Rockleigh, N.J.-based Crestron announced its planned acquisition of the intelligent video technology that Boston-based 1 Beyond developed. Crestron is, of course, a globally known provider of workplace automation and collaboration solutions. In an interview with our sister publication Commercial Integrator, Crestron’s executive vice president, marketing, Brad Hintze, confirms that Crestron plans to integrate all existing […]
Microsoft acknowledges Lapsus$ accessed source code, downplays risk to customers and risk of elevation Lapsus$ uses extensive social engineering, including paying victims’ employees for initial access and convincing help desks to reset credentials Group uses VPNs, RDP, VDI and identity providers such as Azure AD, Okta in attacks Okta says 2.5% of customers potentially impacted […]
Owl Labs, the Boston-based, AI-powered, 360-degree videoconferencing solution provider, and Verizon Business announced a partnership to bring meeting room technology to organizations of all sizes with the BlueJeans Meetings+ program featuring Owl Labs. Companies will be able to access Owl Labs’ hybrid meeting technology with BlueJeans Meetings videoconferencing software solution in a bundled package for […]
Neat says its Neat Board, Neat Bar and Neat Pad are now certified for Microsoft Teams and now natively run Teams and Teams Rooms for Android. According to Neat, Neat Bar and Neat Pad come as a package, and users can use Neat Pad as a console inside their Teams meeting rooms or scheduling panel […]
Cisco is launching new innovations in Webex designed to help organizations adapt to a hybrid working environment, including new asynchronous video messaging capabilities, new mobile device features, support for Apple AirPlay and a first-of-its kind partnership with Ford. The company announced the new features and products during the Enterprise Connect conference in Orlando, Fla., highlighting […]
Microsoft says it is making upgrades to Translator and other Azure AI services powered by a new family of AI models that researchers are calling Z-code, offering a more efficient language model than other large-scale providers. According to Microsoft, Z-code is a new family of artificial intelligence models developed by Microsoft that takes advantage of […]
Ransomware attacks continue to increase, with NCC Group reporting a nearly 53% rise in ransomware incidents last month. According to the cybersecurity and risk mitigation firm, ransomware attacks increased from 121 in January to 185 in February, with industrials, consumer cyclicals and technology the most targeted sectors. This NCC report comes after the organization reported […]
Password management provider LastPass announced new integrations with Ping Identity, including PingOne and PingFederate to better serve enterprise businesses. Customers using PingOne and PingFederate as its identity provider (IdP) can now integrate with LastPass to simplify access management and easily scale proper password hygiene across entire organizations, saving time for IT departments while keeping data […]
This article has been amended to reflect an updated statement on the incident from Okta. After screenshots claiming to stem from security breaches at IT giant Microsoft and identity and authentication provider Okta, both companies are investigating possible attacks from the Lapsus$ hacking group. In statements to various media outlets, the companies say they are […]
The White House is urging organizations to take immediate action to harden cyber defenses as credible intelligence of a Russian cyberattack in response to U.S. involvement in the Ukraine crisis continues to evolve. In a statement by President Joe Biden and a related fact sheet, the administration says there is “evolving intelligence that the Russian […]
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