Another day, another cyberattack making the news and potentially infecting our monitored workstations.

With the newest legitimate Windows 10 updates hitting desktops and laptops, evil minds are looking to capitalize in the form of prompting consumers to download infected “updates.” This new ransomware threat was discovered by top researchers at SpiderLabs, and they were able to determine that the update in question is being delivered via an attachment hitting inboxes. (more…)

Microsoft recently announced it will be pulling the plug and end Windows 7 support come January 14, 2020. The operating system did have a good run, as it received a full decade worth of updates from the software giant. However, in order to fully devote itself to Windows 10 and newer operating systems, Microsoft decided it needed to move on from 7. If you currently run Windows 7 this very much will affect you and you’ll need to know all the ins and outs of what is changing, what to expect, and when you’ll need to upgrade to Windows 10.

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