-
Avaya Messaging, New Voicemail Coming May 20
Telephone Services is pleased to announce a new voicemail service coming May 20 called Avaya Messaging. Your new voicemail service provides a web access portal for managing messages and settings for Lab phones online and a new feature that allows you to define “find me” rules. Read more »
-
Active Directory User Account Password Policy Change
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 days.Beginning November 1, 2020 all AD account passwords that are set to “Never Expire” including service accounts, will… Read more »
-
[Completed] Saturday, September 12, 2020 – Multi Factor Authentication Upgrade
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 this period, there is a potential for outages lasting as long as 30 minutes. … Read more »
-
Avoid Cyber Blocking, Address Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Now!
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 upgraded immediately. As of September 15, 2020 all Windows 2008 servers will be blocked unless registered for… Read more »
-
Critical Windows Server Updates Must Be Installed
DHS has issued Emergency Directive 20-03 on this vulnerability which can be viewed here: https://cyber.dhs.gov/ed/20-03/. (Article quoted below for posterity)Here is a description of the vulnerability:https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1350 (Article quoted below for posterity)Please note that while the vulnerability only affects servers with DNS services, Cyber is required to report on the patch status today (July 20, 2020) and… Read more »
-
Windows 10 Lifecycle and the Need to Update Your System Regularly
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 must regularly commit to… Read more »
-
Avoid Cyber Blocking, Address Windows 7 Now!
As of January 14, 2020 Microsoft stopped support of Windows 7. Computers running Windows 7 will no longer receive security patches. Most machines are able to upgrade to Windows 10 Read more »
-
Apple Remote Management Service Abuse
Berkeley Lab Cyber Security has discovered bad guys exploiting Apple’s Remote Management service to conduct reflected denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. In order to protect Berkeley Lab computers from participating in this hostile activity, we require all users to disable Apple Remote Management Service. Read more »
-
Update Your Windows System NOW!
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 addressed right away.Users should know that if their systems are not patched appropriately and an attack is launched… Read more »
-
Critical Windows 10 Updates Must Be Installed
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 such, all Windows 10 systems at the Lab MUST be updated, and may be blocked from the network if… Read more »
-
Update Firefox Now!
Just as your operating systems need to be patched, so do your browsers. Mozilla recently disclosed a critical vulnerability in Firefox, and advises all users to patch it immediately:Mozilla Patches Critical VulnerabilitiesSecurity Advisories for FirefoxIf Firefox is configured to update automatically, patching is as simple as restarting your browser. Users should verify they are running… Read more »
-
[Completed] January 9, 2020 – PMP Application
The PMP Application (pmp.lbl.gov) will be offline between 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM for a system upgrade. Read more »
-
IT Known Issues with Latest macOS Catalina
IT Workstation Support has catalogued the recent issues users have encountered when upgrading their system to the latest macOS Catalina. They are: 32-bit applications will not run on Catalina, see table below Top 10 32-bit Applications in-use Name Quantity Cisco VPN 277 Microsoft Word, what version? 163 Microsoft Excel, what version? 116 Microsoft Powerpoint, what… Read more »
Keep in Touch
Continue visiting our website to view the latest in IT news and updates impacting Berkeley Lab staff and affiliates.
Contact IT Communications at itcomms@lbl.gov for questions and feedback regarding IT news, the IT website, or monthly newsletter.