Asheville Technology Services, Inc.

09/01/2026

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-exchange-online-outage-causes-email-failures-auth-issues/

Microsoft is investigating a widespread service issue causing authentication issues, email delays and failures, and various other issues for Exchange Online customers.

08/30/2026

Microsoft has acknowledged that the optional Windows 11 KB5120998 update is causing mouse cursor personalization settings to reset, with cursors becoming unusually large, small, or reverting to defaults.

The update can also turn wallpapers black after a restart. Uninstalling KB5120998 reportedly resolves both issues.

08/24/2026

$449 is a great deal for this refurbished Business laptop with 32gb RAM and a touchscreen

Dell Latitude 7430 14" FHD Touch Core i7 Laptop

08/10/2026

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lexisnexis-shuts-down-services-after-suspicious-activity-on-servers/

LexisNexis took its Diligence, Metabase API, and Newsdesk services offline as part of its response to unusual activity on servers hosted and managed by an unnamed third-party vendor.

08/08/2026

Maksim Silnikau, the creator and administrator of the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in ransomware attacks against at least 18 companies worldwide.

08/08/2026

https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/06/one-pasted-terminal-command-opens-the-door-to-mac-crypto-wallet-theft

Researchers have uncovered Mac malware that can steal credentials and drain all or a selected percentage of a cryptocurrency wallet, in yet another reminder not to paste random commands from the internet into Terminal.

07/30/2026

https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/27/claude-cowork-escaped-sandbox-on-mac-gain-full-access-to-all-files/

Security researchers demonstrated that Claude Cowork could escape the sandbox intended to control the access it gets to your Mac....

07/30/2026

https://www.inc.com/amaya-nichole/hackers-behind-coca-cola-fairlife-attack-just-revealed-themselves-new-threat/91381604

Cybersecurity professionals say the group combined ransomware, data theft, and regulatory pressure into a playbook designed to force faster payouts.

07/18/2026

🛑 ClickLock Stealer turns a Mac into a password trap.

Cancel its fake prompt, and at the next login it kills Finder, Terminal, Activity Monitor, and major browsers every 210 milliseconds until a valid password is entered.

The desktop comes back. One implant stays.

How the trap works: https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/new-clicklock-macos-stealer-kills-apps.html

07/11/2026

🚨 Hackers are using fake Entra passkey pages to target Microsoft 365 accounts.

The vishing campaign steals credentials and MFA responses, then attempts to register attacker-controlled passkeys while adapting to prompts in real time.

Read how the attack works: https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/hackers-use-fake-microsoft-entra.html