News Announcements and Tech Tips
- April 11, 2024: Do you listen to Spotify on your way to work? IT World Canada has excellent “headline news” in the world of Cybersecurity. Frequently their announcements can be applied to your own organization for better protection. Check their podcasts: https://www.itworldcanada.com/podcasts/cyber-security
- April 2, 2024: Another link shared by our esteemed partner, Terzetto Digital, highlighting Google’s continued progress to help keep us safe online: New Chrome feature aims to stop hackers from using stolen cookies
- March 15, 2024: AI is going to be a terrific boost to many aspects of our lives, but unfortunately, the bad actors are figuring out how to use it as well. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/deepfake-scammer-walks-off-with-25-million-in-first-of-its-kind-ai-heist/ (Article from Feb. 5, 2024)
- February 29th 2024 was a special day as The Rotary Club of Pleasanton and the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce helped commemorate CBT’s 10-year anniversary.
- Feb. 27, 2024: NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 Officially Released
- Feb. 23, 2024: Didn’t realize this was most likely from the cyber attack when one of our employees reported having problems getting a prescription refilled on the evening of Feb. 21!
- Feb. 8, 2024: Terzetto Digital, one of our esteemed partners, has collaborated closely with CBT to uphold our commitment in advocating for the significance of Google and Yahoo’s latest initiative aimed at combating phishing attacks. Despite certain reports suggesting a delay in enforcement until April 1, 2024, Terzetto Digital has provided an insightful news article that contradicts this notion.
- Feb. 5, 2024: Like many headlines, they can be a bit of a hyperbole designed to grab the reader’s attention. But CBT has long recognized the problem faced with IT MSPs, when it comes to helping the SMB market bolster their cybersecurity posture. This article written two years ago addresses many key factors.
- Jan. 29, 2024: Expect more news on the latest hack on Microsoft’s 365. https://www.thestack.technology/how-russia-hacked-microsoft-ms-graph/
- Jan. 21, 2024: This is “Data Privacy Week” https://staysafeonline.org/programs/data-privacy-week/ Stay Safe Online is another great organization trying to promote best cybersecurity best practices.
- Jan. 3, 2024: If your marketing team is sending out more than 5000 emails in a given day, this upcoming change is noteworthy: https://dmarcian.com/yahoo-and-google-dmarc-required/ CBT is very experienced with SPF, DKIM and DMARC. We can help if your organization needs assistance.
- Dec. 20, 2023: Comcast was quick to announce news of a security breach involving Citrix, which affected Xfinity home user accounts – https://assets.xfinity.com/assets/dotcom/learn/Data-Incident1.pdf?INTCMP=dsi-12152023
- Oct 25, 2023 at the Pleasanton Senior Center: Local seniors – come visit an informative session on cybersecurity: https://patch.com
- Oct 1, 2023: CBT’s new Twitter (now “X” !) handle is now https://x.com/calbusinesstech
- Sept. 19, 2023: Follow CBT on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/calbusinesstech
- On May 11, 2023 – Visit us at the upcoming Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce Tradeshow: https://www.facebook.com/pleasantonchamber/
- CISA Update March 15, 2022
No longer rely on encouraging end-users to enable MFA; Organizations need to mandate MFA in their policies and procedures: https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/alerts/aa22-074a - Updated Advisory from CISA and FBI (Nov. 22, 2021): https://www.cisa.gov/news/2021/11/22/cisa-and-fbi-urge-organizations-remain-vigilant-ransomware-and-cyber-threats
- CBT has added a new and much shorter domain name:
cbt.io is valid as of November 1, 2021, and our outbound emails will being using this shorter domain name more often as we roll this change out to our users, and out ticketing system. - FBI-CISA Advisory on Ransomware Awareness for Holidays and Weekends
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity - Microsoft releases 2022 without much fanfare, but worth a look!
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2022 - CBT continues to strongly encourage the use of MFA. Browsing Homeland Security’s site, MFA is “top of the list” on their “Cyber Lessons” page:
https://www.dhs.gov/be-cyber-smart/cyber-lessons
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