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Cisco informed the world that it has no plans to fix critical security vulnerabilities affecting their RV110W VPN firewall and Small Business RV130, RV130W, and RV215W routers. They advised customers to replace these with new Cisco devices. https://thehackernews.com//cisco-will-not-patch-critical-r

FLoC runs in your browser and uses your browsing history from the past week to assign you to a group with other "similar" people around the world. Your FLoC ID is supposed to capture meaningful information about you, to eventually replace tracking cookies. https://amifloced.org/

In the wrong hands, this power could be abused to create false evidence in criminal trials, revenge pornography to ruin lives and careers of the innocent, and more. https://www.jordanharbinger.com/nina-schick-deepfakes-and-/

The KB5001567 update fixes the BSOD issue that Microsoft delivered to Windows 10 users. It should allow them to print to Kyocera, Ricoh and Zebra printers once again. https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-fixes-windows-10-p

After installing this update, you might receive an APC_INDEX_MISMATCH error with a blue screen when attempting to print to certain printers in some apps. https://www.windowslatest.com//microsoft-confirms-windows/

While Facebook takes measures to make sure that phishing pages are not approved for ads, in this case the scammers were using a Bitly link initially pointing to a benign page and once the ad was approved, was modified to point to the phishing domain. https://www.hackread.com/hackers-phish-login-credentials-w/

Happy Holidays From Mr. IT Consulting Inc.

Ordering your own credit report has no effect on your credit score. Order a copy of your credit report from both Equifax Canada and TransUnion Canada. Each credit bureau may have different information about how you have used credit in the past. https://www.canada.ca//credit-rep/order-credit-report.html

The holiday season is a prime time for hackers, scammers, and online thieves. While you're looking for Cyber Monday deals, hackers are taking advantage of weaknesses. Check your devices, only shop from trusted sources and use safe methods to purchase. https://www.cisa.gov//Holiday%20Online%20Safety_tip%20shee

Google Cloud Print will be deprecated on Dec 31, 2020. Google recommends finding an alternative print solution and migrating away before that day. From January 1 onwards, devices (on all operating systems) will no longer be able to use Google Cloud Print. https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/9633006