August 2020 – Newsletter, Email Training

2020 has had no shortage of curveballs thrown our way, despite very little actual curveballs. Though sports may be making their comeback, cyberattacks don’t need one, seeing as they seemingly never left. Even during a pandemic, or perhaps especially now, training employees how to recognize and defend against cyberattacks is of the utmost importance. Humans…

August 2020 – Newsletter, Tech Together

Foursquare and LinkNYC are coming together with one goal in mind: helping people in the time of COVID-19. The campaign between the pair is taking “data-driven marketing” to a whole new level. LinkNYC is using Foursquare’s location information to help New Yorkers avoid each other through digital out of home displays (DOOH). LinkNYC is the…

July 2020 – Newsletter, Verizon Connect

Ready to support your fleet, Verizon Connect is here to help with special offers on fleet tracking, field service management, and dash cam software. Verizon Connect wants to help support the technology needed in order to keep drivers, vehicles, and overall business moving forward. GPS fleet tracking can track vehicle locations on a live map,…

July 2020 – Newsletter, Slack Phishing

An important part of staying protected against phishing attacks is staying aware, especially in order to spot new techniques being used. During a recent CyberWire Research Saturday podcast episode, Ashley Graves describes a phishing technique abusing webhooks in Slack. Graves, a Cloud Security Researcher at AT&T Alien Labs, says this fools users into granting an…

June 2020 – Newsletter, Signal App

The number of Americans downloading Signal, an encrypted messaging app, has skyrocketed over the past several weeks. Many have been using the app to organize and participate in protests against police brutality. Towards the end of May, the week before George Floyd died, 51,000 first-time users downloaded the app; the following week as protests continued to…

June 2020 – Newsletter, Altice Mobile

Through the end of June, Altice Mobile is offering a limited time offer for unlimited data, talk & text for only $20 per month per line. The ‘Unlimited Everything’ price plan is available for for Optimum and Suddenlink customers, while it normally starts at $30 per month per line. With 99% nationwide coverage, no commitments…

May 2020 – Newsletter, The Best Team(s)

Regardless of your level of fandom, everyone knows your favorite team has been sidelined due to COVID-19 regardless of the sport of your choice.  That’s where Microsoft comes in, believe it or not. Microsoft has an offering called “Teams” as part of Office 365.  Although it is not related to sports, it is an application…