The Headlines In December 2019, Zoom had 10 million users. In April 2020, they surpassed 300 million! (Incredibly, they scaled 30x in 4 months without a single major service interruption - a headline Read more
With the high volume of legitimate urgent emails regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, please think before you click! It is a disgusting practice, but unfortunately, like clockwork, when there is a large Read more
Planning Considerations Regarding COVID-19, we have received a number of questions as many have begun to plan for potential impacts to operations. Here are some scenarios which can be helpful to Read more
Please be advised that we have observed attackers leveraging vulnerabilities in public web services this week to successfully bypass spam and phishing email protections. This has resulted in numerous Read more
Background The morning of March 2nd, 2020, we were surprised to see obvious phishing emails deliver right into our inbox. This means they bypassed a multi-layered set of anti-phishing and anti-spam Read more
For Mac users, we wanted to share a note about the recently released macOS Catalina update. Catalina brings about a number of significant changes to the system which affect how software developers Read more
At NorthSky Technology, we’ve long been hesitant to recommend strict password expiration policies to clients. Until relatively recently our hands have been tied on this issue, as most security Read more
One of the most common questions we are asked is how a cheap computer sold from the local electronics store (or even CostCo) differs from a business-class computer bought at many times the price. In Read more
The risk of email compromise is a constant, attackers more efficient than ever at finding ways to break in and gain access to your account. The two most common threats are: A) Attackers find Read more
You may have seen a recent news headline about critical vulnerabilities being found in just about every modern CPU (computer processor) manufactured in the last decade. These fall into two Read more
