News: An intrepid group of Lineal IT engineers are each competing in a capture the flag (CTF) event designed to sharpen the skills of Systems Administrators. Points are awarded by completing a number of investigative technical… Microsoft have delivered emergency out-of-band patches for the PrintNightmare zero day print spooler vulnerability with more on the horizon. The bug, CVE-2021-34527, is existent in all versions of Windows and exploits a remote code execution… More than a thousand organisations using Kaseya Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) software are estimated to have been hit by ransomware over the weekend. The supply chain attack, which was described as “colossal and devastating”… It’s 2021 but somehow the phishing email scams just keep coming. You could almost miss the days when ‘Bill Gates’ would get in touch by email to offer you a shipment of diamonds. Modern email… Windows’ latest operating system offering was unveiled today at their virtual event, boasting the arrival of the “next generation of Windows”. The announcement comes somewhat of a shock to the tech world who were told… Microsoft have announced a web-based version of Visio will soon be made free to all commercially licensed Microsoft 365 users. The popular diagramming and visualisation app was originally a standalone license, but will transition to… Google Workspace, previously known as G Suite, was launched back in October 2020 and served as a combination of Google’s apps such as Docs, Slides and Gmail which was only available for businesses and enterprises… A number of retail, news and social media websites experienced internet downtime caused by an outage at the global website cloud hosting service, Fastly. For an hour from 11am BST today, users of Fastly’s hosting… eBay has announced that from 1st June, sellers will not be able to manage monthly billing statements or incoming payment transactions on PayPal after the two companies ended their 19-year partnership. In a statement, eBay…
Lineal Takes On Capture the Flag SysAdmin Challenge
The Haunting of ‘PrintNightmare’ – Windows patches released
Kaseya Clients Struck by Ransomware
Updated: Phishing Email Examples
Windows 11: everything you need to know about Microsoft’s latest OS
Visio made free to all Commercial M365 Users
Google Workspace Individual announced – new teleconferencing functionalities for SMBs
Fastly internet outages affecting Europe and North America
eBay rules out PayPal as a seller payment option
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