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Microsoft Defender Antivirus: 12 reasons why you need it
Having the right cybersecurity strategy requires a delicate balance between protection and convenience. The scale tips and topples when one side outweighs the other. In the world of security, the scale has typically leaned towards convenience for the purpose of...
Microsoft Viva: Empowering every employee for the new digital age
Even before COVID-19 turned our lives upside down, a new generation of digital tools was opening up new possibilities for the future of work. What we didn’t expect was that this future would arrive almost overnight last March, as millions of businesses around the...
What Are the Steps Towards Implementing the Zero Trust Model?
Zero Trust Model is a security concept that is massively different from conventional network security. In simple words, it acknowledges that trust is a vulnerability. In other words, it is a model that demands strict authentication and authorization of all users,...
Microsoft’s latest Surface is focused on remote work
As CES starts in earnest today, I anticipate we’ll be seeing a lot of hardware-focused on remote work. PC sales saw a nice spike last year, even as smartphone sales continued to slip. There was a lot of adapting that needed to be done, moving from offices to virtual...
Capitol’s cybersecurity fallout: Stolen laptops, lost data, possible espionage
When hostile actors penetrated the Capitol Building on January 6, they gained access to individual chambers and offices and remained at large within the Capitol complex for well over two hours. We have reported that items were stolen. One report comes from acting US...
Microsoft and McAfee form ‘Ransomware Task Force’
A group made up of 19 security firms, tech companies, and non-profits, headlined by big names such as Microsoft and McAfee, have announced on Monday plans to form a new coalition to deal with the rising threat of ransomware. Named the Ransomware Task Force (RTF), the...
SolarWinds Post-Compromise Hunting with Azure Sentinel
Microsoft recently blogged about the Recent Nation-State Cyber Attacks that have impacted high-value targets both across the government and private sector. This attack is also known as Solorigate or Sunburst. This threat actor is believed to be highly sophisticated...
Microsoft Teams recognized as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrants
Microsoft Teams has become the new way to work for over 115 million daily users who come together every day to meet, call, chat, and collaborate. Today, we are honored to be recognized by Gartner as a Leader for both Meeting Solutions and Unified Communications as a...
Azure Sentinel achieves a Leader placement in Forrester Wave
I’m thrilled to announce Forrester Research has named Microsoft Azure Sentinel as a “Leader” in The Forrester Wave™: Security Analytics Platform Providers, Q4 2020. When we released Azure Sentinel almost a year ago—the industry’s first cloud-native SIEM on a major...
MDS BLOG: Cognitive/Synapse – The Future of Automated Documentation
By Samantha Orszulak, Head of Marketing at MDS and Patrick Hall, Advanced Analytics Practice Lead at MDS For every company, regardless of industry, size, or location, documents, and record-keeping are essential. Whether it is faxes, photocopied applications, receipts...
Microsoft patents tech to score meetings and productivity
Microsoft is facing criticism for its new “Productivity Score” technology, which can measure how much individual workers use email, chat and other digital tools. But it turns out the company has even bigger ideas for using technology to monitor workers in the interest...
Gladys West: the hidden figure who helped invent GPS
Growing up on a farm in Virginia during segregation, West knew education would be her means of escape. But she didn’t know her quiet work on a naval base would change lives around the world Gladys West knew from a young age that she didn’t want to be a farmer....
MDS Blog Archives
February 2021
- 09: Microsoft Defender Antivirus: 12 reasons why you need it
- 04: Microsoft Viva: Empowering every employee for the new digital age
- 01: What Are the Steps Towards Implementing the Zero Trust Model?
January 2021
- 12: Microsoft’s latest Surface is focused on remote work
- 11: Capitol’s cybersecurity fallout: Stolen laptops, lost data, possible espionage
December 2020
- 23: Microsoft and McAfee form ‘Ransomware Task Force’
- 17: SolarWinds Post-Compromise Hunting with Azure Sentinel
- 10: Microsoft Teams recognized as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrants
- 03: Azure Sentinel achieves a Leader placement in Forrester Wave
- 02: MDS BLOG: Cognitive/Synapse – The Future of Automated Documentation
- 01: Microsoft patents tech to score meetings and productivity
November 2020
- 20: Gladys West: the hidden figure who helped invent GPS
- 18: Managing Office 365 DLP (Data Loss Prevention)
- 10: Extend data loss prevention to your devices with Microsoft
- 06: Cloud-focused strategies are driving transformation across industries
- 05: California strengthened its digital privacy protections even more
October 2020
- 26: New AI Model Assesses Alzheimer’s Risk
- 23: Charities in a bind after cybercriminals donate $10K in bitcoin
- 14: Microsoft disrupted the ‘prolific’ Trickbot
- 09: An AI tool for fighting deaths actually worked in the real world
- 02: When Coffee Machines Demand Ransom, You Know IoT Is Screwed
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
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?