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| | | Google’s Project Zero Reveals Zero-day MacOS Vulnerability to the Public | | ZDNet | Google's Project Zero has publicly disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in Apple macOS software after a deadline to resolve the issue expired. Apple was informed of the previously unknown security issue in November 2018. The security flaw, described as a "high-severity" copy-on-write behavior bypass via the mount of a user-owned filesystem image, was made public last week. | | Facebook Won't Keep Your Two-Factor Phone Number Truly Private | | Engadget | Rapacious consumer of personal data Facebook is once again receiving bad press, for being a rapacious consumer of personal data. The company is under fire for its refusal to allow users to opt out of being found by their phone number when those digits were only supplied for two-factor authentication. | | Product Tip Tuesday: Secure File Sharing in Dropbox | | BetterCloud Monitor | Welcome back to another Product Tip Tuesday! We have yet another customer favorite for you: secure file sharing in Dropbox. This feature allows for greater visibility into your data; you can set up alerts so you know exactly when a file is shared publicly, externally, or even internally and take steps to remediate if necessary. | | Data Leaks, Default Passwords Exposed in Visitor Management Systems | | ZDNet | Researchers have uncovered a swathe of vulnerabilities which impact visitor management systems in which automation has replaced human assistants. |
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| | | 5 Beautiful Mind Mapping Apps to Help You Think Outside the Box | | MakeUseOf | A map helps you discover a new place. A mind map can take you to fresh thoughts and ideas. Mind mapping isn’t a recent discovery; it has existed since the third century. Now, it has got its due because you need new ways to think and organize information. And you need to think outside the box too. | | How to Automatically Size Pictures in PowerPoint | | How-To Geek | PowerPoint can automatically resize an image to fit a shape. You can also resize multiple images already in your presentation to all be the same size. Here’s how it works. |
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| | | 12 Ways to Motivate IT Staff | | CIO | In a tight market for tech talent, IT leaders are increasingly looking for ways to build and retain high-performing teams. And while philosophies and processes for doing so differ, the central factor for success remains the same: motivation. (Free registration required to read.) |
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| | | No, Data Is Not the New Oil | | Wired | “Data is the new oil” is one of those deceptively simple mantras for the modern world. Whether in The New York Times, The Economist, or WIRED, the wildcatting nature of oil exploration, plus the extractive exploitation of a trapped asset, seems like an apt metaphor for the boom in monetized data. But data isn’t the new oil, in almost any metaphorical sense, and it’s supremely unhelpful to perpetuate the analogy. |
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