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Recent Windows 10 Security Updates May Result in BSOD

Published on by Tap Lui.

By Tap L on 2021-03-18T16:22:27Z Microsoft recently reported Windows Updates have been causing BSOD on numbers of Windows 10 computers. The related updates are: KB5000802, KB5000808, KB5000809, and KB5000822 and are related to Kyocera and Ricoh printing drivers. The BSOD looks like … [Read more...] about Recent Windows 10 Security Updates May Result in BSOD

Atlassian and Trello emails Feb 2021

Published on by Jay Krous.

By Jay Krous Summary The Atlassian and Trello emails were a vendor mistake, you can ignore them. If you reported this to security@lbl.gov, that was a reasonable step as this was indeed suspicious; we appreciate your vigilance. Background On Feb 9, 2021 Atlassian and Trello sent a number of … [Read more...] about Atlassian and Trello emails Feb 2021

Releasing Big Sur Upgrade

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By Tap L on 2021-02-08T18:38:01Z Berkeley Lab IT will be releasing the block on Big Sur for macOS. IT initiated the block to address software incompatibilities, more specifically with the Lab’s anti-virus software Sophos. Those issues can now be resolved by upgrading your Sophos client with the … [Read more...] about Releasing Big Sur Upgrade

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

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