As PC sales continue to grow, Intel interim CEO Bob Swan has stated that they have enough supply to meet the demands of consumers and business who are looking to upgrade or purchase PCs. With Windows 10 being adopted more in the enterprise, there has been a significant demand to upgrade aging PCs. Furthermore, gaming on PCs continues to grow as highly publicized professional players increasingly make PCs their platform of choice. The problem is that this unexpected growth had raised concerns that Intel would not be able to keep up with the growth. According to Swan, while supply is tight, they will have enough to meet the demand outlook for this year. "Now for the challenge… The surprising return to PC TAM growth has put pressure on our factory network," stated Intel Corporation CFO and Interim CEO Bob Swan in a press release. "We’re prioritizing the production of Intel® Xeon® and Intel® Core processors so that collectively we can serve the high-performance segments of the market. That said, supply is undoubtedly tight, particularly at the entry-level of the PC market. We continue to believe we will have at least the supply to meet the full-year revenue outlook we announced in July, which was $4.5 billion higher than our January expectations." Further details are posted on OUR FORUM.

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI, has issued a security alert regarding attacks being conducted through the Windows Remote Desktop Protocol.  While the most publicized attacks over RDP are related to ransomware, attackers also hack into exposed RDP services for corporate theft, installation of backdoors, or as a launching point for other attacks. "Remote administration tools, such as Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), as an attack vector has been on the rise since mid-late 2016 with the rise of dark markets selling RDP Access," stated the alert from US-Cert. "Malicious cyber actors have developed methods of identifying and exploiting vulnerable RDP sessions over the Internet to compromise identities, steal login credentials, and ransom other sensitive information. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recommend businesses and private citizens review and understand what remote accesses their networks allow and take steps to reduce the likelihood of compromise, which may include disabling RDP if it is not needed." Because these attacks target entire networks, rather than an individual computer, and carry price tags of $3,000 - $5,000 USD to decrypt a single computer or upwards to $50,000 USD to decrypt an entire network, they tend to be highly publicized. More complete details available on OUR FORUM.