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A major MSP (managed IT services provider) headquartered in California suffered a ransomware attack on or about December 23, and paid the ransom in a bid to restore operations as quickly as possible, according to a report. The MSP, Synoptek, suffered a  Sodinokibi ransomware attack, KrebsOnSecurity reports. Sources also alerted MSSP Alert and ChannelE2E about the alleged attack on […]

Business-to-business payments provider Billtrust is still recovering from a ransomware attack that began last week.  The company said it is in the final stages of bringing all of its systems back online from backups. With more than 550 employees, Lawrence Township, N.J.-based Billtrust is a cloud-based service that lets customers view invoices, pay, or request bills

A ransomware attack hitting Las Cruces Public Schools forced the district to shut down the entire computer system to contain the infection. Exchanging information with schools is impaired as email and other forms of computer-based communication is no longer possible at this moment. Swift action does not save the day The district activated the crisis

A future in which all cars are autonomous is going to have huge impacts on society. In some ways, this is not surprising: the advent of the automobile itself wrought huge changes in the way that our cities are designed, the way we work, and (unfortunately) the natural environment. This future will bring many challenges,

Microsoft now says the year’s second Windows 10 feature upgrade would be released shortly and has given it the guileless name of “Windows 10 November 2019 Update.” “We believe that Build 18363.418 is the final build,” Brandon LeBlanc, a senior program manager on the Windows Insider team, wrote in a Friday post to a company blog

Keyboard shortcuts have always been a favorite of writers, coders, and other fast-track computer users who want to get as much text on the screen as they can without having to lift their hands from their keyboards. But in the case of Chromebooks, shortcuts can also help new users cope with some of the differences

The ramifications of ransomware is a persistent risk for all organizations. Despite defense techniques and awareness efforts however, sometimes ransomware succeeds regardless. Once hit by ransomware, the matter of getting back up and running is the next dilemma for a company. This is where backups come into play. If you are able to effectively restore

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – September 5, 2019 – When the San Francisco 49ers kick off the regular season Sunday, their fans will be treated to a world-class entertainment experience, thanks to some off-season moves the team made to transform its operations. With the help of its innovation partner, Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS ), the 49ers

Microsoft Teams is built on the Office 365 hyper-scale, enterprise-grade cloud, delivering the advanced security and compliance capabilities our customers expect. Teams is Tier D-compliant. This includes the following standards: ISO 27001, ISO 27018, SSAE16 SOC 1 and SOC 2, HIPAA, and EU Model Clauses (EUMC). Within the Microsoft compliance framework, Microsoft classifies Office 365

Microsoft has announced that they will start the Windows 7 end of life process on Jan. 14, 2020. The company will end support for Windows 7 on laptops and desktops, and will no longer patch it with any security updates. This will adversely effect a large population of Microsoft’s consumer base. Although the operating system is 10