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Thank Your SysAdmins – It’s System Administrator Appreciation Day!
Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day! System Administrator Appreciation Day, also known as SysAdmin Day, is an event created by System Administrator, Ted Kekatos. It all started when Kekatos saw a magazine advertisement in which a System Administrator was presented with flowers and fruit-baskets by grateful co-workers as thanks for installing
3rd Windows Print Spooler Critical Vulnerability Detected
Windows PrintNightmare Vulnerabilities & Exploits Continue At the end of June and earlier this month, Microsoft released a security update regarding a Windows Print Spooler critical vulnerability, now being called PrintNightmare. Their original guidance, CVE-2021-1675, was quickly met with backlash as patches released by Microsoft were reported to not fix
Microsoft Discovers New SolarWinds Flaw Under Attack
Microsoft Uncovers Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability & Zero-Day Exploit of SolarWinds Serv-U Product Microsoft recently alerted software company, SolarWinds, of a new vulnerability uncovered, providing proof of concept to the company last week. It was found in SolarWinds Serv-U product, in two IT management utilities used to manage remote
Thousands, Possibly Millions, of Businesses Affected by Latest Ransomware Attack
Kaseya Platform Targeted in Large-Scale Global Ransomware Attack Over the holiday weekend, notorious cybercrime group, REvil, successfully launched a ransomware attack targeting Managed Service Providers (MSPs). This unprecedented hack triggered an infection chain compromising a massive, global supply chain, with reports showing at least 1,000 businesses over 17 countries being
Defending Active Directory Against AdminSDHolder Attacks
Active Directory Permissions Attack: Hackers Gain Persistence with AdminSDHolder Active Directory (AD) tends to be a common target for hackers, as it controls the security and infrastructure for most IT systems. Attackers aim to get privileged access to a Windows Server Active Directory and remain undetected for as long as
New Microsoft Report Suggests Basic Authentication as Source of Business Email Compromise (BEC) Attacks
Microsoft Examines Basic Authentication’s Role in BEC Attacks In late 2019, Microsoft announced their intent to remove basic authentication from Exchange Online protocols. Though for many organizations using Microsoft 365, a combination of basic authentication and connection protocols, like POP3 and IMAP4, is still standard practice for accessing Exchange Online
New Fluid Office Documents from Microsoft Coming This Summer to Teams, OneNote, and More
Fluid Components Starting to Arrive in Microsoft Platforms Soon The biggest change to Microsoft’s Office documents in decades is coming to life soon, as the company’s Fluid framework arrives in Microsoft Teams, OneNote, Outlook, and Whiteboard. The future-facing concept of Fluid’s framework, introduced last year, allows for immediate sync of
Announcing Cayosoft Guardian v2.2 | See What’s New!
Cayosoft is excited to announce its newest version of Guardian! Cayosoft Guardian recovers and protects Azure Active Directory and hybrid Active Directory data. With Guardian monitoring all directory changes, administrators can quickly see, understand and rollback mistakes or malicious changes across their entire hybrid Active Directory environment. In our newest
True Hybrid Active Directory Management Solutions: The New Standard | Part 1
True Hybrid Active Directory Management Solutions: The New Standard | A Three-Part Blog Series Over the years, Microsoft Active Directory (AD) has become the core of almost all organizations’ network infrastructures, acting as the central system for identity and access management. The current IT landscape is constantly evolving and has
Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Vulnerability Discovered
Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is one of the most popular solutions used to access critical infrastructure servers for many organizations, including those who run virtual servers on Microsoft Azure. A group of hackers, called the Secret Club, inadvertently found a major flaw in Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) technology.
3 Steps to Help Configure Emergency Calling in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a powerful tool for collaboration but managing its features can be challenging and time-consuming. Telephony and calling plans for Microsoft Teams requires certain steps to be completed in order to maximize all its features. This blog outlines how to add emergency addresses, associate phone numbers to these
Warning: 12-Year-Old Vulnerabilities Lying Deep in Dell PCs Puts ‘Hundreds of Millions at Risk’
Five vulnerabilities were discovered by researchers from cybersecurity firm SentinelOne in a driver for Dell PCs’ BIOS (the code responsible for launching the PC and its operating system), in particular the DBUtil driver. For 12 years, these “high severity” weaknesses have been resident. Hundreds of millions of devices are at
Is it Time for your Microsoft Enterprise Agreement Renewal?
Resources to Optimize Microsoft 365 (Formerly Office 365) License Management and Reduce Costs For organizations with 500 or more users or devices, that want a more manageable volume licensing program, the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA) provides the ability to buy cloud services and software licenses under one agreement. These enterprise agreements are
New Study Reveals Top Concerns for Microsoft Platform Management
Managing Microsoft environments can be complex and time-consuming, but they provide critical services to maintain business continuity and allow access to employees to keep them productive. Whether on-premises Active Directory, hybrid, or Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), IT executives must balance efficiency while maintaining Active Directory security, such as managing
NSA Discovers New Critical Exchange Server Vulnerabilities
Microsoft released three new patches for its Exchange Server software on Tuesday after the National Security Agency (NSA) alerted the company to a fresh batch of critical vulnerabilities. All discovered flaws, four in total, lead to remote code execution on a vulnerable machine. “We urge all owners and operators of