Entries by John Couvaras

New MailStore Server 9

New: MailStore Server 9 Integrated Task Scheduler MailStore Server 9 has an integrated task scheduler that greatly simplifies the creation and execution of archiving tasks. All tasks for archiving email servers were previously created in the Windows Task Scheduler of the system on which the client was running by the MailStore Client software. MailStore Server […]

Automatic Archive in Archiware P5

Automatic Archive in Archiware P5 Posted on October 14, 2014 Let’s say you work in the media and entertainment industry, perhaps in Post production, and maybe, just maybe, you shoot a lot of digital film (R3D, Arri RAW, XDCAM, etc), and just maybe you have a SAN. And maybe you’re lucky and you set up a […]

Using Gmail Drafts to… Command and Control your Computer?

Using Gmail Drafts to… Command and Control your Computer? In Alerts & Outbreaks by steve on October 29, 2014 – See more at: http://blog.emsisoft.com/2014/10/29/using-gmail-drafts-to-command-and-control-your-computer/#sthash.dZS6fBdx.dpuf For those who (over) think before they email, the Drafts folder can be both blessing and a curse. Anyone who has ever accidentally sent an unfinished draft to a coworker, new […]

Live Backup Changes in Hyper-V Server 2012 R2

Live Backup Changes in Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 by Eric Siron Quite some time ago, we wrote a post about taking live backups in Hyper-V. Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 really changed the mechanics of backup. This post examines how those changes have affected live, or hot, backups. Until 2012 R2, backup was strictly based on VSS […]

Widespread Windows Zero Day affecting Microsoft Office Files

In Alerts & Outbreaks by steve on October 22, 2014 | English – See more at: http://blog.emsisoft.com/2014/10/22/widespread-windows-zero-day-affecting-microsoft-office-files/#sthash.g5VZQ18G.dpuf Last week, Emsisoft published details on The Sandworm Team, and how this group of hackers has been using vulnerability CVE-2014-4114 to remotely execute malicious code through shared Microsoft Office files. Microsoft has since issued a patch for this vulnerability; […]

Paragon Software Group releases Protect & Restore 3.5

Paragon Software Group releases Protect & Restore 3.5 for business organizations of all sizes to meet data protection and restore objectives in virtual and physical environments October 2014 Unified, scalable protection solution for heterogeneous IT infrastructures now with enhanced performance, a new powerful deduplication mechanism, the most efficient Exchange database backup and recovery, protection of […]

Choosing a Management OS for Hyper-V: Hyper-V Server Part 2

Choosing a Management OS for Hyper-V: Windows Server by Eric Siron In the sister article to this piece, we talked about choosing Hyper-V Server over Windows Server as the management operating system. In this one, we’re going to go down the other road and make the case for Windows Server instead. A Clear Definition of Hyper-V […]

Choosing a Management OS for Hyper-V: Hyper-V Server

Choosing a Management OS for Hyper-V: Hyper-V Server by Eric Siron For the server edition of Hyper-V, you have a choice in management operating systems. You can use the free, no-GUI Hyper-V Server or you can use the full-fledged Windows Server. This will be the first of two articles in which I will argue both sides […]

Attack of the Qbot: 6 years, 800,000 online banking transactions sniffed

Attack of the Qbot: 6 years, 800,000 online banking transactions sniffed In Alerts & Outbreaks by steve on October 9, 2014 | English What’s been around for 6 whole years, has infected roughly 500,000 Windows-based PCs, and has intercepted information from over 800,000 online banking transactions, including account credentials? Zeus? Guess again.iBanking? Nope. Dyre? No, […]