Month: May 2022

Security news…

RiskIQ: Magecart Injected URLs and C2 Domains, May 20-27, 2022 Between 20 and 27 May 2022, RiskIQ detected 299 Magecart and skimmer injected URLs, and detected 76 unique C2 domains used by known Magecart threat actors. Note that many of these URLs are legitimate, compromised websites. The full URL should be considered and the domain […]

Linux News

Some miscellaneous Linux news that’s come to our attention recently: Serious security vulnerability in Tails 5.0 (Tails) Mark Shuttleworth: Expect Canonical to Go Public in 2023 (Foss Force) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 aims to fuel innovation in the open hybrid cloud(ITPro.) RHEL Clone and CentOS Replacement Releases Rocky Linux 8.6 (Foss Force) Google Created ‘Open Source Maintenance […]

Windows News

We’ll start with a reminder that Windows Server 20H2 reaches end of support in August 2022 (Born’s Tech and Windows World). Günter also has news concerning the Windows 10 profile issues that have been reported. Meanwhile, Microsoft is probably embarrassed that Windows 11 and Microsoft Teams were hacked multiple times on the first day of the Pwn2Own event in Vancouver, Canada […]

Happenings this week…

Veeam Adding Intelligence to Microsoft 365 Backup Solution (Redmond Channel Partner) Google unveils new Assured Open Source Software service (ITPro.) Microsoft goes public with planned changes to undo restrictive cloud licensing policies in Europe (ZDNet) And is Microsoft moving out of Redmond? See this article: Microsoft moves forward with massive corporate campus project in Atlanta (Daily Commercial News) Also […]

Hackers Utilize SwissTransfer To Deploy Phishing Scam

Cofense Phishing Defence Center (PDC) noted a number of emails using the SwissTransfer service to conduct phishes against recipients. Navigating to the link on the email will present the user with a legitimate SwissTransfer download page where a PDF file can be downloaded by the user. Once the file has been downloaded, and the recipient […]

Windows Tips and Tutorials

We thought we’d try organizing our tips & tutorials in this section according to platform & product instead of our usual mix & match method. Do you find this more helpful? Let us know! PowerShell: How to Fix Windows 11 SSD Problem Using PowerShell (ITPro Today) Microsoft PowerShell lets you track Windows Registry changes (Bleeping Computer) Should You […]

Windows News- by TechGenix

I was startled recently when I wanted to use Quick Assist to provide support for a user over a remote connection. Quick Assist is a feature of Windows 10 that lets a person share their device with someone else and view their display and/or take over control of their machine. I’ve used it many times […]

Crypto Mugging is on the Rise

People around the world are being jumped on the street, their phones taken, and their crypto wallets fully drained. This new threat combines the criminal activities of the past with those of the future. Read More … https://urlsand.esvalabs.com/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fclick.techgenix.com%2Fc.html%3Fufl%3Da%26rtr%3Don%26s%3Dx9w60f%2C1b650%2Cnp5%2Cgfh%2Cllvt%2Cfa8t%2Ce2zj%26MLM_MID%3D2200788%26MLM_UNIQUEID%3Dae19da069f&e=dac9dcc0&h=8531b185&f=y&p=y

Commodity Skimming & Magecart Trends in First Quarter of 2022

Digital credit skimming has undergone a significant transformation since researchers first started tracking the phenomenon in the early twenty aughts. Once, skimming was a space ruled by a handful of highly skilled groups that carefully chose and hit their targets, manipulating the JavaScript on websites to steal customers’ credit card info, often to sell on […]

THE BEST SMARTPHONE YOU CAN BUY FOR UNDER $500

If you’re shopping for a new phone on a budget, we’ve got good news: you’re more likely to find midrange sub-$500 phones available in these days of crunched supply chains than many of the recent flagships. Fortunately, there are many excellent alternatives to the pricey, premium models that are nearly as capable and cost a lot […]

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