Computer Safety & News

SPAM email inboxes catch countless fake alerts each day.   SANS ISC shares excellent awareness of dangers — from things that are often done as standard procedures.  However,  one must verify before they trust.  Best practices are to always use best practices of human-to-human contact (by calling or verifying outside the email process in trusted manner).  […]

For 1st time this is now a FREE virtual event for developers & IT professionals https://redmondmag.com/articles/2020/09/17/microsoft-ignite-2020-preview.aspx https://myignite.microsoft.com/home Virtual Hub Microsoft Ignite is an annual conference for developers and IT professionals hosted by Microsoft. It has taken place in several locations around the world. The first conference, then known as TechEd, happened in 1993 in Orlando, […]

Several u-tube videos highlight key features for Apple’s iOS version 14 which was released earlier in September 2020:

These u-tube videos share highlights of key announcements made at Apple’s “Time Flies” product announcement during mid-September.  The traditional “next gen” iPhone announcements were delayed and anticipated later this fall 2020.  

CISA has issued an emergency federal alert for a new exploit in the wild for Microsoft NetLogon security.  This new exploit has been successfully reverse engineered from August 2020 “Patch Tuesday” update fixes.  While many corporate & home users are already protected — it would be important for those who lag behind to get updated […]