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| | | Malicious URL Attacks Using HTTPS Surge Across the Enterprise | | ZDNet | Cyberattacks launched against the enterprise which makes use of the HTTPS protocol are increasing alongside spoofing and cloud-based threats, new research suggests. According to FireEye's Q1 2019 Email Threat report, released on Tuesday, there has been a 26 percent increase in the use of malicious URLs made to appear legitimate through HTTPS, quarter-on-quarter, while the popularity of the traditional malware-laden email attachment is steadily falling. | | Get Your iPhone Ready for iOS 13 Public Beta | | ZDNet | The iOS 13 public beta is expected to land imminently. If you are interested in getting access to this, then head over to the iOS 13 beta sign-up page. | | New Mac Malware Abuses Recently Disclosed Gatekeeper Zero-day | | ZDNet | Mac malware developers have jumped on a recently disclosed macOS Gatekeeper vulnerability and are actively developing malware that abuses it. | | Is Password Expiration Antiquated? | | Security Boulevard | With all of the changes in the identity and access management world, is password expiration antiquated now? It’s a great question and highly relevant in light of NIST’s latest guidance (and not to mention changes from major organizations, like Microsoft). With that in mind, let’s talk about the evolution of password expiration and rotation. |
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| | | OneDrive Personal Vault Brings Added Security to Your Most Important Files and OneDrive Gets Additional Storage Options | | Microsoft 365 Blog | With the growing presence and sophistication of online threats, it’s increasingly important to have the right protection and tools to help safeguard your devices, personal information, and files from being compromised. Yesterday, Microsoft announced OneDrive Personal Vault—a new layer of security coming to your OneDrive personal account to further protect your most sensitive and important files. They are also increasing the OneDrive standalone storage plan from 50 GB to 100 GB at no additional charge and are giving Office 365 subscribers a new option to add more storage as they need it. | | Use Security Codes to Log in Where Security Keys Won’t Work Directly | | G Suite Updates | Google is adding an option for G Suite users to log in using security codes. A security code is a one-time use code, generated using a security key, that can be used to log in on legacy platforms where security keys aren’t supported directly. | | Greater Protection and Control With Three Gmail Security Tools | | G Suite Updates | Google is making three Gmail security features generally available. The features were previously in beta. The features are security sandbox, advanced phishing and malware protection, and Gmail confidential mode. |
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