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Cloudflare Successfully Detects and Mitigates Largest DDoS Attack Recorded

During the weekend of Feb. 11-12, 2023, content delivery network provider Cloudflare detected and mitigated an unusually high number of hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks. It did not disclose the targets but mentioned some ...

Internet Explorer Gets Disabled From Windows 10

Microsoft has intended to replace Internet Explorer with the new Edge browser. On June 15, 2022, the company officially retired the popular browser by ending its update support for the application. However, ...

State of Emergency Declared in Oakland to Combat Ransomware Attack

On Feb. 8, 2023, the City of Oakland suffered a ransomware attack. It forced several city systems to go offline. Fortunately, it did not affect emergency services. 911 and fire rescue were ...

Microsoft Announces End Date for Exchange Server 2013

Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 will no longer receive updates starting April 11, 2023. That gives companies using the system to upgrade to a newer one or lose support. It will no longer ...

Measure the Success of Your Social Media Strategy

It doesn't matter how creative or well-thought-out your social media marketing strategy is. All the hard work you put into it will be for nothing if you don't measure its performance. It's ...

Over 3 Million Patients Affected in California Hospital Ransomware Attack

A ransomware attack exposed the information of more than 3.3 million patients on Dec. 1, 2022. Multiple medical groups are affected under the Heritage Provider Network in California. These are: Lakeside Medical ...

AWS Warns Against Malvertising Targeting Users

Cybersecurity company Sentinel Labs has discovered a new malvertising campaign targeting AWS users. Sentinel Labs warns that cybercriminals have established a campaign on Google Ads programs that take users to a fake ...

Why Network Security Is More Important Than Ever

Modern businesses rely on computers and the internet to perform their daily operations. An example is the use of emails, which is essential for client and internal communications. Companies also collect data ...

Microsoft Edge Renders Using Adobe Acrobat

Adobe and Microsoft announced on Feb. 8, 2023, a collaboration to transform the PDF reading experience by bringing Acrobat to Edge. They aim to provide stronger security and improved performance through the ...

Reddit Cybersecurity Incident

Reddit, a popular social news site, disclosed that it was hacked on Sunday night (pacific time). The company announced on February 9th in a posting that they first became aware of the ...

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