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The Windows Server 2012 R2 End of Life date is 10/10/2023.

Last year, Microsoft officially announced that its iconic legacy browser, Internet Explorer, will be put out to pasture on June 15, 2022. However, it will live on for a few more years via IE Mode, for those still relying on older apps and websites requiring IE11.

New monthly rollup is live for Windows 7 devices

It's time to inventory your network to identify systems to replace or migrate away from.

Irish health service hit by major ransomware attack IT systems in hospitals across Ireland have been switched off following a significant ransomware attack Share this item with your network: By Published: 14 May 2021 12:45 The Irish national Health Service Executive (HSE) has been forced to shut off all of its IT systems following a major ransomware attack, while it triages and investigates the scale of the incident, causing significant and unavoidable disruption to patient services across...

Microsoft Releases a New Windows 7 Monthly Rollup May 12, 2021 07:19 GMT      New update for Windows 7 ESU devices Microsoft has released a new monthly rollup for Windows 7 devices, though it’s important to keep in mind that this particular version is no longer supported for home users. The new monthly rollup is KB5003233, and it obviously comes with an increased focus on security improvements given it lands on a Patch Tuesday. There are two important changes in this new release. First ...

First published on The cyberattack earlier this month on Oldsmar, Florida water treatment facility has reopened a debate over the use of the unsupported Windows 7 operating systems at thousands of small- and medium-sized firms, organizations and critical infrastructure providers. Continued use puts organizations at risk, experts say.  "In the world we live in now, a fully up-to-date Windows operating system is an absolute must," John Hammond, senior security researcher at Huntress said. "Leav...

02/12/2021 The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published advisory AA21-042A regarding the Feb. 5 electronic intrusion into a Florida water treatment facility by an unknown attacker. The attacker used TeamViewer software and attempted to change the water supplys chemical composition at the Oldsmar water treatment facility near Tampa, Fla., according to Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gaultieri in a Reuters interview. TeamViewer is a remote desktop software pro...

| The end-of-the-year patching all-clear As 2020 slips away and 21 comes into view, its time to get Microsofts latest patches installed, and maybe do a little DIY upgrades on your hardware. Traitov / Getty Images It’s that time of the month to give the final 2020 all-clear for installing updates. Microsoft has already fixed the issue with KB4592438 for Windows 10 20H2 and 2004, where if you were lucky, or rather, unlucky enough to perform a chkdsk c: /f on your system a...