How much longer can I keep running Windows 7?

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With the End-Of-Life date coming soon for Windows 7, It's inevitable that the beloved Windows Operating System is dying. It has that all too familiar terminal illness called End-of-Life. Microsoft has announced that it is pulling the plug January 14, 2020 on the version of Windows that most of us … Read More

Security Alert – Microsoft warns of vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and Windows Defender

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Microsoft is urging users of Windows 10 to update immediately. The flaw lies in Internet Explorer and allows an attacker to potentially install software, modify/view/delete data or even create new accounts. The vulnerability was found by a security engineer with Google's Threat Analysis Group. The … Read More

Security Alert – Update Warning for Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10

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At SandStorm IT, we typically suggest doing all updates (especially Operating System) as they become available to avoid security vulnerabilities, In the latest batch of Microsoft updates, there were some "known issues". In this security alert, we'll cover "What's the issue?", "What versions of … Read More

Security Alert: Grammarly browser extension leaks everything you’ve ever typed into the service.

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According to the Chromium.org report, around 22 million users are affected: "The Grammarly chrome extension (approx ~22M users) exposes it's auth tokens to all websites, therefore any website can login to grammarly.com as you and access all your documents and other data. I'm calling this a high … Read More

Windows Server 2008 R2 End-of-Life Support is Near

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Windows Server 2008 R2 End-of-Life Support is near. Windows Server 2008 R2 end-of-life mainstream supported ended back on January 13, 2015. However, there is a more critical date looming.   On January 14, 2020, Microsoft will end all support for Windows Server 2008 R2. It seems like 2020 is a … Read More

Data Breach: Almost 20 Million Patient’s Data Stolen in 2 Separate Medical Laboratory Data Breaches

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Just a few days after Quest Diagnostics reported that a data breach compromised the information of 11.9 million patients, LabCorp is reporting that it was breached as well, affecting 7.7 million additional records.   What happened? An unauthorized user installed malicious code on the payment … Read More

What will happen on January 14, 2020 when Windows 7 is no longer supported?

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I’m sure by now you’ve heard that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 are going end of life at the beginning of next year, but what is going to happen on January 14, 2020, when it finally does go end of life?   What is end of life? First, we need to define what end of life is from … Read More

Remote Desktop Vulnerability discovered in Windows XP, Windows 2003 & Windows 7.

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A recent update from Microsoft addresses a vulnerability in the Remote Desktop Service used in older versions of Windows, namely Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows 7. Given that both XP and Windows Server 2003 has been End-of-Life for a few years now, this is an unusual action for … Read More

Vulnerability Alert: Multiple Virtual Private Network (VPN) applications are storing cookies insecurely

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At SandStorm IT, we try to keep you up to date on the latest in tech news. This is especially true when the case is a potential vulnerability that could affect your business. A recent report from Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute is warning of an issue with multiple Virtual … Read More

Vulnerability in popular tool WinRAR is being used to install malware

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"Earlier this month Check Point Research reported discovery of a 19 year old code execution vulnerability in the wildly popular WinRAR compression tool. Rarlab reports that there are over 500 million users of this program. While a patched version, 5.70, was released on February 26, attackers are … Read More