by Stephanie Rosenzweig | Jun 26, 2019 | Cyber Security, Cyber Security Wednesdays, News
Over the last two weeks, Florida municipalities have paid $1.1m to ransomware hackers. Lake City officials voted to pay hackers in Bitcoin after two weeks of downed computer systems brought daily operations to a standstill. IT staff is said to have disconnected the...
by Stephanie Rosenzweig | Jun 17, 2019 | Compliance, Cyber Security, News, System Patching & Maintenance
US officials and Microsoft executives have released an advisory that highlights a known flaw in versions of the Windows OS. “All customers on affected operating systems [Windows 7 and earlier] should update as soon as possible,” said Microsoft. A flaw...
by Stephanie Rosenzweig | Apr 4, 2019 | Hardware, News
What happened? August 2018 – Unexpected consumer demand outpaces Intel’s factory network capabilities. In response, Intel orders prioritization of its Xeon and Core processors to continue serving the high-performance market. An additional $1 billion are channeled into...
by Stephanie Rosenzweig | Feb 12, 2019 | Cyber Security, News
Google discontinues support for Google + social media platform 4 months early after second security breach Following a second security failure, Google has decided to shut down the consumer version of its social network Google + 4 months ahead of schedule....
by Stephanie Rosenzweig | Jan 21, 2019 | Cyber Security, Mobilization, News
On January 17th, Twitter released a statement acknowledging a security flaw impacting Android users. Users who updated the email address associated with their account from November 14, 2018 to January 2019 may have had their private messages exposed. The...
