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Archive for February, 2023

State of Emergency Declared in Oakland to Combat Ransomware Attack

On Feb. 8, 2023, the City of Oakland suffered a ransomware attack. It forced several city systems to go offline. Fortunately, it did not affect emergency services. 911 and fire rescue were ...

Microsoft Announces End Date for Exchange Server 2013

Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 will no longer receive updates starting April 11, 2023. That gives companies using the system to upgrade to a newer one or lose support. It will no longer ...

Measure the Success of Your Social Media Strategy

It doesn't matter how creative or well-thought-out your social media marketing strategy is. All the hard work you put into it will be for nothing if you don't measure its performance. It's ...

Over 3 Million Patients Affected in California Hospital Ransomware Attack

A ransomware attack exposed the information of more than 3.3 million patients on Dec. 1, 2022. Multiple medical groups are affected under the Heritage Provider Network in California. These are: Lakeside Medical ...

AWS Warns Against Malvertising Targeting Users

Cybersecurity company Sentinel Labs has discovered a new malvertising campaign targeting AWS users. Sentinel Labs warns that cybercriminals have established a campaign on Google Ads programs that take users to a fake ...

Why Network Security Is More Important Than Ever

Modern businesses rely on computers and the internet to perform their daily operations. An example is the use of emails, which is essential for client and internal communications. Companies also collect data ...

Microsoft Edge Renders Using Adobe Acrobat

Adobe and Microsoft announced on Feb. 8, 2023, a collaboration to transform the PDF reading experience by bringing Acrobat to Edge. They aim to provide stronger security and improved performance through the ...

Reddit Cybersecurity Incident

Reddit, a popular social news site, disclosed that it was hacked on Sunday night (pacific time). The company announced on February 9th in a posting that they first became aware of the ...

Search Engine Yandex Suffers Massive Leak

Russian search engine Yandex offers a slew of online services to replace Google, Netflix, Spotify, Amazon, and Uber. However, a recent Yandex data leak contains nearly 50 gigabytes of data with leaked ...

Microsoft Teams Free (Classic) Is Retiring

Microsoft has decided to retire its MS Teams Free (classic) app. Released in 2017, MS Teams is a communication platform where users chat and call each other over the internet. While the ...

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Mobile Phishing Attacks on Businesses Surge to New Highs

Mobile Phishing Attacks on Businesses Surge to New Highs

Suppose your business focuses its phishing protection efforts on email. In that case, it’s time to reevaluate your enterprise security[...]
Energy Storage Technologies: Reducing Costs and Increasing Efficiency for Industries

Energy Storage Technologies: Reducing Costs and Increasing Efficiency for Industries

Managing power consumption in industrial enterprises is critical due to soaring costs and an increased focus on sustainability. As more[...]
Tech-Enabled Personalization: Crafting Unique Experiences for Your Customers

Tech-Enabled Personalization: Crafting Unique Experiences for Your Customers

You must stand out when there’s a sea of companies like yours offering the same products and services. Many choose[...]

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