Microsoft announced on its January patch Tuesday (14/01/2020) that a new exploit has been identified and resolved. A spoofing vulnerability exists in the way Windows CryptoAPI (Crypt32.dll) validates Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) certificates. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by using a spoofed code-signing certificate to sign a malicious executable,... read more →
Jan
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Jan
13
On the 14th January 2020, Microsoft will end extended support for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008R2 as well as Windows 7 Operating Systems. After that date there will be no:- Security Updates Non-Security Updates Online/Telephone based support Further updates to technical content online If you haven't already built... read more →
Dec
11
Yesterday, Microsoft announced the existence of CVE-2019-1458, which is a vulnerability affecting all current Windows operating systems, from Windows 7 through to 10 and Server 2008 to 2016. This vulnerability comes with a CVSS score of 7.8, which leads us to believe that its being taken as a serious vulnerability... read more →
Dec
02
On the 14th January 2020, Microsoft will end extended support for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008R2. After that date there will be no:- Security Updates Non-Security Updates Online/Telephone based support Further updates to technical content online If you haven't already built a contingency plan for any machines running... read more →
Sep
30
Microsoft have today announced that Windows Virtual Desktop is now generally available. We have been testing the public preview since this was released in March and we have been impressed with the functionality. (See previous blog posts WVD - What we know and WVD - First impressions ) Deploy and scale virtualised... read more →
Sep
26
Microsoft have disclosed a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer (CVE-2019-1367) and have released an emergency patch for it. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker... read more →
Sep
12
Microsoft has announced that – as from 4 September 2019 – customers can now opt to pay for Azure Reserved Instances monthly, while still taking advantage of the discount previously offered only on an upfront payment basis. If you are new to reserved instances, then the premise is simple. Microsoft... read more →
Jun
17
There are many elements of your IT that you are likely to be considering migrating to the cloud including your data. As illustrated in our blog ‘Accelerate your digital transformation by embracing Managed IaaS’ companies, even in the early stages of their journey to Azure IaaS, are already... read more →
May
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Companies embracing IaaS are seeing results: As identified in IDC’s Whitepaper, Enabling Cloud for All Compute Needs, Cloud has lowered the cost of experimentation and pilots. Infrastructure modernisation is a key component of digital transformation, and organisations in the early stages of this journey are already seeing differentiated... read more →
May
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"Why should we work with you guys for Office365, can't we just purchase this directly from Microsoft?" .....if we had an FAQ section, this question would feature prominently and rightly so, I'd be asking exactly the same question with my client side hat on. As we don't have an FAQ... read more →