Office 365 will now provide more detailed information on threats in your inbox

With the increasing spread of email scam's and Malware, Microsoft has made a few improvements to Office 365's threat management. Outlook will now notify you if an email is malware, phish or spam. Organisations relying heavily on email will now be able to monitor the types of threats they are receiving. And as more and [...]

August 3rd, 2020|

Worm based Key-logger Malware Lucifer is making the rounds

Banking key-logger malware has become more and more common place in a society dominated by online banking. Consequently, as more and more people crowd onto the internet for internet banking, hackers are developing new ways to access sensitive user data. Recently, Unit 42 security researchers uncovered a new form of security exploiting software. Its one [...]

July 28th, 2020|

Windows DNS Vulnerability – Microsoft Alerts users of a Critical 17 year old Exploit

Microsoft warns System Admin's of a critical Windows DNS Server flaw. The vulnerability, which has been around since 2003, has the potential for an attacker to plant special malware that remotely executes on Windows Servers. Malicious DNS queries are then sent to other critical infrastructure, leading to security breaches across your entire IT environment. Mechele [...]

July 15th, 2020|

Apple’s plan to scrap Intel from their Mac lineup and move to using their own chips

Apple Announced at their annual WWDC Software and developer event, that they would soon be cutting Intel from their Macbook lineup entirely. While to many this may seem as a surprising decision, this has been in the works for a long time now. Just two Reasons Why If Apple cuts Intel from their Mac product [...]

June 30th, 2020|

Microsoft to Delay End of Support for older versions of Windows 10 due to COVID-19.

Good old Microsoft has kindly been thinking of its poor customers affected by the COVID-19 lock-down. Kindly, they are giving their customers an additional six months of support for Older, End-of-life versions of Windows 10. Microsoft said in a statement to their customer base: “Microsoft has been deeply engaged with customers around the world who [...]

April 15th, 2020|

Top 3 Video Conferencing app’s for people who care about security

With COVID-19 Taking a firm hold of the world and its economy, the only way that we will be able to get through this the ability to work through the crisis. That means being able to keep people working productively from home, being able to communicate freely with with work colleagues via video and messaging. [...]

April 7th, 2020|

Quick Tech Tips To Help Protect You From The Corona-virus

Tech can be very useful if used correctly. These few quick and simple steps can go a long way to help protect you and your family from contracting the corona-virus. First, Start using Apple or Google Pay Tech If you set up these payment methods on your phone. They can help prevent you from unnecessarily [...]

March 25th, 2020|

TechBug Tech Tip – Work From Home, The Basics

Due to the current outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), And the requirement for many to work from home. Many People will be looking to set up their home office. We here at TechBug thought we would consolidate a list to make the most of working from home. FIRST - You need your own space Working [...]

March 18th, 2020|

KrØØk – The Security Vulnerability affecting WiFi Encryption

Last week ESET security researchers published a white paper on a new WiFi Encryption Vulnerability. The Vulnerability is related to KRACK (Key Reinstallation Attacks) discovered in 2017, but is fundamentally different. KrØØk affects both WPA2-Personal and WPA2-Enterprise protocols, with AES-CCMP encryption. KrØØk is a vulnerability that affected billions of devices. Potentially causing the leak of [...]

March 9th, 2020|

Amid Coronavirus, free video conferencing tools provided

Because of the recent outbreak of the Coronavirus, COVID-19, And the forced Shutdown of many school's and Businesses world wide. Both Google and Microsoft have come to the rescue to help keep businesses afloat during this Outbreak. Many employee's are forced to stay home in isolation to prevent any further spread of the disease, and [...]

March 4th, 2020|