Who Got Hacked This Week? June 30 Edition
What types of cyberattacks were carried out this week, June 30, 2020? Read on to find out about the latest cyberattacks and who got hacked this week.
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Delegating and Assigning Roles as an IT Manager
In an industry as high stakes as IT where one small mistake could spell disaster for an entire organization, delegating and assigning roles to your team is one of the most important functions of a manager. When your team has a firm grasp on their job descriptions and they know what you expect out of […]
CompTIA COVID-19 Survey: Tech Firms Growing More Optimistic
The technology business climate is showing signs of stabilizing, according to IT industry trade group CompTIA. Customer interest in cybersecurity, cloud computing and other areas could be an indicator of a business environment that is stabilizing in the wake of COVID-19, as 84% of tech firms are receiving new customer inquiries, which is up from […]
UCSF Medical School Pays $1.1M in Ransomware Attack
The University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine has paid hackers $1.14 million so the school could regain access to data that had been encrypted by ransomware. UCSF networks were attacked by Netwalker ransomware on June 1, and the attack was detected on June 3. “The data that was encrypted is important […]
Zoom Hires Former Salesforce, Microsoft Security Exec as CISO
Videoconferencing platform Zoom has hired a former Salesforce and Microsoft security expert as its chief information security officer as the company narrows in on the end of a 90-day security improvement plan. Zoom earlier this week announced the hire of Jason Lee, most recently the senior vice president of security operations at Salesforce. Lee, with […]
Microsoft Warns Against Advanced Server Takeover Attacks
Microsoft is warning users of increasing attacks on Exchange servers after picking up on a trend of advanced server compromise attacks in April. The company is urging users and organizations to apply the latest security patches, keep antivirus and cybersecurity software enabled, review roles and groups to ensure no unauthorized accounts have been added or […]
Unified Communications Will Fundamentally Transform Your Organization’s Communication
As more and more organizations migrate their data from on-premises client servers to the cloud, end users are discovering the benefits of having their communications tools, platforms and applications under one unified roof. That of course is unified communications, a collection of technology solutions that organizations implement to creates an environment for seamless and secure […]
Who Got Hacked This Week? June 22 Edition
What types of cyberattacks were carried out this week, June 22, 2020? Read on to find out about the latest cyberattacks and who got hacked this week.
Microsoft to Resume Non-Security Windows Updates
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 […]
AWS Says it Mitigated Largest Ever DDoS Attack in February
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 […]
