Tag: Microsoft Windows

Tech Time Warp
Tech Time Warp: No one is sending you pics of Anna Kournikova

Tech Time Warp: No one is sending you pics of Anna Kournikova

As your mother told you, if it’s too good to be true, it probably is. And that’s as true today as it was 23 years ago when “OnTheFly,” a 20-year-old Dutch programmer/hacker, used a computer virus to proclaim his adoration...

/ February 16, 2024
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Tech Time Warp: Nimda worm slows traffic with multiple propagation methods

Tech Time Warp: Nimda worm slows traffic with multiple propagation methods

In this week’s Tech Time Warp, we look back to September 2001. While the world was reeling from the 9/11 terrorist attacks, hackers unleashed a new threat: a worm that could modify existing websites to trick users into downloading malware....

/ September 15, 2023
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Tech Time Warp: Worm named Code Red wakes users up to security risks

Tech Time Warp: Worm named Code Red wakes users up to security risks

In this week’s tech time warp we look at how, following a month of DDoS attacks and security bulletins—including an attack on whitehouse.gov—computer users were on high alert Aug. 1, 2001, as they waited to see whether the Code Red...

/ August 4, 2023
Tech Time Warp: You’ve seen the world’s most famous photograph

Tech Time Warp: You’ve seen the world’s most famous photograph

If you don’t know the story of this week’s Tech Time Warp, this will be one of the coolest bits of trivia you’ll learn all year. Remember the out-of-the-box Windows XP wallpaper? The grassy green hills and the brilliant blue...

/ January 6, 2023
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Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Microsoft Windows critical remote code execution

Cybersecurity Threat Advisory: Microsoft Windows critical remote code execution

Microsoft released an emergency update for a critical remote code execution vulnerability for all Windows versions that are still receiving security updates (Windows 7+ and Server 2008+). This vulnerability allows an attacker to utilize the software to execute arbitrary code...

/ May 31, 2022 / 6 Comments
Tech Time Warp: The Sasser worm teaches a lesson

Tech Time Warp: The Sasser worm teaches a lesson

In this week’s edition of Tech Time Warp, we’re traveling back to early May 2004, when computer users worldwide learned a hard lesson: Don’t procrastinate when it comes to installing a security patch. Users at the Taiwanese post office, the...

/ April 29, 2022
MSPs should prep now for arrival of Windows 11

MSPs should prep now for arrival of Windows 11

Managed service providers (MSPs) should expect to see an increase in support calls around Oct. 5th now that Microsoft has let it be known this week that it plans to start making Windows 11 available on that date. While it’s...

/ September 2, 2021
Security Alert: Microsoft Windows Operating Systems

Security Alert: Microsoft Windows Operating Systems

On January 14th, 2020, Microsoft released a handful of critical patches to address security vulnerabilities. These include Windows CryptoAPI, Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway), and Windows Remote Desktop Client. Any machines running 32- or 64-bit Windows 10 operating systems,...

/ January 15, 2020
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Microsoft moving to smooth Windows 10 migration

Microsoft moving to smooth Windows 10 migration

IT service providers have made a lot of money over the years helping customers migrate to new versions of the Windows operating system, so it’s understandable if many IT service providers are getting excited about the pending arrival of Windows...

/ October 2, 2014