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Active Directory User Account Password Policy Change

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By Tammera E Campbell on 2020-09-23T22:10:43Z IT Support Services in collaboration with Cyber Security have published new guidelines on Active Directory (AD) user accounts and password policies, see Active Directory Account Policy. All AD user accounts will require a password change every 365 … [Read more...] about Active Directory User Account Password Policy Change

[Completed] Saturday, September 12, 2020 – Multi Factor Authentication Upgrade

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By Luis Enrique Corrales on 2020-09-14T16:59:32Z On Saturday, September 12, 2020, between 10 PM and 12 AM Sunday, IT will be performing an upgrade of the servers that handle Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) for the Lab. While we expect limited to no interruption to the MFA service during … [Read more...] about [Completed] Saturday, September 12, 2020 – Multi Factor Authentication Upgrade

Avoid Cyber Blocking, Address Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Now!

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By Tammera E Campbell on 2020-09-02T22:09:37Z As of January 14, 2020 Microsoft stopped support of Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2. Computers running Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 will no longer receive security patches. It is highly advised that all systems running Windows Server 2008 be … [Read more...] about Avoid Cyber Blocking, Address Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Now!

Windows 10 Lifecycle and the Need to Update Your System Regularly

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By Tammera E Campbell on 2020-07-09T15:35:45Z 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 Windows 10 Lifecycle and the Need to Update Your System Regularly

Apple Remote Management Service Abuse

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By Jay Krous on 2020-04-16T17:33:53Z Berkeley Lab Cyber Security has discovered bad guys exploiting Apple’s Remote Management service to conduct reflected denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. What to do? In order to protect Berkeley Lab computers from participating in this hostile activity, … [Read more...] about Apple Remote Management Service Abuse

Update Your Windows System NOW!

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By Tammera E Campbell on 2020-03-13T21:10:36Z On March 12, 2020 Microsoft released a warning to immediately update and reboot Windows systems due to a Microsoft SMBv3 Client/Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. Users are advised this is an extremely dangerous vulnerability and MUST be … [Read more...] about Update Your Windows System NOW!

Critical Windows 10 Updates Must Be Installed

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By Tammera E Campbell on 2020-01-27T23:09:34Z Berkeley Lab IT has released Microsoft’s latest updates for Windows 10, which contains patches for multiple critical security vulnerabilities. One of these, CVE-2020-0601, has been identified by the Cyber Security group as a mandatory update. As … [Read more...] about Critical Windows 10 Updates Must Be Installed

CCleaner Not Authorized On Lab Computers, Must Be Removed

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By Tammera E Campbell on 2019-11-26T21:09:36Z As of Oct 17, 2019 Workstation Support is under guidance from LBL cybersecurity to remove CCleaner from all Lab systems. Computers that have BigFix (Active Mode) installed will have a pop-up appear informing the user of the action and provide a … [Read more...] about CCleaner Not Authorized On Lab Computers, Must Be Removed

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