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What’s New Wednesday: January 2025 January 15, 2025 – Posted in: IT Support, News, What's New Wednesdays

Happy New Year! The first Patch Tuesday of 2025 was a whopper with 159 flaws patched including 8 zero-day vulnerabilities, 3 of which have been actively exploited. It’s a good idea to restart your PC today and we may well restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Overall Microsoft patched: 14 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities 58 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities 24 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities 20 Denial…

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What’s New Wednesday: December 2024 December 11, 2024 – Posted in: IT Support, News, What's New Wednesdays

The Microsoft monthly security update release is published on the second Tuesday of each month. It’s a good idea to restart your PC on the following Wednesday – today. We may well restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY This month’s Patch Tuesday included security updates for 71 flaws including 1 actively exploited zero-day vulnerability. Overall Microsoft patched:: 27 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 30 Remote Code…

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What’s New Wednesday: A Summary of November 2024’s Patch Tuesday November 13, 2024 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, News, What's New Wednesdays

The Microsoft monthly security update release is published on the second Tuesday of each month. It’s a good idea to restart your PC on the following Wednesday – today. We may well restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY This month’s Patch Tuesday included security updates for 91 flaws including 4 zero-day vulnerabilities. Overall Microsoft patched: 26 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 2 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities…

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What’s New Wednesday: A Summary of October 2024’s Patch Tuesday October 9, 2024 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, News, What's New Wednesdays

The Microsoft monthly security update release is published on the second Tuesday of each month. It’s a good idea to restart your PC on the following Wednesday – today. We may well restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY This month’s Patch Tuesday included security updates for 118 flaws including 5 actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities. Overall Microsoft patched: 28 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 7 Security Feature…

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I’ve Updated My PC – What Else Do I Need to Update? October 4, 2024 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support

We’ve covered updating your laptop or computer a fair bit but the operating and software on your computer aren’t the only things you need to keep up to date to secure your data and your business. One obvious system that needs to be kept up to date is your server. Your IT team should be managing that, but it is worth checking in with them to be sure. Mobile Phones Your mobile phone needs updating…

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IT Tips & Tricks: Check How Long It’ll Be Supported September 20, 2024 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, IT Tips & Tricks

When you’re buying a new piece of software or hardware you should always check how long it will receive support and updates for. We’ve explained before why out of support software is dangerous on PCs, but the same applies to mobile phones, routers, smart TVs, even smart locks or cookers – anything that can run code, especially if it connects to the internet. Any device that is out of support is at risk of being…

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What’s New Wednesday: A Summary of September 2024’s Patch Tuesday September 11, 2024 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, News, What's New Wednesdays

The Microsoft monthly security update release is published on the second Tuesday of each month. It’s a good idea to restart your PC on the following Wednesday – today. We may well restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY This month’s Patch Tuesday included security updates for 79 flaws and 4 actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities patched. Overall Microsoft patched: 30 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 4 Security…

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What’s New Wednesday: A Summary of August 2024’s Patch Tuesday August 14, 2024 – Posted in: Cyber Security, IT Support, News, What's New Wednesdays

The Microsoft monthly security update release is published on the second Tuesday of each month. It’s a good idea to restart your PC on the following Wednesday – today. We may well restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Yesterday’s Patch Tuesday included security updates for 89 flaws and 10 zero-day vulnerabilities. Overall Microsoft patched: 36 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 4 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities 28…

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Can I Keep My On Prem Exchange Server? August 2, 2024 – Posted in: Cyber Security, Dates to Remember

Short answer, Yes. But should you? The Options When it comes to email your options are: Maintain an on premises email server running Exchange. Take your emails to the cloud with Microsoft 365. Upgrades and Updates Many mail servers are still running Exchange 2016. When Microsoft announced Exchange 2019 they made it clear that it would go out of support at the same time as Exchange 2016. As 2019 required more infrastructure capacity and a…

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What’s New Wednesday: A Summary of July 2024’s Patch Tuesday July 11, 2024 – Posted in: IT Support, What's New Wednesdays

The Microsoft monthly security update release is published on the second Tuesday of each month. It’s a good idea to restart your PC on the following Wednesday – today. We may well restart some of your servers overnight this week if a patch requires it. NEW THIS WEDNESDAY Yesterday’s Patch Tuesday included security updates for 51 flaws, 18 remote code execution vulnerabilities and 1 publicaly disclosed zero-day vulnerability. Overall Microsoft patched: 26 Elevation of Privilege…