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| | | Zoom Fixes Major Mac Webcam Security Flaw With Emergency Patch | | The Verge | Video conferencing provider Zoom has pushed out an emergency patch to address the zero-day vulnerability for Mac users that could potentially expose a live webcam feed to an attacker, launching you into a Zoom video chat you’d never intended to launch. The move is a surprise reversal of Zoom’s previous stance, in which the company treated the vulnerability as “low risk” and defended its use of a local web server that incidentally exposed Zoom users to potential attacks. | | 18 Commonly Overlooked Offboarding Steps | | BetterCloud | Offboarding is more than just revoking a user's access. Additional steps are required to protect mission-critical data and keep the business running smoothly. However, these steps are often overlooked, which introduces the risk of data breaches, failed compliance, productivity loss, and even loss of revenue. In this eBook, we'll share some offboarding best practices that apply regardless of company size or industry. | | Cybersecurity Defenses Improve Against Email Phishing, But Not All Phishing Attacks | | Security Boulevard | Earlier this year a whitepaper from Osterman Research, Addressing the Top 10 Security Issues Organizations Face, explored a range of top security concerns. One of the key takeaways is that “Security defenses are improving…sort of." What their data showed was that while the median, per-employee security budget will increase by 16 percent in 2019–to $90.91 per employee–the overall security training organizations provide their employees, including phishing awareness training, is inadequate. | | What's in the Latest Firefox Update? Mozilla Pitches Add-ons, New Enterprise Group Policies | | Computerworld | Mozilla on Tuesday released Firefox 68 for Windows, macOS and Linux, packing more insights into the browser's add-ons and adding a slew of new group policies that enterprise IT administrators can use to better manage the browser. Mozilla's security engineers also patched 21 vulnerabilities, two labeled "Critical" and four marked "High," the organization's top two threat ratings. |
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| | | 7 Tips and Tricks to Get the Most Out of a Multi-monitor Setup | | Gizmodo | If you’ve never tried running two screens from one computer then it might seem like an unnecessary luxury—but setting up a second display can make a huge difference to your productivity and entire user experience. Once you’ve taken the plunge with another screen, here are nine ways to make the most of it. | | How to See All Your Saved Wi-Fi Passwords on Windows 10 | | How-To Geek | Windows remembers every Wi-Fi password you’ve ever used. That’s how it reconnects to those networks. Here’s how you can view the saved password of any network you’ve ever connected to on your Windows PC. |
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| | | A Revamped Home for All Your G Suite Apps | | G Suite Updates | You can see a list of all the core G Suite apps enabled for your organization in the User Dashboard at gsuite.google.com/dashboard. After a recent redesign, this page is now easier to navigate, with a search bar that allows users to quickly find apps. |
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