Posted by: secureitfoundation on: April 8, 2011
Be prepared for a busy Patch Wednesday as there are 64 security updates being released by Microsoft for all versions of Windows and Office products. We recommend that you run Windows update on Wednesday to ensure you keep your computer update to date. SecurityBrad
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: July 27, 2010
If you have been reading tech news stories about the ‘Zero Day’ Windows shortcut vulnerability becoming a serious mainstream risk, unusually they are correct. There is an unpatched vulnerability in all recent versions of Windows (XP, Vista and 7) which uses Windows to misread a shortcut ‘.lnk’ file to take over your computer. Now there [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: May 11, 2010
From experience we can safely say the biggest cause of hard drive failure is… YOU, the computer user! Do you shut your computer off completely before you move it? Do you turn it off by using your operating system shutdown option? If you answered no to either question and your hard drive fails then you [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: March 25, 2010
‘Defence in depth’. That is what the commercial security world calls having multiple layers of security to protect you in case one fails. Simply put, your home computer needs to have multiple layers of defences including an up to date browser like Firefox, have Anti Virus software that works, run Windows Update every month and [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: November 20, 2009
Unlike the default settings in Windows, Linux users have to enter the administrative password before they can install new software. Recently a popular variant of Linux called Fedora introduced a change to alter the security model of Fedora to no longer require the administrative password before installing new software. On paper it seems sensible, Fedora [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: November 5, 2009
Not much of a surprise this one, given the similarity to XP / Vista under the hood, but Windows 7 is just as vulnerable to viruses and this has now confirmed by Sophos. Then again if they said otherwise who would use their product. Next week they will tell us the sky is blue and [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: October 26, 2009
Now the dust is beginning to settle, Windows 7 testing has begun in earnest. IT professionals who have been using the Windows 7 release candidate for several months were a little surprised to see the final version is virtually the same. Our verdict from testing, is that it gives a good initial experience over Vista. [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: October 24, 2009
There hasn’t been a major operating system update for some time then two come along together. Both Apple Mac’s Snow Leopard and Microsoft’s Windows 7 are available, so both PC and Mac users have to decide if they upgrade. We have covered the correct decision process you should use when deciding if you should buy [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: October 22, 2009
October 22nd 2009 was the launch date of the new version of Windows, called exotically Windows 7. Unless you have never used a computer and are looking to buy your first one, then you will be used to using either Windows XP or Vista already. So the big question for home computer users is, should [...]
