By Tammera E Campbell on 2021-09-14T19:25:33Z Please take action to update to iOS 14.8, macOS Big Sur 11.6, and watchOS 7.6.2 on Berkeley Lab and personal Apple systems immediately. Last week, The Citizen Lab informed Apple about a new zero-click iMessage exploit targeting Apple's image … [Read more...] about Security Alert: Update macOS, iOS and watchOS
IT Status
Status updates and reminders regarding IT-managed systems and applications. Check it-status.lbl.gov for more system and security notifications, including planned and unscheduled downtime and outages.
(Completed) Friday, August 6th – 2:00 PM – Indico Outage
By David Huynh on 2021-08-06T21:51:50Z conferences.lbl.gov (Indico) underwent maintenance starting at 2:00 PM on Friday, August 6. The maintenance was completed at 2:45pm. Please contact the indico-admins@lbl.gov with questions or concerns regarding this maintenance. … [Read more...] about (Completed) Friday, August 6th – 2:00 PM – Indico Outage
Security Update for Google Drive File Permissions
By Derrick Johnson on 2021-07-29T17:09:57Z On September 13, 2021, Google Drive is releasing a security update that will apply to some Drive files. The security update will make Google Drive files more secure by updating their links to include a resource key and may lead to some new file access … [Read more...] about Security Update for Google Drive File Permissions
General Windows Update Guidance
By Tap L on 2021-07-15T00:08:20Z All Windows system users, Microsoft releases Monthly Updates (patches) to keep your computer as secure as possible. As onerous as it may seem, keeping your Windows system up to date is a very important part of using any modern operating system with … [Read more...] about General Windows Update Guidance
Critical security updates for Windows system – PrintNightmare
By Tap L on 2021-07-09T20:25:48Z To all Windows system users, Microsoft has recently released some critical security updates regarding PrintNightmare. Please run Windows Update and check if your system requires any patches. It is strongly recommended to do this NOW and monitor any future … [Read more...] about Critical security updates for Windows system – PrintNightmare
What is PrintNightmare
What is PrintNightmare Originally this issues was due to CVE-2021-1675 and you simply applied a patch released in June to fix it. However, another vulnerably was discovered a short time later CVE-2021-34527. There is currently no patch for this vulnerability. This is an emerging situation … [Read more...] about What is PrintNightmare
Caution! Caution! Caution regarding macOS Monterey!
By Tap L on 2021-07-02T15:54:06Z Apple has announced a new operating system, macOS Monterey. They have released a beta version for consumers to download. The first final release is expected in Fall 2021. However, we would like to caution our users to be careful before upgrading to the … [Read more...] about Caution! Caution! Caution regarding macOS Monterey!
Keep your computer safe! Take action now!
By Tap L on 2021-06-11T23:32:35Z To all users that have Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge installed on the computer. Google has released a new version of Google Chrome that addresses vulnerabilities that attackers in the wild could exploit to take control of affected systems. The new … [Read more...] about Keep your computer safe! Take action now!
Stay on Top of Windows 10 Updates
By Tammera E Campbell on 2021-04-21T19:13:43Z Microsoft has taken a different approach to updating Windows 10, as they release major builds twice a year. Each build will have an end of lifecycle and will cease to be supported as defined by their End of Service date. Users should know that they … [Read more...] about Stay on Top of Windows 10 Updates
New Help Videos: How to install RSIGuard, Sophos and BigFix
By Tap L on 2021-04-19T17:33:50Z IT has created new videos to help you with: Install RSIGuard on Windows Install Sophos Anti-Virus on Windows Install BigFix on macOS and Windows If you would like to see a specific help video created, let us know! Keep an eye on our IT … [Read more...] about New Help Videos: How to install RSIGuard, Sophos and BigFix
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