OVH SAS – Bad reputation for hacker activity, DDOS Attacks
Our Honeypot has identified significant hacking activity coming from the OVH SAS network. For several days now we have blocked Distributed Denial Of Service attacks from the following OVH SAS IP addresses:
167.114.41.*
149.56.180.*
149.56.154.*
Attacks are coming from OVH SAS France, Canada and Australia
Security Sentry – Spam, Malware, Unauthorised access attempts
We have a special server to detect and block malicious activity to servers over the internet.
This article reports unauthorized access attempts over a 7 day period during August 2018.
Windows Server 2016 Health Monitoring – ignore/delete alert issue
A long standing issue with Windows Server 2016 Essentials Health Monitoring dashboard has never been resolved by Microsoft, it's now 2018!
The issue relates to deleting or ignoring various alerts shown in the dashboard.
MSI: Screen turns yellowish when notepad opens
When you open notepad or an office application the whole screen changes to have a yellowish tint. When you close notepad or an office application the screen returns to normal.
This was our experience with a new system build using the MSI X470 Gaming Pro Carbon motherboard and the cause eluded us for several hours.
Word: Adding a date picker in a Microsoft Word Document
How do I add a date picker into a Microsoft Word Document? Configure Word First we need to set up Word to allow you to add content controls to your documents Open Microsoft Word Select File then Options Select “Customise Ribbon” On the right panel select “Developer” Click “OK” You will now see a new menu option on the ribbon called “Developer” Placing a date picker control in your document Place your cursor at the position where you want to insert a date picker control. Read More +
Security Warnings when browsing web site – https:\\
Safe Browsing
As we browse the internet we are seeing more security warnings that suggest that you do not continue to the desired web site, these warning typically relate to the security certificate that the site uses and the errors could indicate that the site has been hijacked or simply that the legitimate site has an error on the certificate. Sites that are secured by a security certificate start with https:\\.
Excel: Sorting a table of names by surname
How to sort data in Microsoft Excel
A quick tutorial on sorting data in Microsoft Excel.Windows Defender not updating definitions on Windows Server 2008 and SBS2011
Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard Edition and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Windows Updates repeatedly fails to install "Definition Update for Windows Defender".
Manually updating definitions through Windows Defender but this fails.
Running "mpcmdrun.exe -RemoveDefinitions -All" and then "mpcmdrun.exe -SignatureUpdate" but this fails with the error "ERROR: Signature Update failed with hr=8050A005".
sfc /scannow finds no errors.
Security Alert: Your Mobile Number Was Selected as a Winner [SMS]
Watch out for an SMS Text Message that is sent as follows:
Alert!:Your mobile No is Selected as a winner of £2750000 on uKMobile Lotto. Go to www.aumob.net to claim. enter Ref:AU564718812.helpline: info.ukmobile@cash4u.
Security Note: SMS Spam what is it?
