Who Got Hacked This Week? November 4 Edition
What types of cyberattacks were carried out this week, November 4, 2020? Read on to find out about the latest cyberattacks and who got hacked this week.
Blogs
Sonoma Valley Hospital Hit With Cyber Attack, Computers Briefly Shut Down
Sonoma Valley Hospital in Sonoma, Calif. reported last week that a security incident shut down its computers. In its October 22 notice to patients, the hospital said the October 11 incident “triggered a significant downtime event”: Currently, the Hospital is maintaining operations while computer systems are being fully restored. We have maintained the ability to care […]
Majority of Colleges Give COVID-19 Reopening Plans ‘C’ or Lower
A survey of admissions offers at colleges across the nation found that a majority rated their industry’s overall COVID-19 reopening plans rather poorly. According to the Kaplan survey, which asked admissions officers at over 300 institutions of higher education to evaluate their industry’s reopening performance as a whole, 4% gave it an A, 36% gave it […]
Warning: Cybercriminals Targeting Healthcare Systems with Ransomware
U.S. federal authorities are warning healthcare systems of a spike in ransomware attacks against hospitals and healthcare systems The joint warning from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, FBI and Department of Health and Human Services says malicious cyber actors are targeting the healthcare sector with Trickbot malware, leading to ransomware attacks, data theft and […]
Can Concrete Be More Environmentally Friendly? We May be About to Find Out
A National Science foundation grant will allow civil engineering researchers to work on an environmentally-friendly, hardier concrete material. Assistant professor of civil engineering at The University of Texas Warda Ashraf received almost half a million dollars in grant money to develop it. According to a recent Mirage News report, Ashraf says modern cement is made […]
Microsoft: Iranian Hacking Group Targeting World Leader Conferences
Iranian hackers are allegedly targeting a high-profile security conference expected to be attended by heads of state and world leaders, according to Microsoft. The upcoming Munich Security Conference and the Think 20 Summit in Saudi Arabia are being targeted by cybercriminal organization Phosphorous, which is masquerading as conference organizers to target more than 100 high-profile […]
A New Ransomware Threat Kidnaps Android User Data
A highly-sophisticated Android ransomware threat apparently targets users of the platform. A report from GizmoChina says the threat is difficult to detect and features novel behavior patterns. More from GizmoChina: This ransomware family has been known for a while and has been found on various websites and has been circulating online through forums, various pop […]
Salesforce Report: Strong Digital Operations Are Helping Businesses Survive Pandemic and Beyond
A new report from Salesforce demonstrates how small-and-medium-sized businesses are coping with the COVID-19 pandemic and how companies with a strong digital presence are better equipped to weather the storm. The research, the results of the fourth edition of the company’s Small & Medium Business Trends Report, is a culmination of a survey of more […]
Microsoft, Salesforce Partner on New Teams Integration
Microsoft and Salesforce have patterned on a new integration that allows users to interweave customer and case records from Salesforce within the Microsoft Teams app. The integration will be offered to Sales and Service Cloud customers with Enterprise or Unlimited edition at no cost and aims to bring customer data typically stored in a customer […]
Are Lazy Employees Actually Hidden Gems?
There are a lot of talented people looking for their next opportunities across the AV employee landscape as the coronavirus pandemic has triggered wide-scale layoffs throughout the industry, from the largest to the smallest companies and even the associations that represent the people within the space. Certainly, the conventional wisdom for most employers looking to fill open […]
