IT Security is particularly important for businesses and as a leading IT Support company in Bristol we known how devastating a zero day attack is. The big news today is there is a zero day attack in progress right now that could compromise your computers. By following this simple advise you can protect your system until Microsoft have created a fix.
What is a Zero Day Attack?
A zero day attack is an attack that attempts to exploit a software vulnerability that the software vendor may not yet be aware of. Bottom line is that the hackers have found a way in.
These types of attacks are particularly serious as the vendor has to rush to create a fix (which is often flawed as testing is compromised by the lack of time) and push it out before too many systems are affected.
What is this attack?
This attack is utilising a flaw called Folina which has been identified in Microsoft Office and other underlying software dealing with templates.
When will it be fixed?
At the moment there is no information from Microsoft as to when it will be fixed.
What can I do to protect my systems?
Until Microsoft have created a fix we are recommending a workaround that will prevent the vulnerability being utilised by attackers.
1. Click Windows icon
2. Type Powershell
3. Right click the powershell icon and select “Run as administrator”
4. Copy and paste the following code into the blue powershell box
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\ScriptedDiagnostics /f /v EnableDiagnostics /d 0
5. Press Enter
6. You should receive a response to say “The operation completed successfully”
How can I get help
A good IT support company will be able to assist you with this task and we have engineers available if your business requires assistance. For our contract support customers this fix has already been applied to your system and once a patch has been created by Microsoft we will test and deploy it as well as reverse the changes made above.
What next?
Unlike most IT support companies, we have a dedicated security department proactively looking for these sorts of issues. If your business would like to talk about our secure support services then fill out our contact form, phone us or click on the appointment button below and lets start a conversation to see if we are able to help you and your business.
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