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Hackers can bypass two-factor authentication with new scam
Two-factor authentication, the added security step that requires people enter a code sent to their phone or email, has traditionally worked to keep usernames and passwords safe from phishing attacks. However, security experts have demonstrated an automated phishing...
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Microsoft datacenters to use 60% renewable energy by 2020
Microsoft is doubling down on its commitment to cut operational carbon emissions by 75% in the next 11 years. In a blog post this evening, company president Brad Smith outlined the steps Microsoft will take to “address sustainability challenges” in a “tech-first”...
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Baltimore ransomware nightmare could last weeks more
It's been nearly two weeks since the City of Baltimore's networks were shut down in response to a ransomware attack, and there's still no end in sight to the attack's impact. It may be weeks more before the city's services return to something resembling normal—manual...
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A tiny four-winged robotic insect flies more like the real thing
Many insects are powerful, agile flyers. One reason is that most have four wings, which gives them fine control over their direction of flight and their orientation through pitch, roll, and yaw adjustment. In recent years, aerodynamicists, engineers, and roboticists...
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Two years after WannaCry, a million computers remain at risk
Two years ago today, a powerful ransomware began spreading across the world. WannaCry spread like wildfire, encrypting hundreds of thousands of computers in more than 150 countries in a matter of hours. It was the first time that ransomware, a malware that encrypts a...
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How Google, Apple, Facebook & Microsoft are doing privacy
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at Build this week. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) There’s a common theme running through the spring season of developer conferences and tech events: trust and privacy. With the tech industry facing a backlash from consumers and...
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MDS Blog Archives
June 2019
May 2019
- 29: Microsoft datacenters to use 60% renewable energy by 2020 (0)
- 22: Baltimore ransomware nightmare could last weeks more (0)
- 20: A tiny four-winged robotic insect flies more like the real thing (0)
- 15: Two years after WannaCry, a million computers remain at risk (0)
- 13: How Google, Apple, Facebook & Microsoft are doing privacy (0)
- 07: MDS Blog: Forget Your Passwords, Folks! (0)
- 02: BEC Hack Cons Catholic Church out of $1.75 Million (0)
- 01: MDS Blog: The Privacy Project (0)
April 2019
- 29: CIOs reveal their biggest tech headaches & how they fix them (0)
- 25: Facebook broke Canadian privacy law, according to regulators (0)
- 23: How Microsoft is using Azure to build a more sustainable world (0)
- 22: What you missed this week in cybersecurity (0)
- 18: Ecuador faced 40 million cyberattacks after giving up Assange (0)
- 12: Malware infects a second critical infrastructure site (0)
- 12: 5 Essential Cybersecurity Best Practices to Follow as a Remote Employee (0)
- 08: How the EverCrypt Library Created Hacker-Proof Cryptography (0)
- 08: Human Error, We Meet Again – Cyber security Basics (0)
- 05: Windows 7 users start to decline as Windows 10 reaches all-time high (0)
- 03: Medical Practice Forced to Close Following Ransomware Attack (0)
- 01: Privacy becomes a selling point for tech (0)
March 2019
- 28: Microsoft sues to take control of domains involved in Iran hacking campaign (0)
- 27: MDS Blog: Microsoft Cloud Service Provider (CSP) Benefits (0)
- 26: Hackers Hijacked ASUS Software Updates on Thousands of Computers (0)
- 25: What we can learn from Facebook’s password management (0)
- 22: Facebook stored hundreds of millions of passwords in plain text (0)
- 21: MDS Blog: Microsoft Compliance Manager (0)
- 20: AI, BI and Data: Who’s Going To Win by 2020? (0)
- 19: The United States of Artificial Intelligence Startups (0)
- 18: A huge trove of medical records and prescriptions found exposed (0)
- 14: SD-WAN: 10 essential considerations (0)
- 13: Amazon fuels Harvard hospital’s machine learning research program (0)
- 13: Blind users can now explore photos by touch with Microsoft’s Seeing AI (0)
- 12: Iranian-backed hackers stole data from U.S. government contractor (0)
- 12: Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the web, calls for ‘fight’ against hacking and abuse on its 30th birthday (0)
- 11: Dozens of companies leaked sensitive data thanks to misconfigured Box accounts (0)
- 08: The Top Five Cybersecurity Strategies for Cloud (0)
- 07: Microsoft reportedly exploring new partnership with VMware (0)
- 06: Triton is the world’s most murderous malware, and it’s spreading (0)
- 05: How virtual reality is transforming HR (0)
- 04: U.S. companies put record number of robots to work in 2018 (0)
- 01: Thousands of people in Sweden get microchip implants (0)
February 2019
- 28: Blockchain: Back to the Drawing Board? (0)
- 27: Dow Jones’ watchlist of 2.4 million high-risk individuals has leaked (0)
- 27: How SD-WAN can improve your security strategy (0)
- 26: How data governance can support data privacy compliance (0)
- 25: Three Things to Know About Cybersecurity in 2019 (0)
- 22: How Can the New Windows 10 Office App Help Me? (0)
- 22: 10 Principles for Modernizing Your Company’s Technology (0)
- 21: Why Shared Service Centers Are Growing in Size and Value (0)
- 20: Company sues employee after she falls for $250,000 CEO fraud scam (0)
- 20: Google acquires a small cloud start-up (0)
- 19: The Future of Compliance and Data Privacy (0)
- 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
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