Monthly Archives: "August 2020"

By: Key Kain on August 11th, 2020 What are the Security Risks Associated with the use of Unmanaged Print Devices? Are thousands of work-from-home employees from across the United States tempted to introduce unmanaged technology (and the associated cyber threats) through a personal printer to their workplace network? I had never thought of this. Until one day…

 Important Information Regarding Hurricane Laura As you may know, Hurricane Laura is expected to make landfall late this evening or early tomorrow as a Category 4 Hurricane. While the path of the storm is difficult to predict, the National Weather Service is warning that strong winds, rain, and storm surges can still affect those not

Laura has prompted hurricane and storm surge warnings for the northwest Gulf Coast. A storm surge warning is in effect from Freeport, Texas, to the mouth of the Mississippi River in southeast Louisiana, including Galveston Bay and areas inside the Port Arthur, Texas, hurricane flood protection system. This means a life-threatening storm surge is expected. Residents in

Microsoft to roll out new security protocol announced that the Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 protocol is now enabled by default in Windows 10 Insider Preview builds will be rolled out to all Windows 10 systems. latest version of the traffic encryption protocol was approved and published in 2018, providing improved communication security compared to

Fujifilm admits issues with Ripple20 Fujifilm makes most of the current Xerox branded printers, MFPs and PPS In a notice to its customers, “Recently we have found that potential security risks may exist (Ripple20: CVE-2020-11896, etc.) for some of our multi-function and office printers” “We are in the process of preparing new firmware, and plan

All Houston-area tolls waived ahead of Hurricane Laura, Gov. Abbott says – All tolls on Houston-area toll roads will be temporarily waived to help those evacuating as a result of Hurricane Laura, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Tuesday evening. The Texas Department of Transportation is waiving all tolls along the agency’s portion of SH 99/Grand Parkway

Weather Update #2 – Tracking Laura   Klein ISD will be closed Wednesday, August 26, 2020, and Thursday, August 27, 2020, out of an abundance of caution. Buildings will be closed and campus services will be suspended. Emergency personnel will be notified by their supervisor if they are to report. Klein ISD will reassess conditions

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bkDjVJoJQ-Wx-GRZLTyUyg September 1 from 11;30 am – 1 pm, The Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce is presenting “The State of Higher Education as part of their “KEYNOTE SERIES”. The four speakers include Dr. Shah Ardalan of Lone Star College, Melinda Kirtley of Our Lady of the Lake University, Dr. Tyrone Tanner of Prairie View University

According to research recently published by Victoria University of Australia Claims it was cause millions of dollars to be wiped from the economy data suggested that productivity losses were between 1% and 3% equivalent to between 5 and 15 minutes of an 8-hour workday  school and childcare closures only worsened productivity levels, with parents distracted

Our message to residents in the Cypress Creek Watershed from cycreekstoptheflooding.com Developing Problem It’s late August – the heart of the storm season.  It’s going to be an interesting next several weeks as we look toward the sea.  Buy flood insurance.  ANY place in Harris County can flood, don’t be another surprised flooding victim.  “I’ve

Direct mail volumes decline during COVID Report published by U.S. Postal Service Marketing mail down 30-40%, and estimates that 20-25% of this volume may be lost for good 58% of catalog mailers reduced circulation

 Protect Yourself Against COVID-19 Fraud Recently, the IRS Criminal Investigation Unit has seen an uptick in scam cases related to COVID-19 and Economic Impact Payments (EIP). This attempted scam may be in the form of phone calls or emails by individuals posing as the IRS attempting to gather sensitive personal information. While members of the IRS Wage

Canon ransomware attack update Bank Info Security magazine published article with update on recent event According to Emsisoft Security, the Maze ransomware group has posted on its Dark Web website some of the data is claims it stole from Canon USA Claims it posted only 5%, or 2.5GB of the data it now has possession