Microsoft has released an out-of-cycle security update to patch a serious vulnerability. The security flaw, known as “PrintNightmare”, affects the Windows Print Spooler service. This vulnerability was first brought to notice via a Tweet in late May from researchers at cybersecurity company Sangfor who later […]
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One of the common factors invariably included in advice from security experts is to always keep software up-to-date, and there is a very good reason for that. Despite the best efforts of software developers, some programs can (and do) include vulnerabilities which can potentially be
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If you use Windows Live Mail to manage emails from an outlook.com or hotmail.com account you’ve probably recently received an email from Microsoft announcing forthcoming changes that will prevent the system from working properly and exhorting you to either install a patch (download link included)
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Emulation and Virtualisation For many people, getting older programs to run in newer systems is more about the means than the end. After all, once you finally get the program or game running half way decently, it will need to have the life tweaked
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Patch Tuesday Patch Tuesday is the second Tuesday of the month. That important date will be August 14 this month. This is a list of the upcoming patches that Microsoft will be doling out very soon: Here is the list of patches that are specific
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I’ve long made it a practice to treat my Windows machines as if they have already been compromised. No, that’s not paranoia – that’s 30+ years of practical hands on computing experience. If there’s one thing that experience has taught me it’s this – I
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