In the past 24 hours, I’m among many who started getting no results from Windows Search. Type anything into the search box, and nothing loads. I can’t even type a command. I tried everything in the Microsoft support document Fix problems in Windows Search to no avail. Plenty of other […]
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Microsoft recently announced that Small and midsize businesses will be able to purchase continued security support beyond the January 2020 cutoff for Windows 7. Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) will be sold to small and midsize businesses on a per-device basis through January 2023. SMBs will be able to […]
At 3:49 AM, I received the following e-mail from AT&T. These “Your bill is ready” e-mails from service providers are one of my favorite kinds of SPAM. This is just branding, and they can get away with not having an unsubscribe link in the email since it’s transaction related. I […]
Beware of attackers trying to steal your passwords and other personal data. Here we can see a innocent-enough looking email saying that someone you know sent you a file securely. In our case, the email was supposedly from the recipient’s boss using ShareFile, which is a legitimate service that they […]
We recently had a no boot Dell Inspiron 24 Model 5459 in the shop. Would not post and couldn’t get into the BIOS even after pulling the BIOS battery. Pre-boot error message was “boot guard verified DXE that is fail”. Did some internet searches. Seems like Dell recently released BIOS […]
The exploit, known as “KRACK” for Key Reinstallation Attack, represents a complete breakdown of the WPA2 protocol. An attacker could decrypt network traffic, hijack connections, and inject content into the traffic stream. Almost every wireless-enabled device is at risk of attack. As a result, every vulnerable device will need a […]