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The week's IT news, the world of refurbished hardware and practical Windows tips. A new issue every week.
5 October 2026 · Trinity
The IT Week — 543,000 passwords and access keys still valid in code published online, Italy recycles less than a third of its e-waste, and Windows 11 learns to preview PDFs
A study of 224 million public code repositories found 543,699 passwords and access keys that still work, left online for 784 days on average…
28 September 2026 · Trinity
IT Week — a critical WordPress flaw exploited within hours, the hidden gold in discarded PCs makes the case for refurbished, and Windows search gets faster
WordPress patched a critical flaw (9.2/10 severity score) that let anyone, without an account, get the server to run code: the first attacks…
21 September 2026 · Trinity
IT Week — a critical flaw exploited in Cisco's email gateway, the pricier iPhone 18 makes refurbished worth it more than ever, and Windows 11 tightens camera and microphone permissions
Cisco confirms active exploitation of a critical flaw in its Secure Email Gateway: a single crafted email is enough to run commands as root,…
14 September 2026 · Trinity
IT Week — a critical flaw under active attack in Cisco Secure FMC, Amazon bets big on second-hand too, and Windows' Start menu gets resizable
Cisco confirms active exploitation of a maximum-severity flaw (a perfect 10 out of 10) in the management platform for its business firewalls…
7 September 2026 · Trinity
IT Week — a critical flaw hits SonicWall's business VPN, Lenovo certifies refurbished PCs in Italy too, and the taskbar is mobile again
Two chained zero-day vulnerabilities put SonicWall SMA1000 remote-access appliances at risk — the gateways many businesses and public bodies…
31 August 2026 · Trinity
IT Week — critical PaperCut flaw exploited before the patch, the EU's right to repair boosts refurbished tech, and a shortcut so you stop losing windows
A critical PaperCut NG/MF flaw is being actively exploited before the emergency patch even landed: print management software used in countle…
24 August 2026 · Trinity
IT Week — Windows patches 400 security flaws, Dell bets on refurbished for back-to-school, and two new File Explorer tricks
August's Patch Tuesday closes 400 security holes in Windows, three of them zero-days — one already exploited by a North Korean hacking group…
17 August 2026 · Trinity
IT Week — TSMC raises its outlook, consoles get pricier, and refurbished cashes in
TSMC revises its 2026 outlook upward on AI demand, Microsoft raises Xbox console prices over memory costs — and leans on refurbished hardwar…
10 August 2026 · Trinity
IT Week — AI chips at full throttle, pricier components, and one trick for a faster PC
Microsoft doubles down on AI chips with TSMC, RAM and component prices start climbing, and refurbished hardware has never made more sense. P…