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| | | Microsoft Looks Ready to Add Another Windows 10 Edition, Home Ultra, to Its List | | ZDNet | Microsoft looks to be adding another new Windows 10 edition to its line-up. Dell mentioned a Windows 10 Home Ultra edition in its specs for the next XPS 13 2-in-1 device it announced at Computex on May 28. | | 6 Things You Should Look for When Selecting a Secure SaaS Vendor | | BetterCloud Monitor | Selecting the right SaaS vendors can prove instrumental in propelling your organization to the next level. However, that’s only one piece of the puzzle. You also need to select vendors with the right security measures in place. This is especially true if you are giving them access to other SaaS applications that are critical to your organization or process sensitive information. But how do you know if a SaaS vendor is secure? We sat down with BetterCloud’s Security Compliance Director Mosi Platt to find out. | | Microsoft Patch Alert: Patching Whack-a-Mole Continues | | Computerworld | In a normal month, you need a scorecard to keep track of Windows patches. Now, your scorecards need a scorecard. One ray of hope: It looks like some Windows 10 cumulative updates will include the new “Download and install now” feature. The May 2019 Windows updates have taken so many twists and turns it’s hard to pin things down, but as of May 30th, here’s what we’ve seen. | | Flipboard Hack Exposed Sensitive User Data for Over 9 Months | | The Next Web | Popular news aggregation platform Flipboard has disclosed a glaring security breach, which gave hackers unauthorized access to its database systems for more than nine months. |
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| | | ‘Your Account Has Been Locked’–7 Telltale Signs of a Phishing Scam | | Security Boulevard | According to study after study, phishing remains the most efficient attack vector for bad actors to steal your data. Even though attackers have plenty of options, they prefer phishing because it does one thing better than any other method: it tricks victims into partaking in their own attack. Some of the most lucrative phishing emails pretend to come from 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California. That’s right: Apple Inc. | | How to Use the Google Password Checkup Extension to Keep Your Accounts Secure | | Dignited | Keeping your online accounts secure is vital in maintaining good online privacy. Google’s Chrome extension Password Checkup aims to ensure that your password is never compromised without your knowledge. |
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| | | SaaS Updates Summary: May 27 - May 31 | | BetterCloud Monitor | A new G Suite Learning Center, Gmail confidential mode, and a slew of May updates from Microsoft—read up on everything SaaS you missed last week. |
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