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| | | Microsoft Patch Alert: October Updates Bring Problems With Start, RDP, Ethernet, Older VB Programs | | Computerworld | After a horrendously buggy start, October patching turned into a traditionally messy grab bag of botches. We’re still tracking update-induced bugs in Start, Search, RDP disconnects, and older Visual Basic programs. Microsoft acknowledged several of the problems but declared, erroneously, they’ve been fixed. | | 5 Ways We Use BetterCloud at BetterCloud: A Love Story | | BetterCloud Monitor | At BetterCloud (the company), we—unsurprisingly—use BetterCloud (the product) quite a bit. We have almost 40 workflows that handle everything from onboarding and offboarding to data loss prevention (DLP), notifications, and incident response. Brian Farrell, IT manager at BetterCloud, highlights five ways we’ve started using the Platform API and Integration Center internally at BetterCloud. | | Oops—Adobe Leaves 7.5 Million Creative Cloud Accounts Exposed | | The Next Web | Earlier last month, Adobe was the victim of a serious security incident that exposed the personal information of nearly 7.5 million users belonging to the company’s popular Creative Cloud service. According to security firm Comparitech, the software giant left an Elasticsearch server unsecured that was accessible on the web without any password or authentication required. The leak, which was discovered on October 19, was plugged by Adobe immediately after it was alerted of its existence. | | Apple’s Mac Pro Clears FCC, Hinting at Imminent Launch | | The Verge | When Apple announced its redesigned Mac Pro this June, the company didn’t give a release date more specific than “this fall”—but the powerful new computer has just shown up in FCC filings, which could indicate an imminent launch. |
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| | | What’s Google Up To? 9 New Google Apps and Tools You Need to Know About | | MakeUseOf | Google releases so many new software and updates that it’s difficult to keep track. Not all of it is awesome or useful either. So here’s a quick list of the best Google apps, tools, and updates that you can make use of. | | How Safe Are Public Charging Stations? | | How-To Geek | “Plugging into a public USB port is kind of like finding a toothbrush on the side of the road and deciding to stick it in your mouth,” said Caleb Barlow, the vice president of threat intelligence at X-Force Red. “You have no idea where that thing has been.” |
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| | | SaaS Updates Summary: October 28 – November 1 | | BetterCloud Monitor | There are lots of exciting SaaS updates from last week to catch up on. Notably, you can now host a Hangouts meeting with up to 250 participants and Trello launched a ton of new templates. Read up on all of last week's SaaS updates here. |
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