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As Teams has become the core communications client for Office 365, we are announcing that Skype for Business Online will retire on July 31, 2021. 

Note: Neither Skype consumer nor Skype for Business Server will be affected by the retirement of the Skype for Busines...

Windows 7 and Windows 2008 are nearing their end of life. This means Microsoft will no longer provide security updates or support for PCs running these operating systems. All Windows 7 and 2008 computers need to be upgraded by January 2020. If you purchased your comput...

Don't click on unsolicited calendar invites.

Users of the Gmail service are being targeted primarily through the use of malicious and unsolicited Google Calendar notifications. Anyone can schedule a meeting with you, that's how the calendar application is designed to wo...

The new phishing attack, which has been found, is using forged non-delivery notifications email in order to steal users' credentials of Microsoft Office 365. This latest phishing attack has been discovered by Xavier Mertens, ISC Handler, while reviewing the data that w...

WHAT HAPPENED?

On November 26th, a security flaw in a U.S. Postal Service platform exposed data of more than 60 million users by allowing anyone logged-in to usps.com to query the system for user data. USPS has patched the flaw after repeated requests, according to Tech...

We would like to remind you that the End of General Support (EOGS) for VMware vSphere 5.5 and vSAN 5.5 is September 19, 2018:

• To maintain your full level of Support and Subscription Services, VMware recommends upgrading to vSphere 6.5 or vSphere 6.7. Note that by up...

Overview

The European Union (EU)'s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect on May 25, 2018. The purpose of the GDPR is to ensure that data subjects have greater control over their personal information; including the right to actively consent to every...

If you have a home or small office router, the FBI suggests you immediately reboot it to counter Russian-linked malware VPNFilter.

It doesn’t take long to simply turn your router off and then back on, and the payoff is worth it, considering it’s within your power to cou...

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in 7-Zip [a free and open-source file archiver] the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code execution.

7-Zip versions prior to 18.00 are affected.  Users should apply appropriate updates provided by 7-Zip to vuln...

Are your switches and routers ensconced in dust?  Network devices need to be maintained.  Once they are set up, the maintenance can get overlooked until there is a problem.  Here are a few tips to keep your network equipment running and avoid unplanned downtime....