Todd Rychecky, VP of sales in the Americas for network technology provider Opengear, joins the podcast to talk about election infrastructure security.
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 […]
Perhaps no single industry has struggled to adjust more to COVID-19 than education. The pandemic has greatly accelerated the broad adoption of e-learning solutions. Those school districts that invested in robust IT systems have been validated and are continuing to build out their resources. Meanwhile, those districts that did not already have e-learning technologies in […]
With the 2020 presidential election just two weeks away, cybersecurity officials are warning that the U.S. voting system is not secure as new concerns arise around election tampering from different nation states and other bad actors. According to Todd Rychecky, vice president of network technology provider Opengear’s U.S. unit, the entire voting ecosystem is not […]
Microsoft and an international group of tech industry organizations disrupted the botnet Trickbot, one of the world’s most prolific distributors of malware and ransomware. Through a court order from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and technical action in coordination with a group of technology organizations, Microsoft helped cut off key […]
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, cybercriminals and nation states are crafting their attacks to take advantage of the news cycle and the weakened defenses of a dispersed workforce. This uptick in cyberattacks is coupled with a hacking community that is growing more advanced by the day, with new tools and elegant attack methods that […]
Vince Crisler, founder and CEO of Dark Cubed, joins the podcast to talk about about the increasing cyber threats that can impact every organization.
At the recent MSP Connect Live, a group of virtual events put on by The ASCII Group, the CEO of a well-versed MSP provided a framework for MSP internal security practices. As Corey Kirkendoll, CEO of 5K Technical Services, said during the session: it’s more important to make sure your own company utilizes internal security best practices. […]
Slack is reporting unexplained issues with connecting and degraded performance today. According to Slack’s states page, users began experiencing slowness with desktop, browser and mobile versions starting around 10 a.m. EDT. “The issue is sending messages and troubles with API calls,” the company said. “Our team is looking into it and we will follow up […]
Social Security numbers, grades, addresses, retirement documents and other data was leaked from the Clark County School District (CCSD) by hackers last week after district officials wouldn’t pay the ransom the cyber criminals were seeking. The attack started three days after school started on August 27 when a ransomware virus infected CCSD’s network and prevented […]
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