By Adam Stone on 2019-11-22T18:27:27Z December 9th, the beginning of MFA enforcement for all staff, affiliates, and contractors is quickly approaching. All LBL users must activate MFA for their Berkeley Lab enterprise accounts by this date, or risk losing access to email, LETS, and … [Read more...] about Multi-Factor Authentication Countdown
Cyber Security
Update Your iOS Devices Now!
By Tammera E Campbell on 2019-09-05T00:54:16Z As most people know, keeping your software updated is the number one thing you can do for cyber security. What is less well known is how important this is on mobile devices, such as iPhones and Android devices. A recent set of vulnerabilities … [Read more...] about Update Your iOS Devices Now!
IT Best Practices
By Tammera E Campbell on 2019-09-05T21:19:36Z Berkeley Lab computers are constantly under attack, but what should we, as users, do to protect ourselves and our systems? According to research conducted by Google, users and security experts often have different ideas as to what the best steps are … [Read more...] about IT Best Practices
Multiple Microsoft Remote Desktop Vulnerabilities
By Tammera E Campbell on 2019-08-16T19:54:11Z On August 13, 2019 Microsoft released a warning to update and reboot your system due to new Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-1181 | Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2019-1182 | Remote … [Read more...] about Multiple Microsoft Remote Desktop Vulnerabilities
Update Your Zoom Mac Client!
By Tammera E Campbell on 2019-07-23T16:13:51Z Zoom has identified a zero-day vulnerability in its Zoom Meeting Client for Mac. Zoom released an emergency patch today to address this security issue. IT requests you upgrade your Mac client as soon as possible to version Version: 4.4.6. The … [Read more...] about Update Your Zoom Mac Client!
Update Windows Immediately Due to Remote Desktop Vulnerability (CVE-2019-0708)
By Tammera E Campbell on 2019-05-15T20:41:08Z Microsoft released on May 14, 2019 the warning to immediately update and reboot your system due to a Microsoft Remote Desktop Services vulnerability, see Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (CVE-2019-0708). Users are advised this is an extremely … [Read more...] about Update Windows Immediately Due to Remote Desktop Vulnerability (CVE-2019-0708)
Windows 10 Updates and Reboots Galore
By Tammera E Campbell on 2019-03-22T19:21:17Z Lab IT has released Microsoft’s latest update to Windows 10, version 1809 (see What’s new in Windows 10, version 1809 for IT Pros). This update is recommended for all Windows 10 users. Installing this update will require a couple of reboots, so … [Read more...] about Windows 10 Updates and Reboots Galore
To Clear or Not to Clear Browser Cache
By Jennifer Brown on 2019-01-09T02:00:07Z What is a browser cache? A browser uses a local cache (pronounced “cash”) to store copies of recently accessed website information to quickly display data to a user at a later time. Having pages and images cached prevents the browser from having to … [Read more...] about To Clear or Not to Clear Browser Cache
Google’s “Critical security alert” email
Created by Michael Narong Smitasin, last modified by Jay Krous on Dec 14, 2018 Overview You may receive an email like the below stating a "Sign-in attempt was blocked" for an email address in the @gtempaccount.com domain. This is not an attack or concerning; it's just benign leftovers from … [Read more...] about Google’s “Critical security alert” email
Nov. 30, 2018 – Vulnerability to Zoom Meeting Client
By Luis Enrique Corrales on 2018-12-11T17:32:44Z Zoom has identified a vulnerability in its Zoom Meeting Client for Mac, Windows and Linux. This vulnerability is pretty bad, we believe it’s worth you taking the time to upgrade. The vulnerability could enable execution of unauthorized Zoom … [Read more...] about Nov. 30, 2018 – Vulnerability to Zoom Meeting Client
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