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Extending USB: Passive Cables vs Active Cables vs USB Extenders

Popular discussion in Tripp Lite

There are many scenarios where the distance between devices is larger than the recommended maximum USB cable length. There are also several different solutions that can help a...

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Snap! Patch Tuesday, Linux Sigstore, NASA Spacewalk, MAR10 Day

Popular discussion in Snap!

Your daily dose of tech news, in brief. You need to hear this. Microsoft's March Patch Tuesday: Critical remote code execution flaws, IE zero-day fixed Microsof...

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Is your computer BIOS safe? Unveiling TrickBot’s new module – Part 4

Popular discussion in Cyber Security

So the TrickBot story continues! We discussed from our previous article that after the malware identified what platform it was running, it will then proceed to do status check...

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Snap! Windows BSOD, Cameras Hacked, Schools Hacked, Weird Mars Cloud, Vesta Bot

Popular discussion in Snap!

Your daily dose of tech news, in brief. You need to hear this. Windows 10 KB5000802 (March) update is crashing PCs with BSOD Microsoft continues to have a rough...

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Spark! Pro series 11th March 2021

Popular discussion in Roundups

Today in History: 2011 - Fukushima nuclear disasterA rather recent event in history but it is important none the less. On March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake ever re...

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Password Management

Popular discussion in General IT Security

I know this has probably been beat to death, but bear with me.We are running a password policy for administrative and user accounts with change intervals as well as multifacto...

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Windows 10 Feature I Did Not Know About:

Popular discussion in Windows 10

I was researching ways to lock down Windows 10, like Deep Freeze, and came across the Unified Write Filter feature of Windows 10 Enterprise that wow'd me.Details belowhttps://...

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Spark! Pro series – 12th March 2021

Popular discussion in Roundups

You are visiting the Spark, thanks to this day history.  And… Spring is on it’s Way!  So eat some cookies, browse the web, while enj...

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Verkada reported to have a mass hack

Popular discussion in General IT Security

According to IPVM.com and based on Bloomberg reporting, cloud based CCTV provider Verkada has suffered a mass hack that went as far as gaining root level access to the camera'...

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Industrial Switches with Fast Boot Time

Popular discussion in General Networking

I've been tasked with looking for manufacturing switches with a quick\fast boot time to minimize interruption.I've looked at the Cisco Industrial 4000, 4010 and 5000 but it re...

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