Microsoft last week announced that the company would resume non-security updates for Windows 10 and Windows Server after halting the program in March due to the coronavirus pandmic. In a company blog, Chris Morrissey, communications lead for the Windows servicing and delivery team at Microsoft, said optional releases will resume next month for Windows 10 […]
Amazon Web Services said it stopped a massive mid-February DDoS attack, the largest ever recorded, according to some media reports. In a Q1 AWS Shield threat landscape report, the company disclosed web attacks that were prevented and mitigated by AWS Shield, Amazon’s cybersecurity service. The targeted customer wasn’t identified in the report, but AWS said […]
Zoom reversed course Wednesday, saying that users with free accounts will receiving end-to-end encryption once the enhanced security feature is released. In a blog post, CEO Eric Yuan gave an update on the company’s security and encryption plans that apparently now include end-to-end encryption for free users after recently saying only paid users will have […]
If you aren’t a cybersecurity expert, then don’t believe everything that hacktivist group Anonymous posts on Twitter. Yes, some services were down simultaneously for some reason yesterday, but it wasn’t because of a single coordinated DDoS attack, according to cybersecurity experts. Early yesterday, people across the U.S. were posting to social media that they weren’t […]
The world of unified communication and collaboration has been thrust into the mainstream thanks to social distancing and public health measures that have forced the closure of many businesses and offices. Platforms like Zoom have filled that gap of personal meetings quite nicely, and the company has become a household name in the blink of […]
Zoom is working on end-to-end encryption as it hopes to become the first major videoconferencing platform to offer the feature and help keep organizations secure. However, that will start and stop with paid users, CEO Eric Yuan said in an earnings call with investors earlier this month. According to Yuan, the company doesn’t want to […]
Zoom is building technology that can remove or block users based on country after the company shut down Chinese activist accounts after pressure from the Chinese government. Per media reports and Zoom’s own blog, the company shut down accounts belonging to Chinese civil rights groups that were planning to commemorate the 1989 protests in Beijing’s […]
Artificial intelligence research organization OpenAI is releasing an Application programming interface for accessing new AI models developed by OpenAI, giving businesses access to its first commercial product and general purpose AI models. Most AI systems are designed for one use case, but OpenAI’s release is intended to provide a general-purpose “text in, text out” interface […]
Communications and collaborations device manufacturer Poly says its video bars and videoconferencing system are the first Zoom Rooms Appliances to receive Zoom certification. In a press release, Poly announced its Studio X30 and Studio x50 video bars along with the G7500 video conferencing system are the first Zoom Rooms Appliances to be certified by the […]
One in four school, university and hospital protection professionals who participated in Campus Safety’s 2020 Emergency Notification Survey said their campus or organization only uses one type of alert system. Although it may be tempting to think that a single, robust mass notification solution will be sufficient, no one type of technology can reach evferyone during […]
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