Microsoft is urging computer users running older versions of Windows - including Windows 7 - to update their operating systems as soon as possible to protect against a new vulnerability.
Microsoft released fixes on May 14 to protect against the vulnerability being referred to as BlueKeep. In a blog post on May 30 Microsoft stated "if recent reports are accurate, nearly one million…
WSDOT published a cool assortment of travel time data for I-405 a couple of weeks ago; not a ton of promotion of the dataset, but it's out there for folks to explore (here's a link). Now it looks like that posting has inspired one of the community of Tableau Public users to do just that -- explore the data with a different visual (embedded below). Cool example of how even a dense set of…
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Dear Washingtonians,
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month! I want to urge everyone to test their knowledge with our daily quiz and join us for our upcoming presentations.
I also want to focus your attention on this month's key word - awareness.
There is a critical need to increase awareness across the country when it comes to cybersecurity.
There…
No one should assume they are immune from identity theft or having their accounts hacked.
While politicians and top executives are often in the crosshairs of hackers, many people who are not in high profile occupations often become victims as well, said Aaron Brown, a security analyst with the Washington state Office of CyberSecurity, OCS.
"A lot of us wonder, 'what do I have…
