End-of-life fun times are coming to infosec departments everywhere—again. Just a year after the announcement of Windows XP’s end-of-life, we see another body in the OS graveyard: Windows Server 2003. After July 14th, servers running this venerable OS will no longer be receiving any more security updates. This would leave you out in the cold…
Read MoreSupport for Windows XP ended over a year ago. By any standard, Windows XP ranks as one of the most influential versions of Windows ever, thanks to its longevity and widespread adoption by enterprises around the world. However, the end of support should have served as a clear signpost to users and organizations to immediately…
Read MoreThe Windows PowerShell® command line is a valuable Windows administration tool designed especially for system administration. It combines the speed of the command line with the flexibility of a scripting language, making it helpful for IT professionals to automate administration of the Windows OS and its applications. Unfortunately, threat actors have recently taken advantage of…
Read MoreThis month’s Patch Tuesday is primarily notable for two reasons. It addresses the recent zero-day vulnerability for Microsoft Word and it also marks the last Patch Tuesday for Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003. All in all, April Patch Tuesday is relatively light, with only two ‘critical’ and two ‘important’ updates. One ‘critical’ update is…
Read MoreWindows end of support this, Windows end of support that… a lot of people in the IT field are writing about how Windows XP will be unsupported tomorrow. Why is this a big deal? Like any other software, operating systems evolve and it takes too much effort for the companies who created them to keep…
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