Category Archives: Announcements

SonicWall Capture Client

The ever-growing threat of ransomware and other malicious malware-based attacks has proven that client protection solutions cannot be measured based only on endpoint compliance.  Traditional antivirus technology uses a long-embattled signature-based approach, which has failed to match the pace of emerging malware and evasion techniques.   SonicWall Capture Client is a unified endpoint offering with… Read More »

Microsoft will end the final free Windows 10 Upgrade program on the 31st December (2017)

Microsoft offered Windows users a free upgrade to Windows 10 back when the operating system was released. The official free upgrade offer hasn’t been available for more than a year, however customers who use assistive technologies were still able to upgrade. The ongoing free upgrade offer was implemented for anyone who wanted Windows 10 for… Read More »

SonicWALL Advanced Gateway Security Suite

Complete network security in a single integrated package SonicWall Advanced Gateway Security Suite (AGSS) is a complete suite of security services for SonicWall firewalls.  An upgrade over SonicWall Comprehensive Gateway Security Suite (CGSS), which features Capture Advanced Threat Protection, a multi-engine sandbox that runs and inspects suspicious files and code in an isolated cloud-based environment. … Read More »

General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR

Data protection law in the UK is undergoing the most significant changes since the Data Protection Act (DPA) in 1998.  The new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect in May 2016, and you have until 25th May 2018 to become fully compliant. The government has confirmed that the UK’s decision to leave… Read More »

Microsoft BitLocker

    BitLocker is Microsoft’s proprietary encryption program for Windows, that can encrypt your entire drive as well as help protect against unauthorized changes to your system such as firmware-level malware.  Data on a lost or stolen computer/laptop is vulnerable to unauthorized access, either by running a software-attack tool against it, or by transferring the… Read More »

WannaCrypt attacks

The ransom is $300 and you’ve got 3 days to pay before it doubles to $600. If you don’t pay within a week then the ransomware threatens to delete the files altogether.  Note the “Wana Decrypt0r” title on the window below: the three terms WannaCry, Wcry and WannaCrypt are all referring to the same piece… Read More »

Fastvue Web Activity Reports for SonicWALL Firewalls

Fastvue interprets log files from SonicWALL to deliver useful web activity reports to HR, Department Managers and You! Designed for anyone concerned about employee internet usage and a very useful tool for SonicWALL administrators Goes beyond simple log aggregation to provide sensible and useful information around web usage and productivity. Collates data from multiple SonicWALLs… Read More »

Microsoft is warning Windows users over a fake Microsoft security product that locks an infected computer and tries to trick victims into calling a support number

Microsoft doesn’t call you to offer tech support and does not provide phone numbers to call on its BSoD security warnings.   Microsoft has sounded the alarm over a fake installer for its Security Essentials, which attempts to trick victims into contacting bogus help centres.  Microsoft has released a  “severe” warning over new Windows malware… Read More »

Microsoft stops selling Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 to computer makers/manufacturers

Microsoft yesterday stopped providing Windows 7 Professional and Windows 8.1 licenses to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), including its PC partners and systems builders. The end of sales for Windows 7 Professional comes a full two years after sales ended for Windows 7 Home Basic, Home Premium and Ultimate. Windows 8 sales ended a few months… Read More »

KillerLocker Ransomware

We have received reports of yet another ransomware. KillerLocker ransomware is not vastly different from other ransomwares that we have seen in the past. It encrypts the victim’s files and shows a warning once it finished its job. This time, the warning uses a creepy image of a killer clown. With killer clown attacks all… Read More »

Email inventor Ray Tomlinson dies at 74

Internet pioneer Ray Tomlinson, who is credited with the invention of email, has died at the age of 74. The US computer programmer came up with the idea of electronic messages that could be sent from one network to another in 1971. His invention included the ground-breaking use of the @ symbol in email addresses,… Read More »