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Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 05:29:00 -0700

Microsoft on Tuesday changed its plans for selling Windows 7 post-retirement support, saying that it will offer patches-for-a-price to any business, no matter how small, that’s willing to pay.

“Through January 2023, we will extend the availability of paid Windows 7 Extended Security Updates (ESU) to businesses of all sizes,” Jared Spataro, an executive in the Microsoft 365 group, wrote in a post to a company blog.

Microsoft had announced the ESU program in September 2018. Since April, when the company started selling ESU, only customers with volume licensing deals for Windows 7 Enterprise or Windows 10 Professional have been eligible to purchase the support add-on.

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ComputerWorld Independent

October 2, 2019 admin

How to safely erase data under Windows

Bitlocker and self-encrypting hard drives can make it easier to erase data so that it cannot be recovered. This is how the “crypto-erase” method works.

ScadaICS Schneider

October 1, 2019 admin

Are Data Centers and Colocation Providers Prepared for the Evolving Energy Market?

Credit to Author: John Powers| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Market evolution is driving change in how companies strategically manage their energy. This changing landscape opens opportunities for businesses to modify their energy consumption mix, with potential cost savings as… Read more »

The post Are Data Centers and Colocation Providers Prepared for the Evolving Energy Market? appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

ScadaICS Schneider

October 1, 2019 admin

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: My Hispanic/Latina journey in the US

Credit to Author: Employee Voices| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 12:30:50 +0000

Written by Ana Marfil, Diversity and Inclusion Leader for Schneider Electric US. She manages the initiatives and efforts to drive a more diverse and inclusive company. She passionate about helping… Read more »

The post Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: My Hispanic/Latina journey in the US appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

Security Wired

October 1, 2019 admin

Decades-Old Code Is Putting Millions of Critical Devices at Risk

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:12:30 +0000

Nearly two decades ago, a company called Interpeak created a network protocol that became an industry standard. It also had severe bugs that are only now coming to light.

Independent Krebs

October 1, 2019 admin

Mariposa Botnet Author, Darkcode Crime Forum Admin Arrested in Germany

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 16:33:19 +0000

A Slovenian man convicted of authoring the destructive and once-prolific Mariposa botnet and running the infamous Darkode cybercrime forum has been arrested in Germany on request from prosecutors in the United States, who’ve recently re-indicted him on related charges.

Microsoft Security

October 1, 2019 admin

Forrester names Microsoft a Leader in 2019 Endpoint Security Suites Wave

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 17:30:05 +0000

Microsoft is positioned as a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Endpoint Security Suites, Q3 2019, receiving among the second highest scores in both the strategy and market presence categories.

The post Forrester names Microsoft a Leader in 2019 Endpoint Security Suites Wave appeared first on Microsoft Security .

MalwareBytes Security

October 1, 2019 admin

For Cybersecurity and Domestic Violence Awareness months, we pledge to fight stalkerware

Credit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:00:14 +0000

Starting today, two hallmark holidays are upon us. No, it’s not Halloween and Thanksgiving. It’s both Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It’s no coincidence these two awareness campaigns overlap. What were once seen as separate realities—the physical and the digital—are increasingly blurred as our offices, schools, and hospitals move from paper to…

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Computer Security Articles

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Post-retirement Windows 7 patches: Not just for the big dogs now

How to safely erase data under Windows

Are Data Centers and Colocation Providers Prepared for the Evolving Energy Market?

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: My Hispanic/Latina journey in the US

Decades-Old Code Is Putting Millions of Critical Devices at Risk

Mariposa Botnet Author, Darkcode Crime Forum Admin Arrested in Germany

Forrester names Microsoft a Leader in 2019 Endpoint Security Suites Wave

For Cybersecurity and Domestic Violence Awareness months, we pledge to fight stalkerware