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Slack Introduces Canvases For Enhanced, Time-Saving Collaboration

Slack canvases is a new surface in an organization’s digital HQ where teams can organize and share mission-critical resources.

September 22, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Slack announced several new tools as part of its Dreamforce event designed to make it easier for teams to connect and get more value from the platform, including Slack canvas, which the company calls a new surface in an organization’s digital HQ where teams can curate, organize and share mission-critical resources. According to the company, […]

What IT and Security Teams Should Take Away From the Uber Hack

Cybersecurity experts say the Uber hack demonstrates how attackers are bypassing multi-factor authentication and other security tools.

September 21, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Uber disclosed late last week that the massive ridesharing company was the target of a cyberattack that resulted in attackers gaining access to the company’s internal systems, including its G-Suite and Slack accounts. This week, Uber has shared more about the hack, including how the attacker was able to bypass security tools. According to Uber, […]

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Use These Strategies to Help Reduce IT Burnout

With burnout rampant among IT professionals, one tech leader suggests some new ways to keep everyone happy and engaged.

September 9, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

IT workers have had a very stressful last few years thanks to a rapid digital transformation that was condensed into just a few months, a drastic rise in cyberattacks and a proliferation of new software and tools. Those workers—especially cybersecurity professionals—are reporting elevated levels of burnout. A recent report from VMware found that 47% of […]

U.S. Agencies Warn of Ransomware Attacks on K-12 Education Sector

K-12 institutions should take action now to protect against an increase in ransomware as the school year begins, U.S. agencies say.

September 7, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

U.S. agencies are warning of an increase in ransomware attacks against the K-12 education sector, singling out a relatively new threat actor that has been observed disproportionately targeting school systems as they welcome students back into their buildings. That threat actor is Vice Society—an intrusion, exfiltration and extortion hacking group that first appeared in summer […]

Microsoft’s Azure VMs with Arm-Based Processes Now Generally Available

All Azure customers can now deploy Arm-based virtual machines using the Azure portal, SDKs, API, PowerShell and the command-line interface.

September 1, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft says its new Azure Virtual Machines with Ampere Altra Arm-based processors are now generally available, allowing customers to launch them in 10 Azure regions and multiple availability zones around the world. The company earlier this year launched the preview of new general purpose Dpsv5 and Dplsv5 and memory optimized Epsv5 Azure Virtual Machine series-— […]

What’s New From VMware From VMware Explore 2022

VMware announced several new products and innovations designed to help customers navigate their complex cloud and hybrid work environments.

August 31, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

VMware has announced several new products and innovations during its VMware Explore 2022 event this week, including new offerings to help customers navigate multi-cloud environments, advanced automation to ease hybrid work implementations, cloud and edge infrastructure and much more. New products announced during the show include vSphere 8, VMware vSAN 8, VMware Cloud Foundation+, VMware […]

Update Zoom on macOS Devices Now

A local attacker could use the Zoom for macOS exploit to leverage an auto-update function and elevate privileges to root.

August 15, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Users of the macOS version of Zoom are being urged to apply a patch after a vulnerability was discovered that could allow an attacker to gain access over the entire operating system. Specifically, the vulnerability lies in the Zoom Client for Meetings app for macOS, both standard and IT admin editions, with version 5.7.3 and […]

Mindbody Enlists WalkMe to Drive Digital Transformation

WalkMe enables Mindbody to deliver a simple, seamless and straightforward experience for navigating Mindbody’s digital platform and its internal tools.

August 15, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Mindbody, the software company that caters to the wellness service market was looking for technology to improve user experience and make all of its applications as simple as possible for its customers and internal teams to navigate. The company develops products for health, wellness and beauty industries, including CRM, point of sale, appointment, and class […]

Tech Companies Create Open-Source Cybersecurity Data Framework

A group of software and cybersecurity companies led by AWS, Splunk and Broadcom are launching a new security data normalization framework.

August 11, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

A consortium of leading software and cybersecurity companies led by AWS, Splunk and Symantec have announced a new open-source effort to break down data silos that they say are impeding security teams. The companies at Black Hat USA 2022 in Las Vegas this week announced the launch of the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework project to […]

Modern Cyber Threats, Supply Chain Attacks Are Burning Out IT Pros, Experts Say

The constantly shifting IT landscape is breeding more cyberattacks, leading to burnout. Applying psychology concepts to the industry may help.

August 9, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The software supply chain and our increasing reliance on cloud infrastructure is making protecting IT environments more challenging and leading to cybersecurity burnout among IT professionals, according to a panel of cybersecurity experts held last week in advance of Black Hat USA this week. Attackers are increasingly leveraging the software supply chain and open-source software […]