MDS Blog
The Latest in IT Innovation
Hacker who stole 620 million records strikes again, stealing 127 million more
A hacker who stole close to 620 million user records from 16 websites has stolen another 127 million records from eight more websites, TechCrunch has learned.
read more
Google & IBM trying desperately to move cloud market-share needle
When it comes to the cloud market, there are few known knowns. For instance, we know that AWS is the market leader with around 32 percent of market share. We know Microsoft is far back in second place with around 14 percent, the only other company in double digits. We...
read more
When will we have flying cards Maybe sooner than you think.
Two weeks ago I would have said flying cars were still firmly in the realm of techno-utopian fantasy, as they have been for decades. Now I’m not quite so sure. In the coming few years nearly 20 small airborne vehicles are supposedly hitting the market (see table...
read more
5 Big Technology Innovations of 2019
Each year researchers at IBM list “5 in 5” – five ways in which technology will change the world in the next five years. This year, the overarching theme is on feeding the world by using technology to reduce hunger and waste. Within the next five years, the world’s...
read more
Think the boss send you a meeting request? Your password might be stolen.
A widespread phishing campaign is targeting executives across a number of industries with messages asking to reschedule a board meeting in an effort to steal logins and passwords.
read more
Google Makes it Easier to Encrypt Data
Encryption is an important part of the whole securing-your-data package, but it’s easy to underestimate the amount of complexity it adds to any service or device. One part of that is the amount of processing encryption takes — an amount that could be impractical on...
read moreFebruary 2019
- 15: Hacker who stole 620 million records strikes again, stealing 127 million more (0)
- 15: Google & IBM trying desperately to move cloud market-share needle (0)
- 14: When will we have flying cards Maybe sooner than you think. (0)
- 12: 5 Big Technology Innovations of 2019 (0)
- 11: Think the boss send you a meeting request? Your password might be stolen. (0)
- 08: Google Makes it Easier to Encrypt Data (0)
- 07: Is end-of-life infrastructure leaving you vulnerable to security breaches? (0)
- 06: Big companies are not becoming data-driven fast enough (0)
- 05: Google Home can now translate conversations on-the-fly (0)
- 01: This robot valet will soon be parking your car at the airport (0)
- 01: Let’s save the bees with machine learning (0)
January 2019
- 31: A Robot Teaches Itself to Play Jenga. But It’s No Game. (0)
- 28: Google and IAB ad category lists show “massive leakage of highly intimate data”, GDPR complaint claims (0)
- 22: Google fined $57m by French regulator for breaching GDPR (0)
- 17: 773 million email addresses have been leaked (0)
- 07: Microsoft to add two new Microsoft 365 security, compliance bundles to its line-up (0)
- 03: Here’s what to expect in cybersecurity in 2019 (0)
December 2018
- 27: Amazon announces a record-breaking holiday, ‘tens of millions’ of new Prime subscribers (0)
- 21: The GPS wars have begun (0)
- 20: 3D-printed heads let hackers – and cops – unlock your phone (0)
- 14: Facebook bug exposed up to 6.8M users’ unposted photos to apps (0)
- 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?
May 2017
About MDS
Maureen Data Systems is a IT services and solutions company committed to developing custom, streamlined solutions for customers to achieve their business objectives.
MDS structures its highly skilled engineers to align with how our customers consume technology—with one team responsible for infrastructure, another heading up productivity and applications, and a third committed to identity and security solutions.
Upcoming Events
February 21, 2019 - Miami
Microsoft 365 Interactive Workshop & Happy Hour
February 28, 2019 - San Juan, PR
Dine and Discover Microsoft
Contact Us
NYC Headquarters
307 W. 38th Street, Suite 1801
New York, NY 10018
Tel: 646-744-1000
Email: contactus@mdsny.com
NYC | FL | TX | PR