There is no one theme that jumps out this week – except the Google chatbot “is it sentient” story is everywhere – see tomorrow’s weekend read -, but that is just a bit of fun – not cyber security. The week has been made up of a variety of cyber security stories every organisation should […]
Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 24 June 2022 Read More »
We will start with the positive news this week. Microsoft, included in it’s Patch Tuesday fixes for the Follina vulnerability. Let’s hope it is a fix that is effective? The Russia Ukraine conflict is still a cyber security risk we should all be aware of: The rest of the week has been a bit slow
Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 17 June 2022 Read More »
This really is a security and compliance article – not just a rant by an annoyed Microsoft Windows 11 user and Microsoft 365 Home and Microsoft 365 for Business subscriber. Of course all of this blog is my personal opinion. There are times when I really do think the coders at Microsoft are only let
Who broke OneDrive – own up Microsoft, we want a name! Read More »
The significant news this week is a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word, that Microsoft has not yet patched – although they have published advice about the issue: Microsoft guidance for Office zero-day vulnerability – Follina – Smart Thinking Solutions The malware is called Follina and it uses macros as part of it’s attack and this
Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup – 10 June 2022 Read More »
I have been researching the annual “Geek Father’s Day” blog (this was last year’s post) when I came across this “geeky” present. It is a nice product, with various sections and dividers to highlight and organise your passwords and other sensitive personally identifiable information (PII). It even has a loop for a pen and is
With Christmas round the corner I have been spending time on various shopping sites, where Edge was constantly suggesting useless discount coupons to me. Worse then that, poor coding meant that the pop-up box suggesting coupons would often appear blank, just obscuring the web page I was wanting to read. How to disable Microsoft Edge
Are you annoyed about shopping coupons in Edge? Then turn them off! Read More »
Recently we have been producing articles telling you about the benefits of the tools in our 365R package – but sometimes we forget that at the heart of the system is Microsoft 365 for Business. We wrap some great security and compliance tools around Microsoft’s software and add our experienced IT support staff to give
Cool stuff about Microsoft 365 for Business Read More »
So, hands up if you use Windows 7 on your computer, XBox or phone. Yes, thought so. Recent calculations (December 2019, ZDNet) suggest that although the number of machines with Windows installed is dropping from the 1.5 billion Microsoft used to talk about, there are still about 1.2 billion devices running the operating system. Data
Windows 7 Not Supported by Microsoft Read More »
Anyone who has attended an Octagon Technology presentation, where I have spoken; worked with me in recent years or seen me at a networking event, can not have failed to notice that I love Microsoft OneNote. For me, it is the killer app for my iPhone, iPad, iPod, Linux and Windows laptops. Well done Microsoft!
Microsoft OneNote is changing Read More »
