Computer Safety & News

After upgrading to WIN10 or installing a new features update, sound issues may occur where DRIVERS on old & even out of support drivers need updating. RESEARCH APPROACH — For some issues, the solution many not even be related to device settings/drivers — but interference by something completely unrelated … that is most important reason […]

Based on modern CPU designs, a new speculative execution side-channel attack has been discovered by security researchers.  While these vulnerabilities are very difficult to manipulate, they still need to fixed with improved security safeguards where possible.  https://redmondmag.com/articles/2019/06/14/rambleed-side-channel-dram-attacks.aspx https://rambleed.com/ Academic researchers this week published information about another side-channel attack method, called “RAMBleed,” that can expose information […]

With the recent CU2 update for Exchange Server 2019, Microsoft offers a new “hybrid modern authentication” to replace more suseptible older protocols which may be less secure https://redmondmag.com/articles/2019/06/21/microsoft-disabling-exchange-protocols.aspx The Exchange team, in a Friday announcement, explained how Exchange Server 2019 with Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) can help organizations rid themselves of old authentication protocols, which constitute […]

Dell’s SupportAssist has remote access capabilities to work with Dell home & corporate owners in an automated way.  US CERT warns of a critical security update to better protect this group of users https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2019/06/21/Dell-Releases-Security-Advisory-Dell-SupportAssist Dell has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in Dell SupportAssist software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to […]

While important to move to WIN10 in coming months, a new EDGE Chromium version ported to WIN7 and WIN8 users as part of preview (beta) programs.  This can help users get used to a much improved EDGE in WIN10 v1903 for WIN7 users being converted later in 2019 as the JAN-2020 EOL target approaches. https://redmondmag.com/articles/2019/06/20/edge-preview-windows-7-and-81.aspx […]

The JUNE 2019 IIL blog features several techniques for advanced filtering Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. As an example, some special calculations between multiple cells can be defined in filtering, so that a special new column does not need to be added, in order to find targeted results Advanced Filtering in Excel In this blog I’ll continue […]

For off-site travel needs, it is important to develop a travel list for packing all needed items in advance.  As often there is a need for quick responses & formulating a list in advance is excellent planning as shared by the ISC below: https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Using+a+Travel+Packing+App+for+Infosec+Purpose/25056/ QUOTE:    Let’s take the incident handling list as an example. […]

WVD is anticipated later this year & some “how to” details were recently shared as follows: https://redmondmag.com/articles/2019/06/07/how-to-set-up-windows-virtual-desktop.aspx The setup details were part of an “All You Need To Know About Windows Virtual Desktop” Web presentation for IT pros  by Microsoft.  The presentation is currently available on demand here (with sign-up). Microsoft also published a resource guide page […]

The WIN10 v18917 “beta” offers a new LINUX sub-system support targeted for developers as described below https://redmondmag.com/articles/2019/06/13/windows-10-build-18917-linux-integration.aspx This Windows 10 preview release, known as “build 18917,” is now available for testing by Windows Insider Program participants. It’s being groomed for commercial release in the first half of next year (“20H1”), per Microsoft’s Wednesday announcement.   Linux enthusiasts trying build […]

https://www.pcmag.com/article/335730/the-best-free-software QUOTE:   Desktop operating systems like Windows and macOS don’t get all the attention anymore. It’s a mobile world, but we have not fully abandoned the desktop. Software can be expensive if you’re not smart about it. Free programs have been a mainstay of the desktop experience for decades, and the offerings only get more […]