

Updates Released for Acrobat Reader and DC on Mac and Windows A week after their usually-scheduled monthly update, Adobe released more patches to tackle several vulnerabilities. One of the vulnerabilities addressed is rated as critical. In their security bulletin, Adobe...

Comparing Patch Management Solutions Given the breadth of software systems in any given organization and the volume of patches being released by vendors, it’s not surprising that most IT departments are using more than one patch management tool, experts say....