ransomware

Enable Controlled Folder Access & Whitelist Apps to Protect Against Ransomware (Win10/11) Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 15 minutes Introduction Ransomware encrypts or locks your files and demands payment to restore them. Controlled Folder Access (CFA) is a built‑in Windows Defender...

Australia faces a sharpened cyber‑risk horizon as Microsoft prepares to stop mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, at the same moment hackers are being handed increasingly powerful tools — and a new HP–Microsoft study warns many small and medium businesses are making themselves...

More than half of the world’s personal computers remain on Windows 10 even as Microsoft’s official support deadline looms, creating a wide and growing security gap that affects consumers, small businesses, and enterprise networks alike. New telemetry shared publicly via cybersecurity vendor...

Microsoft’s quiet nudge toward a cloud-first file culture is now more than design preference — it’s a default behavior baked into Windows setup and Office that reshapes how most people will create, save, and think about their documents. Background Microsoft’s strategy has been moving toward...

Windows’ built‑in antivirus has quietly become the practical choice for millions of users, and the recent pushback against paid suites is no accident — the free Windows security stack now combines deep OS integration, modern cloud and AI detections, and targeted anti‑ransomware controls that...

Microsoft’s cybersecurity posture is under renewed fire after U.S. Senator Ron Wyden urged the Federal Trade Commission to open a formal investigation into the company’s default security settings, arguing that Microsoft shipped “dangerous, insecure software” that materially enabled a 2024...

Microsoft’s SharePoint on-premises ecosystem is once again at the center of a high-risk security incident: an untrusted-deserialization remote code execution (RCE) class of weaknesses is being actively exploited against internet-facing SharePoint Server deployments, and an exact CVE identifier...

If you’ve ever set up a new Windows PC or clicked through a Windows update without scrutinizing every prompt, you may have opened File Explorer one day and discovered that your Documents, Desktop or Pictures folders now live inside a OneDrive folder — and that many of those files are quietly...

Artista Pirata has quietly become one of the most visible Spanish‑language hubs where users can find “full” copies of commercial Windows and macOS applications, pre‑patched installers, language‑tailored builds and one‑click activators — a distribution model that mixes convenience with...

Veeam has released its first pre-configured, pre-hardened software appliance for the Veeam Data Platform — a hardware‑agnostic, Linux‑based delivery of Veeam Backup & Replication that promises faster deployments, built‑in immutability and Zero Trust controls, automated patching, and instant...

Veeam’s new software appliance promises to strip away months of configuration work and Windows licensing headaches by delivering a pre-built, pre-hardened, bootable data-protection appliance that runs on a Veeam-managed Linux “Just Enough OS” — a move designed to accelerate deployments, reduce...

Microsoft Active Directory remains the single most critical identity service in most enterprises—and in 2025 the vendor landscape for Active Directory backup and forest recovery has crystallised around a small set of purpose‑built products that go well beyond system‑state snapshots. The...

The Indian government’s cybersecurity arm has issued a high-severity alert advising organisations and individuals to urgently address a batch of patched—but still dangerous—vulnerabilities across multiple Microsoft products, including Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Windows Server storage...

Storm-0501’s latest operation — a hybrid assault that began on-premises, pivoted into Azure, exfiltrated and destroyed cloud data, and culminated in a ransom demand delivered through a compromised Microsoft Teams account — marks a stark turning point in how ransomware actors pursue profit and...

Not long ago, running a Windows PC without a paid third‑party antivirus felt like leaving your front door open — today, that advice is overdue for a rethink because Windows’ built‑in protections are both better and far more capable than most people realize. Background Windows has a long...

Microsoft's public notice about Windows 10 support is no longer just a calendar reminder — it's a deadline with real consequences for security, compatibility, and the cost of staying on an aging platform. Background: what the missing Primedia Plus article and Microsoft actually say The link...

Microsoft’s official support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025 — and that deadline turns a decade-old, still‑widely used operating system into a growing security liability unless you act now. 10 has been a workhorse for hundreds of millions of PCs, but when Microsoft stops shipping...

LightBeam’s Summer 2025 release brings targeted AI security and governance controls specifically for Microsoft Copilot, promising real-time protection against AI-driven data exposure, insider threats, and mass-encryption ransomware events — a response to rapid Copilot adoption and the emergence...

Sixty days may feel like a lot — until you remember the work still required to move millions of endpoints off an operating system that will stop receiving free security updates on October 14, 2025. Background Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025...

The six Windows security myths that resurfaced in a recent roundup are more than clickbait—they reflect persistent misunderstandings about how modern Windows actually defends users, where its limits lie, and when spending money or changing workflows will genuinely improve safety. The original...