firewall

Windows 11 can be made dramatically quieter and harder to snoop on with a single, tiny open‑source utility that sits on top of Microsoft’s Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) and forces strict outbound control: simplewall. The MakeUseOf feature that brought this tool back into the spotlight frames...

Windows Defender Firewall is the first line of defense for most Windows 11 PCs, but the built‑in rules and automatic prompts don’t always match every app’s needs — when that happens you must add a manual exception. PCWorld’s short, step‑by‑step walkthrough is a useful quick reference for the...

Feeling busy and scattered is normal; being constantly interrupted by pings, banners and background network activity is optional — and three simple setting changes can buy back hours of uninterrupted focus on a Windows PC. Background / Overview Modern Windows desktops are packed with convenience...

Microsoft’s new Network Security Hub in Azure is a deliberate evolution of Azure Firewall Manager into a single-pane, service-aware control plane that consolidates firewalling, application-layer protection, and volumetric defense — promising simpler discoverability, unified visibility, and more...

Windows Server 2019 ships with Remote Desktop (RDP) capability turned off by default for safety; enabling it is simple but needs care. This feature piece walks through three reliable methods to enable Remote Desktop on Windows Server 2019 — PowerShell, Server Manager GUI, and the System...

SonicWall has confirmed a cloud‑backup compromise that exposed firewall configuration preference files stored in certain MySonicWall accounts, and customers who used the service are being urged to act immediately to contain and remediate potential follow‑on attacks. SonicWall’s notice —...

Siemens has republished a critical advisory that pulls a spotlight back onto a cluster of high-severity Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities found embedded inside several Siemens industrial networking products — most notably RUGGEDCOM NMS, SINEC NMS, and SINEMA family components — and is urging...

When a Windows Server hosts services for users or other systems, port visibility is one of the first and most essential things an administrator must master; knowing which ports are listening, which are established, and which are blocked by a firewall directly affects uptime, security posture...

Set Up and Manage a Local Print Server in Windows 10/11 Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 30 minutes A local print server lets one Windows PC share one or more printers to other PCs on the same network. This is useful when you want a single USB/network-connected printer to be available...

Siemens and U.S. cyber authorities have republished a focused advisory addressing two low‑severity but operationally meaningful vulnerabilities in SINEC OS that affect the RUGGEDCOM RST2428P (6GK6242‑6PA00); the immediate mitigation is straightforward (block discovery UDP ports) but the broader...

Microsoft has confirmed CVE-2025-53798 — an information-disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) — and released a vendor update; administrators who run RRAS must treat exposed RRAS endpoints as high-priority to remediate or isolate until patches are...

If your Windows 11 PC stalls or shows a small error window while shutting down, and the culprit in Task Manager is LogTransport2.exe, you’re not alone — that background Adobe component is commonly responsible for shutdown hangs, and the fix is usually to stop Adobe’s telemetry from trying to...

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Mitsubishi Electric’s MELSEC iQ‑F family of CPU modules is the subject of a fresh industrial‑control systems advisory describing a remotely exploitable denial‑of‑service condition in the product’s embedded Web server function — an issue that can be triggered by specially crafted HTTP traffic and...

Brave’s privacy-first stance is the clearest example in the modern browser market of a company that has deliberately reshaped a Chromium base into a purpose-built, privacy-forward product — and in 2025 it remains one of the strongest choices when privacy and defensive defaults are your top...

My access to MSNBC is good and does work. I have 3 browsers, FF, Edge, & Chrome and all 3 fail to receive the stream, the circle keeps circling. I can get the stream on my iphone using my WIFI, so I'm ruling out my WIFI provider.

My GMKTEC M7 Pro mini pc consistently shows an empty network folder. Occasionally on a boot it will populate but then contents disappear. Internet access is OK, occasionally takes two or three tries to connect to a site. I recently set up a NAS on a Beelink Me Mini running Truenas Community...

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The Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter remains one of the quickest ways to mirror or extend a Windows device to a TV or projector, but when video pixelation, audio stutters, or connection failures strike, the path from frustration to a working setup is rarely obvious; this feature guide...

If your Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter (MWDA) is misbehaving—no sound, choppy video, failed pairing, or a frozen second screen—you’re far from alone. These tiny HDMI + USB dongles rely on a fragile dance of Wi‑Fi Direct, graphics drivers and HDMI/USB power; when one partner stumbles, the...