On August 1st 2020 a gentleman known by the name of Benjamin Altpeter wrote a thesis. On one page tucked away inside was a description of an exploit within Microsoft office running on Windows. This issue was reported to Microsoft, but it is not yet clear why, after 22 months when it is rediscovered, it …
Problem Files in OneDrive / SharePoint cannot be opened, are already in use or cannot be attached to emails. Challenge Client called to report intermittent issues with files either not opening, not saving correctly or at all, and being unable to add to emails as attachments. Some files opening with 8.3 file names Eg …
I was fortunate to be born in a time when computing and gaming were on the upswing. I grew up with a few different personal computers at home such as the Commodore 64, Amiga500 and later on an IBM PC. Even though I had no real work to do and mostly played games, from the …
Encryption is a huge part of the modern world, it exists in almost every corner of computing and many of the processes we rely on daily simply would not function without it. Put simply, it is a way of rendering information to be incomprehensible to all but the desired recipient(s). Data exists on a fundamental …
Many of you will know Anti-Virus as a program that scans your hard drive for nasties, hopefully removes them and then occasionally pops up asking for money. This has been the typical experience for many users for decades with malicious programs playing cat and mouse with anti-virus in a battle of developers taking place inside …
Another day, another dollar and so it’s business as usual, or maybe not. Many companies are facing business continuity issues due to the current health related problems. Although the pandemic has been a serious issue to overcome, it is by no means the only threat to business. Business continuity management is about ensuring a swift …
Once again we find ourselves sealed in at home, those of us who can work from home that is, and whether you consider that a good or a bad thing you will have to make the best of it. While working from home will hopefully be a temporary solution, it is important not only to …
Email has become the backbone for many businesses around the world, moving both important and trivial information quickly to as many people as you want. Like many things in life, its importance is most keenly felt during its absence and it always seems to go wrong at the worst time. Email is used for a …
I’m sure that by now you are aware of this trendy idea called “Bring Your Own Device,” which means that people can use their own mobile phones, tablets and computers to assist in executing their particular work. Know that this can be a very good thing but also a very bad thing! Since you paid …
