Security News

Week in review: Citrix bug under attack, Windows 7 ransomware risk, ATT&CK for ICS
2020-01-12 14:50

Attackers exploiting critical Citrix ADC, Gateway flaw, company yet to release fixesNearly a month has passed since Citrix released mitigation measures for CVE-2019-19781, a critical vulnerability affecting Citrix Application Delivery Controller and Citrix Gateway, which could lead to remote code execution. PCs still running Windows 7 will soon be significantly more at risk of ransomwarePCs still running when Windows 7 reaches end of life on the 14th of January will be significantly more at risk of ransomware, Veritas Technologies has warned.

Are you ready for the end of Windows 7 support?
2020-01-08 04:30

Cynet 360 autonomous breach protection is a good example of a multilayered advanced protection solution that can enables organizations who run Windows 7 to remain secure despite the end of support. "The reality is that Windows 7 is alive and kicking in many organizations even if Microsoft chooses not to protect them anymore. It should be a wake-up call to any CISO to ask himself or herself how to adjust to this new reality".

How to set up facial recognition to sign into Windows 10
2020-01-07 18:54

Only certain cameras support Windows Hello facial recognition, and you have to set up the feature for it to scan and recognize your face. On the plus side, if you're able to set up facial recognition, you can use it for more than just signing in to Windows 10.

PCs still running Windows 7 will soon be significantly more at risk of ransomware
2020-01-07 11:05

PCs still running when Windows 7 reaches end of life on the 14th of January will be significantly more at risk of ransomware, Veritas Technologies has warned. Businesses running Windows 7 should prepare themselves in order to avoid the impact that vulnerability to ransomware could have on their organizations.

Are You Ready for Microsoft Windows 7 End of Support on 14th January 2020?
2020-01-07 07:02

January 14, 2020, is a day cybersecurity stakeholders should pay attention to, as it marks the end of Microsoft support in Windows 7. Cynet 360 autonomous breach protection is a good example of a multilayered advanced protection solution that can enable organizations who run Windows 7 to remain secure despite the end of support.

How to protect specific folders and files in Windows
2019-12-27 12:30

Learn how to hide or encrypt specific files in Windows in order to better protect them.

Week in review: Worst passwords of 2019, the end of Windows 7, 2020 cybersecurity trends
2019-12-22 08:40

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Worst passwords of 2019: Are you using one of them? SplashData released their “Worst passwords of 2019” list, which...

Windows 7 is reaching end-of-extended-support, what to do?
2019-12-16 12:08

Windows 7, released in October 2009, was one of Microsoft’s big successes. Ten years later and despite its end-of-extended-support deadline being imminent (January 14, 2020), the popular OS is...

Microsoft Security Essentials Will Not Protect Windows 7 PCs After January 14, 2020
2019-12-12 10:51

Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) will stop protecting Windows 7 PCs on January 14, 2020, when support for Windows 7 is set to end. read more

Windows 10 Mobile receives its last security patches
2019-12-11 11:24

If you’re one of the tiny hardcore still using Windows 10 Mobile, 10 December 2019 is probably a day you’ve been dreading for nearly a year.