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April 2021 – Newsletter, SonicWall and SentinelOne

SonicWall recently announced a new agreement to bring together SentinelOne’s next-generation endpoint protection with SonicWall’s next-generation firewall solution. SonicWall is a trusted security partner protecting over one million networks worldwide, while SentinelOne is a company transforming endpoint protection. By combining the two powerful offerings, SonicWall and SentinelOne will automate the distribution and enforcement of SentinelOne’s…

April 2021 – Newsletter, Silver Sparrow Malware

No platform is safe from infection, as we were reminded earlier this year when a new strain of malware was found on 30K Macs. The new macOS malware was discovered by security vendor Red Canary, who named the unusual strain Silver Sparrow. Silver Sparrow did not exhibit behaviors that are now expected from adware often…

March 2021 – Newsletter, Password Managers

If you find yourself clicking ‘Forgot Password’ all too often, you’re not alone. Password managers can be life-changing and security-enhancing. A popular manager, LastPass, recently implemented new restrictions on their free tier only allowing to view their passwords from one type of device, either mobile or computer, starting this month. We found a curated round-up…

March 2021 – Newsletter, Fixing Virtual Meetings

As a result of the pandemic, we have all come to know, love, and hate Zoom. Whether it be a team meeting while working remotely, a family gathering over the holidays, or virtual happy hours with friends, many of us are experiencing fatigue of staring at our friends, coworkers, and family in square boxes on…

February 2021 – Newsletter, Instagram O.G.

Coordinating with other social media platforms, like Twitter and TikTok, Instagram is banning users who have been involved in stealing hundreds of single-word user names. The short and covetable handles are known as “O.G. user names” and are valuable both because they are eye-catching and they confer status; the first to have them were early…

February 2021 – Newsletter, Safety First – Guarding Your Email Content From Unauthorized Access

Does your organization send email content or attachments containing important information like birth dates, social security numbers, account numbers? Using Microsoft Office 365 email with an Azure Protection license will allow your emails to be encrypted before they are sent and will keep the information from anyone but the intended party. Even after the recipient…

January 2021 – Newsletter, Teams Features

Earlier this month, Microsoft 365 released several Message center announcements, including various new Teams features and updates to look out for. Meeting recaps are now available in the calendar event details tab. The recap will help meeting attendees as well as those who are unable to attend with a meeting recording, transcript, and chat all…

January 2021 – Newsletter, Security Updates

After multiple vulnerabilities were uncovered in iPhones and iPads, Apple quickly released a security update to fix the issues and keep your devices safe. Though keeping our gadgets up to date is a seemingly never-ending task, it is important to stay protected against vulnerabilities that are potentially being actively exploited, like the recent ones discovered…

December 2020 – Newsletter, New Phishing Attacks

With the spike of Zoom usage since the beginning of the pandemic has also come the spike of Zoom-themed phishing attacks. These criminal campaigns have also affected Teams. When the pandemic began and a large portion of people began working remotely, attackers used this time to adapt and improve their lures to exploit the dependence on…

December 2020 – Newsletter, Salesforce Buys Slack

In a $27.7 billion megadeal, Salesforce has announced it will acquire Slack. Salesforce, a CRM powerhouse, will wade deeper into enterprise social with the purchase. Rumors of the pending deal surfaced earlier, causing Slack’s stock price to spike. Marc Benioff, Salesforce co-founder and CEO says of the deal: “This is a match made in heaven.…