MDS Blog

September 2020

• 21: Changes ahead for Microsoft Hybrid Voice connectivity.
• 18: German hospital hacked, patient taken to another city dies
• 15: Using AI, people who are blind are able to find familiar faces

August 2020

• 25: Five simple ways to improve your Wi-Fi
• 19: STUDY: Customers who deploy Azure AD benefit from 123% ROI
• 13: How the NYC DEP connects employees with Windows VDI
• 10: Fraudsters Conducting Malvertising Campaign Via Inactive Domains
• 06: Microsoft makes breakthrough in powering data centers with renewable energy
• 03: ‘Payment sent’ – travel giant CWT pays $4.5 million ransom

July 2020

• 29: No grace period after Privacy Shield ruling, warn EU data board
• 20: Using traffic cameras and AI to predict future accidents
• 16: Online Attack Targets V.I.P. Twitter Users in a Bitcoin Scam
• 13: MDS is a 2020 Microsoft Partner of the Year Winner
• 10: AWS is creating its very own space force for cloud computing
• 09: Microsoft unveils job training initiative for 25M impacted by pandemic
• 02: Russian Criminal Group Target Americans Working at Home

June 2020

• 24: HPE to deliver five new return-to-work solutions
• 17: Microsoft Teams will let you see 49 people at a time this fall
• 11: As the GDPR turns 2, Big Tech should watch out for big sanctions
• 02: Shifting to Permanent Remote Work? 3 Cybersecurity Practices to Keep in Mind

May 2020

• 28: Intel Capital invests $132M in AI & autonomous computing startups
• 26: Microsoft launches Lists, a new Airtable-like app for M365
• 22: Cybersecurity compliance trends in a post-pandemic world
• 12: Are Women Better At Cybersecurity Than Men?
• 05: Healthcare Targeted By More Cyberattacks Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
• 01: This cybersecurity school will teach kids to crack codes from home

April 2020

• 29: Azure Sentinel is now PCI compliant
• 22: Microsoft’s ‘Planetary Computer’ project supports sustainability
• 21: Coronavirus Pours Gas on the Tech Revolution
• 09: How to Stay Secure While Working Remote
• 03: Security tips everyone needs to know about Zoom | Zoom Alternatives

March 2020

• 31: Cybersecurity experts fight coronavirus-related hacking
• 30: Microsoft disrupts a botnet that infected 9 million computers
• 25: Tech For Working From Home & Mental Wellbeing
• 10: Cybercriminals & drug cartels are spreading malware in Latin America
• 03: 17 Women In Tech Who Are Transforming The Industry

February 2020

• 28: EU’s new AI rules will focus on ethics and transparency
• 18: Cisco On The Future Of Safe And Smart Cities
• 10: Enforcement of the NY DFS Cybersecurity Regulation Coming Soon
• 03: Coronavirus malware infects thousands of devices worldwide

January 2020

• 29: New Report Spotlights Changes in Phishing Techniques
• 23: Block Access to Unsanctioned Apps with Microsoft Security
• 13: The Iran Cyber Warfare Threat: Everything You Need To Know
• 07: California’s Privacy Law Is In Effect. Now What?

December 2019

• 17: The 10 most important cyberattacks of the decade
• 12: A new Windows 10 ransomware threat?
• 10: Seafaring drones are mapping the ocean’s floor
• 02: Hackers demand $14M to unlock systems for nursing homes across US

November 2019

• 25: California’s IoT Security Law: Why it Matters
• 22: The cost of cybersecurity and how to budget for it
• 19: 33 Alarming Cybercrime Statistics You Should Know
• 15: Dell using VMware’s blockchain to track recycled plastic
• 13: Introducing Azure FarmBeats: Democratizing agriculture intelligence
• 11: Companies vastly overestimating their GDPR readiness
• 07: New innovations in security, compliance, and identity

October 2019

• 28: Motive doesn’t matter: The three types of insider threats
• 21: New privacy law in New York affects employers there and beyond
• 15: Cybersecurity requires the right tools, not more tools

September 2019

• 27: 5 things to do if you were affected by the DoorDash data breach
• 25: Opinion: How Wi-Fi Almost Didn’t Happen
• 24: 8 Best Practices for Working Remotely
• 17: Walt Disney Studios partners with Microsoft Azure
• 16: 2 in 5 Enterprises Lose Business Due to Cybersecurity Performance
• 10: Survey finds a spike in healthcare cyberattacks

August 2019

• 29: Using multi-factor authentication blocks 99.9% of account hacks
• 27: These are the companies that hackers impersonate
• 26: Ransomware Attack Hits 22 Texas Towns, Authorities Say
• 19: Study: Increase in Phishing Attacks on State & Local Governments
• 06: Russian hackers are infiltrating companies via the office printer

July 2019

• 30: A hacker stole the personal data of 100M Capital One customers
• 26: Microsoft to Invest a Whopping $1 Billion in OpenAI Partnership
• 15: Amazon commits $700M to retrain 100k employees
• 10: Zoom flaw allowed websites to turn on webcams without permission
• 08: British Airways faces record fine for customer data breach
• 01: Here are 10 ways AI could help fight climate change

June 2019

• 28: Cyberattacks by email impersonators are on the rise
• 26: The future of diversity & inclusion in tech
• 05: Hackers can bypass two-factor authentication with new scam

May 2019

• 29: Microsoft datacenters to use 60% renewable energy by 2020
• 22: Baltimore ransomware nightmare could last weeks more
• 20: A tiny four-winged robotic insect flies more like the real thing
• 15: Two years after WannaCry, a million computers remain at risk
• 13: How Google, Apple, Facebook & Microsoft are doing privacy
• 07: MDS Blog: Forget Your Passwords, Folks!
• 02: BEC Hack Cons Catholic Church out of $1.75 Million
• 01: MDS Blog: The Privacy Project

April 2019

• 29: CIOs reveal their biggest tech headaches & how they fix them
• 25: Facebook broke Canadian privacy law, according to regulators
• 23: How Microsoft is using Azure to build a more sustainable world
• 22: What you missed this week in cybersecurity
• 18: Ecuador faced 40 million cyberattacks after giving up Assange
• 12: Malware infects a second critical infrastructure site
• 12: 5 Essential Cybersecurity Best Practices to Follow as a Remote Employee
• 08: How the EverCrypt Library Created Hacker-Proof Cryptography
• 08: Human Error, We Meet Again – Cyber security Basics
• 05: Windows 7 users start to decline as Windows 10 reaches all-time high
• 03: Medical Practice Forced to Close Following Ransomware Attack
• 01: Privacy becomes a selling point for tech

March 2019

• 28: Microsoft sues to take control of domains involved in Iran hacking campaign
• 27: MDS Blog: Microsoft Cloud Service Provider (CSP) Benefits
• 26: Hackers Hijacked ASUS Software Updates on Thousands of Computers
• 25: What we can learn from Facebook’s password management
• 22: Facebook stored hundreds of millions of passwords in plain text
• 21: MDS Blog: Microsoft Compliance Manager
• 20: AI, BI and Data: Who’s Going To Win by 2020? (0)
• 19: The United States of Artificial Intelligence Startups
• 18: A huge trove of medical records and prescriptions found exposed
• 14: SD-WAN: 10 essential considerations
• 13: Amazon fuels Harvard hospital’s machine learning research program
• 13: Blind users can now explore photos by touch with Microsoft’s Seeing AI
• 12: Iranian-backed hackers stole data from U.S. government contractor
• 12: Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the web, calls for ‘fight’ against hacking and abuse on its 30th birthday
• 11: Dozens of companies leaked sensitive data thanks to misconfigured Box accounts
• 08: The Top Five Cybersecurity Strategies for Cloud
• 07: Microsoft reportedly exploring new partnership with VMware
• 06: Triton is the world’s most murderous malware, and it’s spreading
• 05: How virtual reality is transforming HR
• 04: U.S. companies put record number of robots to work in 2018
• 01: Thousands of people in Sweden get microchip implants

February 2019

• 28: Blockchain: Back to the Drawing Board?
• 27: Dow Jones’ watchlist of 2.4 million high-risk individuals has leaked
• 27: How SD-WAN can improve your security strategy
• 26: How data governance can support data privacy compliance
• 25: Three Things to Know About Cybersecurity in 2019
• 22: How Can the New Windows 10 Office App Help Me?
• 22: 10 Principles for Modernizing Your Company’s Technology
• 21: Why Shared Service Centers Are Growing in Size and Value
• 20: Company sues employee after she falls for $250,000 CEO fraud scam
• 20: Google acquires a small cloud start-up
• 19: The Future of Compliance and Data Privacy
• 15: Hacker who stole 620 million records strikes again, stealing 127 million more
• 15: Google & IBM trying desperately to move cloud market-share needle
• 14: When will we have flying cards? Maybe sooner than you think.
• 12: 5 Big Technology Innovations of 2019
• 11: Think the boss send you a meeting request? Your password might be stolen.
• 08: Google Makes it Easier to Encrypt Data
• 07: Is end-of-life infrastructure leaving you vulnerable to security breaches?
• 06: Big companies are not becoming data-driven fast enough
• 05: Google Home can now translate conversations on-the-fly
• 01: This robot valet will soon be parking your car at the airport
• 01: Let’s save the bees with machine learning

January 2019

• 31: A Robot Teaches Itself to Play Jenga. But It’s No Game.
• 28: Google and IAB ad category lists show “massive leakage of highly intimate data”, GDPR complaint claims
• 22: Google fined $57m by French regulator for breaching GDPR
• 17: 773 million email addresses have been leaked
• 07: Microsoft to add two new Microsoft 365 security, compliance bundles to its line-up
• 03: Here’s what to expect in cybersecurity in 2019

December 2018

• 27: Amazon announces a record-breaking holiday, ‘tens of millions’ of new Prime subscribers
• 21: The GPS wars have begun
• 20: 3D-printed heads let hackers – and cops – unlock your phone
• 14: Facebook bug exposed up to 6.8M users’ unposted photos to apps
• 10: Google+ to shut down 4 months early after latest data leak

November 2018

• 30: Marriott reveals massive database breach affecting millions
• 29: AWS is bringing the cloud on prem with Outposts
• 27: Microsoft details the causes of recent MFA meltdown
• 27: US Postal Service exposes the data of 60 million users
• 27: Microsoft dethrones Apple to become most valuable US company
• 20: Amazon Web Services tries to make it even harder to leave your cloud storage buckets unlocked
• 19: If You’re Online, You’re Getting Scammed
• 15: When will Microsoft end support for your version of Windows or Office?
• 15: Official Google G Suite Twitter account is latest hacking victim in Bitcoin scam
• 01: End of Life: Dates You Should Remember

October 2018

• 26: Breaching News: Week of 10/26/2018
• 25: Data Governance & Regulatory Compliance Panel Discussion
• 19: Breaching News: Week of 10/19/2018
• 16: Cybersecurity On Wheels: IBM’s Latest Venture
• 12: Breaching News: Week of 10/12/18
• 09: 5 Ways to Prevent Social Engineering Attacks
• 03: Are you under attack? Social engineering, explained.
• 01: Five Steps to Prevent Ransomware Attacks
• 01: So long Skype, and hello Teams!

September 2018

• 21: Skype calling is coming to Amazon’s Alexa devices
• 15: Google and EU Fight France Over ‘Right to Be Forgotten’

August 2018

• 27: Protecting your data in the Home of the Future
• 21: Microsoft Investigates Fancy Bear

July 2018

• 19: Uber hires first chief privacy officer in light of GDPR
• 18: 5 Things You Need to Know about the September DFS Deadlines (23 NYC 500)
• 11: Microsoft unveils Surface Go to take on iPad
• 05: Blockchain for Beginners: 5 Things You Should Know
• 02: California passes landmark data privacy bill to protect consumers

June 2018

• 21: Germany plans to put Airbus and flying taxi concept in the sky
• 20: Bithumb Hacked – $30 Million In Cryptocurrency Stolen (0)
• 14: Step by Step Guide To Set Up Office 365 Videos (0)
• 13: Step by Step Guide to Set Up Office 365 for Business (0)
• 11: Net neutrality is dead — what now?

May 2018

• 31: Why Are We So Bad at Cybersecurity? It’s Mostly Neglect.
• 27: What to do if you missed the GDPR deadline
• 25: VPNFilter Botnet
• 18: How can Office 365 phishing threats be addressed?
• 14: 5 big challenges that edge computing can resolve

April 2018

• 19: VMware to end General Support for ESXi 5.5 September 2018
• 04: How to Become GDPR Compliant in 10 Steps

March 2018

• 30: Suspected WannaCry attack hits Boeing, Facebook will give out less data, and more trending news
• 20: Warning – Embrace Windows as a Service now or feel the pain later
• 12: Microsoft Teams will integrate with Cortana, add transcription and translation features
• 08: Church of England puts a stop to ransomware with Darktrace
• 05: How to Meet DFS 23 NYCRR 500 Cyber Security Regulation

February 2018

• 26: New York is Quietly Working to Prevent a Major Cyber Attack
• 13: Best Ransomware Prevention Practices
• 13: The New Microsoft Team’s means it’s is Better Than Ever
• 12: “It’s not you, it’s me!”
• 12: 10,000,000 Cyber Attack
• 09: How To Protect Yourself From the iPhone Source Code Leak
• 08: 5 Top Machine Learning Use Cases for Security
• 02: US Data Breaches Hit All-Time High

January 2018

• 29: Facebook starts polishing its privacy messaging ahead of GDPR
• 29: Hey Alexa, Am I Under Attack?
• 26: Ford files a patent for an autonomous police car
• 11: Rolling with the Punches
• 11: The Future of Intelligent Communications
• 05: Everything You Should Know about Meltdown & Spectre

December 2017

• 22: Bitcoin Tumbles More than 25% as Sharks ‘Beginning to Circle
• 18: Needle in the Haystack (0)
• 15: Everyday Artificial Intelligence
• 15: Hey Cortana, Schedule My Meeting!
• 13: Did You Know: Azure Active Directory Connect Vulnerability
• 11: It Can Only Be Attributed to Human Error
• 08: Why Is Bitcoin Price So High?

November 2017

• 20: Your Email is Getting Smarter: LinkedIn integrations in Outlook.com
• 01: A Look at Microsoft’s Future in Cybersecurity

October 2017

• 23: Getting Better All the Time
• 19: How to fix the KRACK WPA Wifi Vulnerability (0)
• 19: Ensuring Application Security With VMware AppDefense
• 16: Amazon and Microsoft Join Forces on A.I, Leaving Google Behind
• 16: Should I Update? Windows 10 Fall Creators Cheat Sheet
• 12: Too Many Passwords, Too Little Time (0)
• 06: Spectrum of Risk & Mobile Security

September 2017

• 26: A Million Years in a Second
• 26: Decrypt Marsjoke aka Polyglot (0)
• 26: Decrypt Marlboro (0)
• 19: Less of Moore’s Law?
• 11: Shelter from the Storm: Disaster Recovery
• 08: Is There Anybody Out There?
• 08: A Touch of Evil
• 07: Please Put That On His Tab
• 01: Farming in the Cloud

August 2017

• 28: Artificially Intelligent Green Energy? Yes!
• 25: How to meet GDPR in 5 Steps
• 24: We Are The Robots (0)
• 24: PIA DPIA Assessment (0)
• 21: See You on the Bright Side of the Moon
• 17: Beam Me Up Scotty
• 16: Should I build a million dollar wall around a two dollar asset?
• 15: To Wi-Fi or Not to Wi-Fi
• 14: Don’t Be Long in the Tooth!
• 10: Schrödinger’s Cat and Quantum Cryptology
• 10: What Skype Can Do for You, Today.
• 08: NIST – Time to Comply!
• 07: Do You Have an Incidence Response Team?
• 03: Identity is the New Security
• 01: Introducing Microsoft 365

July 2017

• 31: Nobody is Safe
• 27: SEC OCIE | Cybersecurity Ransomware Alert
• 27: CASB
• 25: GDPR – Don’t Tread On My Data
• 24: Ransomware: Only A Click Away
• 05: 23 NYCRR 500 – How the Next 30 Days Can Change Your Company Forever

June 2017

• 28: Petya Fix
• 27: Petya (0)
• 16: What is SD-WAN?
• 05: What is Cisco Spark?

May 2017

• 25: How to secure your backup from Ransomware
• 17: WannaCry Ransomware Outbreak Protection (0)
• 15: WannaCry 2.0: New and Improved (0)
• 03: What Is Ransomware? (0)