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Efforts afoot to reverse engineer the flaw and create commodity exploits Now that Juniper has created a patch for its vulnerable firewall/VPN appliances, bad actors are setting to work reverse engineering the flaw so they can exploit devices that users don’t patch, and also make a profit by selling their exploits to others. UPDATE: Wired…
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Hitch your IT career to a rising star with DevOps certification Savvy IT industry watchers have probably been noticing something called “DevOps” come gliding into view for a while now, striking regular pings on the scope of anyone scanning for either hot trends or spiking salaries. Even proponents of DevOps, however, sometimes struggle to define…
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Welcome to the free practice test for 70-697 – Configuring Windows Devices. This simulated multiple-choice test was handwritten for the benefit of other IT professionals including engineers, helpdesk and managers. It contains 15 random questions selected from a wide range of Windows 10 topics – all relevant to the 70-697 subject material. The questions will…
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For Patch Tuesday December 2015, Microsoft released 12 security updates, 8 fixes rated critical for remote code execution vulnerabilities and one ‘important’ patch for a zero-day hole. Way to go! Congratulations on suffering through another year of deploying security patches. Microsoft released 12 security bulletins for the last Patch Tuesday of 2015, eight of which…
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Employees in small IT departments tend to work more hours than those in large IT departments It’s no surprise that a majority of IT pros work more than 40 hours per week, but it’s interesting to learn that some are putting in significantly longer workweeks, according to new survey data from Spiceworks. Among 600 IT…
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The company’s security tools will remove the eDellRoot and DSDTestProvider certificates Microsoft has updated several of its security tools to remove two digital certificates installed on some Dell computers that could compromise data. The updates apply to Windows Defender for Windows 10 and 8.1; Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows 7 and Vista; and its Safety…
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Restores 1511 to download site, restarts Windows Update push Microsoft has restored access to Windows 10’s November upgrade from its download center, saying that it pulled the upgrade because of a bug. “Recently we learned of an issue that could have impacted an extremely small number of people who had already installed Windows 10 and…
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QUESTION 1 Your role as Network Administrator at ABC.com includes the management of the company’s virtual infrastructure. A Windows Server 2012 R2 server named ABC-HV1 runs the Hyper-V role and hosts virtual machines for users in the Finance department. You need to configure a new virtual machine (VM) to host a new Finance application named…
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70-696 Administering System Center Configuration Manager and Intune Published: January 23, 2015 Languages: English Audiences: IT professionals Technology Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft Intune Credit toward certification: MCP, MCSE Skills measured This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic…
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One consulting firm’s hiring program aims to place U.S. military veterans in IT engagements. The transition to corporate life can be challenging for military veterans. Companies aren’t used to hiring veterans, whose resumes are unlikely to make it past their keyword-filtering software. Veterans aren’t used to articulating their military experience in business terms, nor are…