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Recent Data Breaches – October 2022 October 3, 2022 by Michael X. Heiligenstein In September 2022, a hacker under the alias ‘teapotuberhacker’ compromised both Uber and Rockstar Games in short succession.

The research found a 48% increase in email attacks over the previous six months, and 68.5% of those attacks included a credential phishing link.

The Mac is the go-to device for many professionals today, especially among executive, design and media organizations. With remote working at an all-time high, this growing "bring your own device" culture has made Mac even more pervasive.

Organizations have a large blind spot to cyber risks arising from third parties and their supply chains, according to a new survey by consulting firm PwC. Only 41 per cent of Canadian survey respondents — and 40 per cent of those questioned globally — said they thoroughly understand the risk of data breaches through third parties, using formal enterprise-wide assessments, according to a report released Tuesday.

Infinidat, a leading provider of enterprise-class storage solutions, today announced that Virtual Data Corp. (VDC), a managed cloud hosting provider, has had 100% storage uptime over the past two years using the InfiniBox® platform.

Data protection challenges are undermining organizations’ abilities to execute Digital Transformation (DX) initiatives globally, according to the Veeam® Data Protection Report 2021, which has found that 58% of backups fail, leaving data unprotected. CXOs are aware of the need to adopt a cloud-first approach and change the way IT is delivered in response to the digital acceleration brought about by COVID-19.

Veeam for Microsoft 365 the #1 Backup & Recovery Solution Microsoft Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business and Microsoft Teams data can all be backed up weekly, daily or as often as every five minutes in the location of your choice. VDC’s cloud Storage solution for this is above the rest when coming to backups.

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VDC is proud to announce that we have acquired our long time business partner BlackSun (blacksun.ca).

We are fast approaching the cyber Security Awareness Month. As the ever evolving pace of technology increases so do the risk and threats.