NetComm

NetComm is an IT consulting company that designs/installs/and maintains your network solutions. Locations in Arizona and Illinois (Northwest Suburbs)

NetComm provides a level of expertise that constantly pushes the boundaries of technology. We know your network is the lifeline to your business and it needs to be protected. NetComm will ensure you have experienced industry professionals at your side. We will continue to make technology work for you!

04/09/2019

Windows Server 2008 Requires KB4493730 to Get Future Updates Administrators of Windows Server 2008 SP2 will be offered a new servicing stack update today that adds support for future SHA-2 code signed updates. If SHA-2 support is not added to the operating system, it will not be able to install updates starting in July 2019.

03/21/2019

KB4493132 Update Notifies Windows 7 Users of End of Support Date A new Windows 7 update called KB4493132 has been released and is used to display notifications that remind users that Windows 7 will reach its end of life starting on January 14th, 2020. These notifications contain a link that goes to a Microsoft page suggesting that users upgrade to Windows 10.

01/17/2019

The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach Many people will land on this page after learning that their email address has appeared in a data breach I've called "Collection #1". Most of them won't have a tech background or be familiar with the concept of credential stuffing so I'm going to write this post for the masses

11/14/2018

Windows 10 Build 18282 Released To Insiders With New Light Theme Windows 10 19H1 Build 18282 is now available to Insiders in Fast and Skip Ahead Rings. Today's preview update for Windows 10 brings a light theme to Start Menu, Taskbar, Action Center and other elements.

09/10/2018

Vulnerability Note VU#906424 - Microsoft Windows task scheduler contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the ALPC interface Microsoft Windows task scheduler contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC) interface, which can allow a local user to obtain SYSTEM privileges.

08/14/2018

Cisco Patches Its Operating Systems Against New IKE Crypto Attack

Cisco Patches Its Operating Systems Against New IKE Crypto Attack Cisco, one of the world's largest vendor of networking equipment, released security updates today to patch a vulnerability in the IOS and IOS XE operating systems that run the vast majority of its devices.

08/07/2018

New Method Simplifies Cracking WPA/WPA2 Passwords on 802.11 Networks A new technique has been discovered to easily retrieve the Pairwise Master Key Identifier (PMK) from a router using WPA/WPA2 security, which can then be used to crack the wireless password of the router. While previous WPA/WPA2 cracking methods required an attacker to wait for a user to login to a ...

06/27/2018

Wi-Fi Alliance® introduces Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WPA3™ security | Wi-Fi Alliance Search form Search View Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ products by category Wi-Fi Alliance® introduces Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WPA3™ security Next-generation Wi-Fi® security for personal and enterprise networks Austin, TX – June 25, 2018 – Wi-Fi Alliance® introduces Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WPA3™, the next generation...

05/15/2017

Everything you need to know about the WannaCry / Wcry / WannaCrypt ransomware I woke up to a flood of news about ransomware today. By virtue of being down here in Australia, a lot happens in business hours around the world while we're sleeping but conversely, that's given me some time to collate information whilst everyone else is taking a break. The WannaCry

05/09/2017

Microsoft Issues Emergency Out-Of-Band Update to Fix "Crazy Bad" Vulnerability In an emergency out-of-band update released late last night, Microsoft fixed a vulnerability in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine discovered by two Google security experts over the weekend, and which the two described as "crazy bad" and "the worst Windows remote code exec in recent memory."