In the fast changing world of software programming and business intelligence, Microsoft has been the leader for three (3) decades now. It’s Visual Studio platform for developing software first in C, then C++, and now C# and support for many other languages and scripts continues to remain extremely popular among programmers. It’s SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Service)…
A large number of Americans may have had their personally identifiable data compromised by the United States Department of Education. According to reports, the agency left the Social Security numbers of tens of thousands of people seeking student debt relief unprotected and susceptible to a data breach for at least six months. While the information was stored securely enough…
There has been a sharp rise in cyber-attacks ever since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and global business have been suffering from it more than ever before. With the spread of COVID-19, increased demands for information technology (IT) support services are occurring across nearly all industries, as worldwide employees, students, university faculty, and others are being…
There has been a sharp rise in cyber-attacks ever since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and global business have been suffering from it more than ever before. With the spread of COVID-19, increased demands for information technology (IT) support services are occurring across nearly all industries, as worldwide employees, students, university faculty, and others are being…
The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been hit by a ransomware attack that affected the city government’s network and brought down official websites. The attack, which took place on the night between Friday and Saturday, is under investigation and city IT crews have begun restoring functionality and data from backups. This follows a string of…
The VA has found itself in the cybersecurity hot seat again after a data breach at a records contractor exposed more than 200,000 records for veterans. The contractor, United Valor Solutions, appears to have been the victim of a ransomware attack. Researchers found a trove of their data online, including this sensitive VA data. The…
Colonial closed pipeline operations on May 7, when a ransomware infection was found on its computer systems. The shutdown affected the supply of gas in parts of the East Coast, with some people waiting an hour or more at filling stations or not finding gas at all. State and federal officials had warned against hoarding…
