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Everything You Need to Know About the Dyn DDoS Cyberattack

The cyberattack on DNS provider Dyn created outages on sites as massive as Twitter and Amazon. What happened?

November 8, 2016 Jonathan Blackwood Leave a Comment

If you’ve been on the internet in the past few weeks you’ve heard about the large scale cyberattack on DNS provider Dyn. On October 21, major websites including Twitter, Amazon, Spotify, Reddit, PayPal, Airbnb, Wired, Pinterest, and more experienced outages. The common thread? Each of these sites used Dyn as their upstream DNS provider. A […]

CISOs Are Less Confident in Their Organization’s Security in 2023

Proofpoint study finds 68% of CISOs now feel at risk for a material cyberattack, compared to just 48% in 2022.

May 16, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The pandemic introduced an entirely new way of working that delighted many end users, but IT departments and cybersecurity professionals had their work cut out for them as they were required to deploy, manage and secure technologies designed to support distributed work. That shift to distributed work resulted in new cyberattack vectors that had even […]

F5 Releases New AI-Powered App and API Security Tools

New AI tools from F5 give customers better protection and control in managing apps and APIs across on-premises, cloud and edge locations.

April 4, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Cybersecurity company F5 is releasing new AI-powered app and API security capabilities designed to give customers comprehensive protection and control in managing apps and APIs across on-premises, cloud and edge locations. According to the Seattle-based application services and security company, new machine learning enhancements will provide the company’s cloud security portfolio with advanced API endpoint […]

This Week in IT: Botnet, Google Chrome, Okta’s GitHub Hacked, ChatGPT

New botnet capabilities, an updated Google Chrome release schedule, an Okta security incident and more ChatGPT highlight this week's IT news.

December 22, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Editor’s note: There is a lot going on in the world of IT, from emerging technologies to digital transformation and new cybersecurity threats. However, we can’t possibly cover it all, so we’ll bring you This Week in IT, a curated summary of IT and enterprise technology news stories each week. Microsoft discovers new botnet capabilities Microsoft […]

This Week in IT: SQL Server 2022, Teams Licenses, Tech Jobs, Cyberattacks

New Microsoft products and licenses, a tech job posting optimizer and new cyberattack trends highlight this week's IT news.

November 17, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Editor’s note: There is a lot going on in the world of IT, from emerging technologies to digital transformation and new cybersecurity threats. However, we can’t possibly cover it all, so we’ll bring you This Week in IT, a curated summary of IT and enterprise technology news stories each week. Microsoft releases SQL Server 2022 […]

This Week in IT: New Apple Devices, IT Trends, Videoconferencing Security, Cyberattacks

New iPhones, emerging IT trends, the security of videoconferencing and new cyberattacks highlight this week's IT news.

September 8, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Editor’s note: There is a lot going on in the world of IT, from emerging technologies to digital transformation and new cybersecurity threats. However, we can’t possibly cover it all, so we’ll bring you This Week in IT, a curated summary of IT and enterprise technology stories each week. New Apple iPhones don’t have physical […]

This Week in IT: Windows 11 Update, Tech Giants Take Cyber Action, New Dell Devices, Google Docs Feature

Recent Microsoft and Google actions against hackers, new Windows 11 features, a Dell laptop launch and more highlight this week's IT news.

August 18, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Editor’s note: There is a lot going on in the world of IT, from emerging technologies to digital transformation and new cybersecurity threats. However, we can’t possibly cover it all, so we’ll bring you This Week in IT, a curated summary of IT and enterprise technology stories each week. Windows 11 22H2 Microsoft is reportedly working […]

This Week in IT: Teams and Apple Silicon, Cloud Leaders, VMware and Cisco Patches

Better Teams performance on Macs, cloud infrastructure market data, critical patches and cyber threats highlight this week's IT news.

August 4, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Editor’s note: There is a lot going on in the world of IT, from emerging technologies to digital transformation and new cybersecurity threats. However, we can’t possibly cover it all, so we’ll bring you this curated summary of IT and enterprise technology stories each week. Microsoft Teams on Macs with Apple silicon Microsoft will be rolling out […]

Kinetic Business Partners with PGA TOUR’s Barbasol Championship for Third Year

July 8, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

LEXINGTON, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kinetic Business is proud to partner with the Barbasol Championship as the official fiber internet, streaming and technology solutions partner for a premier golf tournament at Champions at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville on July 7–10. Kinetic Business will showcase tech solutions backed by fiber internet by providing broadcast capabilities for the […]

Tenable: Ransomware-as-a-Service is Booming

A new report from Tenable details the lucrative ransomware industry and how cybercrime has matured into a business-like ecosystem.

June 22, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The subscription economy adopted by the software industry is growing ransomware from what was once a fledgling threat to an IT security crisis as ransomware groups continue to pad their wallets and grow the ransomware-as-a-service economy, according to a new report from Tenable. According to the Maryland-based vulnerability management software company, that service model is […]