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.
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Badge Messenger Addresses School Security Alert Challenges
Badge Messenger alert system doesn’t require WiFi or cellular service and comm's are encrypted & sanctioned to their own wireless network.
Badge Messenger, a single-source communication and alert system for schools, enables two-way communication for emergency and non-emergency situations. The small, non-disruptive messaging device is an ID badge holder that teachers wear on a lanyard to call for help. Four assistance buttons on the badge allow teachers to ask for support in the classroom, call for medical or […]
Microsoft Announces Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare
Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare provides healthcare organization with a suite of new tools designed to help them recover from the COVID-19 crisis.
Microsoft has launched the Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare to provide healthcare organization with a suite of new tools designed to help them recover from the COVID-19 crisis. The new offering, announced last week, includes “provides trusted and integrated capabilities that deliver automation and efficiency on high-value workflows as well as deep data analysis functionality for […]
Google Begins Rolling Out Virtual Backgrounds in Meet
Google Meet users will soon be able to select from virtual background templates or upload their own image to replace their background during video calls.
Google Meet has now caught up with other videoconferencing and collaboration platforms with the company’s rollout of custom virtual backgrounds for video calls. Google in a Friday blog post announced the feature, which allows users to either select one of Google’s hand-picked backgrounds or upload their own image. Google’s backgrounds include office spaces, landscapes and […]
Vice Media’s Complete IT Overhaul Relies on Freshservice
Vice Media's "IT" operations relied on unreliable tribal knowledge. Now, with Freshservice, their 1-hour first response SLA is consistently hit.
Vice Media Group LLC is an American digital media and broadcasting company with media properties and firms in over 30 countries. As their global news sites expanded, so did the number of pain points. To eliminate IT silos, Vice Media has aligned 80% of the organization and plans to go all-in on one IT support […]
Otter.ai, Zoom Team Up For Live Video Call Captions
Speech recognition and transcription service Otter.ai has launched a new live video captioning services for videoconferencing calls and webinars on Zoom.
Speech recognition and transcription provider Otter.ai has launched a new live video captioning services for videoconferencing calls and webinars on Zoom. The integration with the two popular platforms builds upon an existing relationship between the two that enables Zoom participants to open a secure, live, interactive transcript directly from a video call or after a […]
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 as attacks on healthcare sector rise.
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
Kaplan asked over 300 college admissions officers to grade their industry’s COVID-19 reopening plans. The results aren't great.
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 […]
Samsung Named Official Display Partner of Los Angeles Rams, SoFi Stadium
In addition to providing a 70,000-sqaure-foot, double-sided video board at SoFi Stadium, Samsung has now been named the official television, display and mobile partner of the Los Angeles Rams and Hollywood Park. The technology giant is now the official technology partner of the 298-acre sports and entertainment complex that includes SoFi Stadium, home of both […]
Warning: Cybercriminals Targeting Healthcare Systems with Ransomware
Three federal U.S. agencies are warning of an 'increased and imminent' ransomware threat to hospitals and healthcare systems.
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 […]
