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WordPress 5.9 “Joséphine” Released
Named in honor of Joséphine Baker, WordPress 5.9 was released in late January. While its major new headline feature, Full Site Editing, is not something most ESC! Technologies Group clients will necessarily benefit from, it does bring a number of improvements for...
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Snow Leopard Updated to 10.6.3
Apple's OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" has been updated to version 10.6.3 for Intel Macs. This is a major update to the OS for your Mac including fixes and updates in several categories such as: File and Print services, iCal and Mail, Time Machine, Mobile Accounts, AirPort...
ESC! Technologies Group Joins the Huntley Chamber
Huntley, Illinois - ESC! Technologies Group is proud to announce that we're now a member of the Huntley Area Chamber of Commerce! A long-time resident of Huntley, Mike Potter, President of ESC! Technologies Group, is committed to bringing fast, friendly, and...
Tech!Alert: Fake Lawsuit Notifications
Tech!Alert: A client called this morning to ask about a very convincing e-mail he received that purported to be from a law center in Florida named Marcus Law Center. The URL for the law center is legit and clicking the link leads to an RTF document disguised as a Word...
Firefox Update Patches Critical Bug
Firefox 3.6.2 was released this week to patch a critical bug in the font decompression routines that could allow "an attacker [to] use this vulnerability to crash a victim's browser and execute arbitrary code on his/her system." Users of Firefox 3.6 should upgrade to...
New Zero Day Exploit for IE
Microsoft confirmed this week that both Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7 are affected by a flaw that could lead to remote code execution attacks. Unfortunately there are already attacks in the wild taking advantage of this flaw. How can you protect...
Beware the F1 Key in IE!
Microsoft has issued an advisory for users of Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 that warns if you use Internet Explorer on your Windows machine, you might be at risk due to the way VBScript interacts with Windows Help files when using IE. The short...
Microsoft Patch Tuesday Record
Microsoft released 13 patches containing fixes for 26 vulnerabilities in their Windows and Office products on Tuesday, February 9th. Of the patches, 5 are rated Critical, 7 are listed as Important, and 1 Moderate. Bugs fixed include holes in the SMB Client, ActiveX,...
Critical IE Bug Poses Risk to All Windows Users
If you still use Microsoft's Internet Explorer for your daily web browsing, you'll definitely want to pay attention to Windows Update when it prompts you to install the latest security patches. A recent bug found in all versions of IE from 5.01 through 8, poses a...