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Russian telco Rostelecom hijacks traffic for IT giants, including Google, Amazon and Facebook
Russian telco operator Rostelecom was involved in a Border Gateway Patrol (BGP) hijacking incident that impacted hundreds of CDNs and cloud providers last week. Last week, Russia’s state-owned telco Rostelecom was involved in an apparent incident that hijacked the...
Microsoft Teams heading for consumers, Office 365 plans rebranded as ‘Microsoft 365’
Microsoft held an event last announcing a number of changes and upcoming launches. Two of the major pieces of news include a consumer version its communication and collaboration software “Teams” coming this year and its Office 365 suite rebranded as “Microsoft 365”...
Three-Quarters of Large UK Firms Suffered Security Breach Last Year
Nearly half (46%) of UK firms reported suffering a security breach or cyber-attack over the past year, an increase on previous years, but they are getting better at recovering from and deflecting such blows, according to the government. The annual Cyber Security...
Office 365 New Feature: New Authentication method for OneDrive on MacOS
OneDrive on MacOS is incorporating new methods for authentication. Microsoft will be gradually rolling this out to new OneDrive on MacOS customers in mid-April 2020. The rollout will be completed in mid-May. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap...
Why your phishing defence strategy needs to involve humans, not just tech
Phishing attacks have been around since email went widespread in the mid-1990s. However, just like many other aspects of cybersecurity, phishing attacks have been becoming more sophisticated and effective in the last few years. Ironically, this rise in phishing...
Maybe we shouldn’t use Zoom after all
Now that we’re all stuck at home thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, video calls have gone from a novelty to a necessity. Zoom, the popular videoconferencing service, seems to be doing better than most and has quickly become one of, if not the most, popular option...
Microsoft Teams New Feature – Multi-Window Chat
New Feature: Multi-Window Chat for Microsoft Teams The initial roll-out will be for Windows clients only. Microsoft will provide support for Mac and Linux clients in the coming weeks. Multi-Window Chat is a new Microsoft Teams feature which enables users to multitask...
UK Government Uses Zoom Despite MoD Security Concerns
The government is using popular conferencing platform Zoom to conduct Cabinet meetings, despite reported Ministry of Defence (MoD) warnings about the security implications. The government appears to be heeding its own COVID-19 advice in forcing ministers to adhere to...
Microsoft Teams – Increasing team membership limit to 10K
Microsoft will soon be increasing Microsoft Teams team membership limit to 10 thousand members. Microsoft will begin enabling this for all tenants at the end of April and will be complete at the end of May. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap...
Booz Allen analyzed 200+ Russian hacking operations to better understand their tactics
Booz Allen Hamilton, the largest private contractor for the US intelligence community, has published a comprehensive report this week detailing 15 years (2004 to 2019) of cyber operations carried out by Russia's military hackers. The report is a rarity in the...