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Stethoscope on a computer keyboard illustrating healthcare cybersecurity concept.

According to the HIPAA Journal, more than 100 million healthcare records were breached over the course of 2023. Though there were fewer breaches in total throughout 2023 compared to 2022,…

Cisco Duo Unveiled: New Features

Wes Lyle

Cisco DUO, Security

Navigating the landscape of cybersecurity requires a combination of advanced tools and expert knowledge. Byteworks, as a leader in delivering innovative technology solutions, is thrilled to unveil Cisco Duo’s new…

XConnect over IPSEC

jwillard

Routing and Switching, Security, Tech Tips

XConnect, or L2TPv3 is a great way to extend a layer 2 broadcast network over a WAN connection to another site. It works great when you need to do things…

Shellshock Bash Code Injection Vulnerability Patch for Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.5 and Above

Jeremiah Plaskett

Collaboration, News, Security

New Vulnerability Affecting Cisco UC Products: A new vulnerability in the Bash shell has been publicly announced. The vulnerability is related to the way in which shell functions are passed…

Shellshock Bash Bug

aharned

News, Security

If you haven’t heard, a recent security flaw known as the Bash Bug has been discovered, and threatens to compromise quite a few internet-connected systems. This vulnerability is relatively wide-spread…

Understanding OSX Permissions

aharned

News, Security, Storage, Tech Tips

The Macintosh OSX platform is based on Unix, and thus, the POSIX permissions model. With OSX, you can augment these permissions with Access Control Lists (ACLs), which allow for more…

Vulnerability Found in ALL Versions of Internet Explorer

jwillard

Security

Microsoft announced on April 26th, 2014 a new ZERO DAY vulnerability that allows a computer to give a remote hacker the ability to gain full access to your computer. This…

OpenSSL Heartbleed Bug – Update Your Systems!

jshuman

News, Security

A critical vulnerability in OpenSSL cryptographic software library allows attackers to gain access to information that is being protected by SSL/TLS encryption. SSL/TLS is widely utilized throughout the internet by…

Security

Decoding StateRAMP: Fortifying Healthcare Cybersecurity in a Shifting Cloud Landscape