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Daylight Saving Time Alert — Important Reminder About Upcoming Clock Change
by Armen Gharibian Managing Director This is a reminder that Daylight Saving Time will begin at 2:00 AM (EST) on Sunday, March 8th. This semiannual time change can cause major problems with VDI environments such as machine registration issues, session disconnects, and group policy failures. Whether using Citrix Provisioning Services, Citrix Machine Creation Services, or […]
NEW March 2020 Windows Updates Do Not Include LDAP Signing or Channel Binding Policies
by Michael Trantas Senior Solutions Architect Update: February 17, 2020 Microsoft had originally planned to deploy a Windows Update in March 2020 which would change the behavior by enforcing LDAP signing and channel binding on domain controllers. Microsoft has now changed the timeline on the update release, noting that the March 2020 update will add […]
Important Apple Security Updates
by Daniel Riuz Senior Solutions Architect Apple has released new security updates to address vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to take control of multiple products, including Mac hardware, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and the Safari browser. Please review the Apple security pages for the following products and apply the necessary updates: macOS Catalina 10.15.3, […]
Robinson Roca Named 2020 Cisco Champion
January 28, 2020, Philadelphia, PA – Helient is pleased to announce Robinson Roca is being named Cisco Champion for a second year in 2020. Started 5 years ago, this program is awarded annually to only 300 technical experts who are identified as top Cisco professionals in their fields and social thought leaders in the IT […]
Cisco Security Risk Announced
by Robinson Roca Practice Leader – Network Infrastructure A dangerous vulnerability has been announced for the Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC). It has a CVSS Score of Base 9.8, and a CVE designation of CVE-2019-16028. This vulnerability only affects those using LDAP to authenticate Administrator access to the Cisco FMC. If LDAP is configured as an […]
Citrix Discloses Severe Bug in NetScaler
By Daniel Ruiz Senior Solutions Architect UPDATED JANUARY 20, 2020 *** Important Update on Citrix ADC Vulnerability CVE-2019-19781*** Citrix has delivered the first permanent fixes (for ADC version 11.1 and 12.0) and moved up target delivery dates for the remaining versions. If your devices are running 11.1 or 12.0 please contact service@helient.com as soon as […]
Windows 7 Is Officially End of Life. Are You Vulnerable?
by Bill Bowen Desktop & Applications Architect On January 14th, 2020, Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system officially reached end of life. The EOL for Windows 7 does not mean that Windows 7 devices will stop working, but it does mean Microsoft has stopped releasing new bug-fixes, security patches or functionality for Windows 7, making all […]
Microsoft Announces January Security Patches
by Richard Charlton Senior Systems Engineer Yesterday, Microsoft released the latest patches for its Windows Operating Systems and Microsoft Office products. These address several security vulnerabilities as well as containing bug fixes. Most notably this month is a patch for Windows CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability which has been catalogued as CVE-2020-0601. This vulnerability exists in all […]
Google Chrome Version 79 – Potential Disruption to Customer Websites & Microsoft Services
by Armen Gharibian Managing Director Google released a Chrome beta build 79 on October 31, 2019, the beta release introduced a new feature in how cookies are handled. The change was initially intended to prevent malicious cookie tracking; The new feature is also expected to be included in default Chrome behavior with Chrome build 80 […]
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1912 Long-Term Service Release Is Available
by Daniel Ruiz Senior Solutions Architect After much anticipation, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1912 Long-Term Service Release (LTSR) is now available! The new release contains more than 2 years’ worth of functionality and feature enhancements previously only available to customers running the Current Release (CR). As published by Citrix, below are the top 10 reasons […]