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My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 114: The Future of Distance Learning
Doug Smith, the director of learning spaces and audio visual technologies at Illinois State University, joins the podcast to talk about distance learning.
COVID-19 Will Change the Workplace Forever
COVID-19 has changed everything forever. That’s not my opinion alone. In the past two months I have spoken with countless integrators, manufacturers, service providers, consultants – almost every one of them mirrors the same line of thinking. The workplace can’t go back to what it was, even when a vaccine for COVID-19 is found. While […]
Zoom Reportedly Developing Email, Calendar, Messaging Services
Zoom is reportedly working on launching email and calendar services that will bring the burgeoning company further into the unified communications and collaboration space and make it a more complete player in the enterprise market. According to an exclusive report from The Information, the Zoom has begun developing a web email service that could be […]
Microsoft, Google, Other Big Tech Firms Join Legal Fight Against Hacking Company NSO Group
A Big Tech team of Microsoft, Google, Cisco, VMWare, LinkedIn and GitHub are joining Facebook in a legal fight against spyware vendor NSO Group, alleging the group enables its customers to break into computers, phones and other connected devices. In a blog on Monday, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President for Customer Security and Trust Tom Burt […]
Microsoft, McAfee, Others Form Ransomware Task Force
A coalition of tech and cybersecurity companies are launching a new Ransomware Task Force in a bid to combine resources, expertise, and tools to help the IT community prevent and respond to ransomware attacks. The Institute of Security and Technology (IST) announced the news Monday in partnership with 18 organizations, including Microsoft, McAfee, Citrix and […]
Researchers Discover Other Malware In SolarWinds Product
Microsoft and other security researchers has discovered additional malware that also affects the SolarWinds Orion platform, the company posted in a security blog late Friday. The news came just days after security researchers disclosed a massive hacking campaign utilizing the same IT management software from SolarWinds that so far has impacted several high-profile U.S. government […]
Microsoft Identifies 40+ Victims of SolarWinds Hack, Including IT Companies
According to Microsoft, it has identified more than 40 victims of the wide-ranging SolarWinds Orion supply chain compromise that were breached further by hackers believed to be backed by a foreign state-backed entity. In a blog post, Microsoft said 44% of the 40-plus entities that were further breached by hackers in the large-scale attack are […]
A Coronavirus Vaccine is Being Shipped: Here are the Top Issues
The first coronavirus vaccine shipments are scheduled this week, but with the shipments comes a whole host of logistics, security, and privacy issues, as well as a hesitancy by some Americans to get vaccinated. Here’s a brief overview of the various issues: Logistics & Hospital Security Really cold freezers are needed by the hospitals and […]
Malicious Browser Extensions Downloaded More Than 3 Million Times, Cybersecurity Firm Says
According to cybersecurity researchers, 28 browser extensions on Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome contain malware, and they’ve been downloaded by more than three million people. In a blog post, cybersecurity firm Avast said it has analyzed 28 malicious browser extensions after a group of Czech researchers identified the threat and found extensions to contain malware. […]
