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| | | 'RobbinHood' Ransomware Takes Down Baltimore City Government Networks | | Ars Technica | Systems at a number of Baltimore’s city government departments were taken offline on May 7 by a ransomware attack. Police, fire, and emergency response systems have not been affected by the attack, but nearly every other department of the city government has been affected in some way. Baltimore Chief Information Officer Frank Johnson confirmed in a press conference that the malware was "the very aggressive RobbinHood ransomware" and that the FBI had identified it as a "fairly new variant" of the malware. | | Social Engineering Slams the C-Suite: Verizon DBIR | | Dark Reading | Senior executives are prime targets for social engineering attacks as cybercriminals continue to seek greater financial gain, according to Verizon's 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). Criminals are also going after cloud-based email accounts, according to the report. | | Piecing Together Microsoft's 'People-centric' Computing Strategy | | ZDNet | Microsoft's vision for how it can put people at the center of its future computing experiences pulls together everything from its coming Fluid Framework to more collaboration-friendly devices and furniture. | | Microsoft Brings PowerToys Back to Let Anyone Improve Windows 10 for Power Users | | The Verge | Microsoft first introduced the concept of “PowerToys” in Windows 95. It was originally a way for Windows engineers to test a prototype feature, and Microsoft packaged some of the best ones into a PowerToys bundle. These useful utilities are now being revived by Microsoft in a new effort to focus on what power users need in Windows 10. |
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