On January 17th of this year (2020), Microsoft discovered and disclosed the existence of a zero-day vulnerability. It was present in Internet Explorer versions 9 through 11 and will result in printing issues. Hackers could display specially crafted websites that would allow them to remotely execute commands on a site visitor's computer without their knowledge.

Another week, another high-profile data breach. This time, it's a big one that has affected 30 million people from the Wawa data breach.

In December 2019, the convenience store chain Wawa disclosed that they had discovered malware on their point of sale system and that tens of millions of customer records were at risk.

If you're a Mac user, you may have heard of the malware known as Shlayer. It first made headlines in the early part of 2018.

The malware is primarily used to install malicious adware on infected systems that spam an unreasonable number of popups. The popups generate ad revenue for the malware's controllers.

Over the last twelve months, we've heard reports from companies of all shapes and sizes that have suffered from data breaches. Now, Microsoft has experienced its own customer service database data breach.

Many of them were caused by an act of carelessness on the part of an employee that accidentally left an important database exposed to the world.

A new TrickBot malware has some new tricks up its sleeves. Recently, TrickBot malware has compromised 250 million email accounts. Additionally, TrickBot has new capabilities that allow it to target the Active Directory database stored on compromised Windows domain controllers.

According to a recent FBI alert marked "TLP: AMBER," businesses should be on high alert for ransomware attacks.

The alert reads, in part, as follows:

"Since January 2019, LockerGoga ransomware has targeted large corporations and organizations in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Norway, and the Netherlands.

Have you downloaded the NVIDIA GeForce Experience (GFE) app? If you have, you need to apply the security update for protection against the Nvidia vulnerability.

It's a helper app designed to work in tandem with GeForce GTX graphics cards. It is designed to automate the process of keeping your drivers up to date and automatically optimize your game settings.

Do you still have a few machines in your company that are running Windows 7? If so, be aware that the end of Windows 7 support happens in a matter of weeks.

January 14, 2020 is the end of the line. After that, you will have the option to pay for extended security updates for up to three additional years.