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Choosing Windows for your organization should get you fired

Network World

In the wake of yet another ransomware attack—this time named NotPetya —I have a special message specifically for those of you working in organizations that continue to run Microsoft Windows as the operating system on either your servers or your desktops: You are doing a terrible job and should probably be fired. . That’s harsh.

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Cisco Talos Reports Microsoft Windows Policy Loophole Being Exploited by Threat Actor

Tech Republic Security

Learn how a malicious driver exploits a loophole in the Windows operating system to run at kernel level.

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Microsoft: Windows 10 S not affected by any 'known ransomware'

Tech Republic Security

In a blog post, Microsoft called Windows 10 S its "latest and most hardened operating system," and explained how it protects users against ransomware and other threats.

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Checklist: Securing Windows 10 systems

Tech Republic Security

Every operating system should be appropriately secured, especially end user workstations which often contain or permit access to company data and upon which most employee job duties are based. To get the maximum security protection out of your Windows 10 deployments follow this checklist from TechRepublic Premium.

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Verify Teams for AVD using SCCM Configuration Item with Windows 11 Operating System

Anoop

The post Verify Teams for AVD using SCCM Configuration Item with Windows 11 Operating System appeared first on HTMD Blog #1 by Anoop C Nair. Subscribe to YouTube Channel [link]. and Facebook Page to get the latest updates.

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Microsoft issues fixes for non-supported versions of Windows Server

Network World

Microsoft took the rare step of issuing security fixes for both the server and desktop versions of Windows that are long out of support, so you know this is serious. The vulnerability ( CVE-2019-0708 ) is in the Remote Desktop Services component built into all versions of Windows. To read this article in full, please click here

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New Windows XP patch: Microsoft issues extraordinary fix to protect PCs against next WannaCry

Tech Republic Security

To limit the number of machines at risk from self-replicating malware like WannaCry, Microsoft yesterday patched vulnerabilities on Windows XP and other unsupported operating systems.

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