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| | | | | Google Cloud Boosts Security With General Availability of Zero-Trust BeyondCorp Enterprise | | VentureBeat | With enterprises rapidly reconfiguring their workforces and IT systems, new complexity is being introduced that risks expanding security vulnerabilities. To counter that, over the past year Google has been releasing BeyondCorp, a version of its internal security that it developed over more than a decade. Now, Google is announcing the general availability of BeyondCorp Enterprise, a full suite of tools that basically matches the company’s own defenses. | | Simplifying Compliance: An Actionable Guide for IT | | BetterCloud | Successfully complying is about having documented processes for auditors and regulators. But one major question looms over IT leaders around the world: Can you simplify SaaS security compliance? In this guide, we’ll explore some of the most essential processes and steps around SaaS security compliance, and the role BetterCloud’s workflows play in easing them. | | Mozilla Launches Firefox 85 With Supercookie Protection | | BetaNews | Mozilla has announced the availability of Firefox 85. The new update brings supercookie protection, better bookmark management, and an option to remove all of your saved logins in the password manager with one click rather than having to delete them one at a time. Today’s update also marks the first Firefox release to ship without support for Adobe Flash which recently reached end-of-life. | | TikTok Patched an Exploit That Could’ve Let Attackers Steal User Phone Numbers | | Engadget | Check Point researchers developed an exploit after noticing a flaw in the way TikTok’s servers confirmed that Friend Finder requests were coming from legitimate phones. Using a unique device ID for each user’s phone, the app creates a user token and session cookie. However, the team found that the cookies were valid for up to 60 days, allowing them to be used in virtual devices instead of physical phones. |
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| | | We Spend Too Much Time Managing Emails, Says Microsoft | | MakeUseOf | Microsoft has uncovered how emails can cripple our productivity, but all is not lost. By using email triage and sacrificing less-important emails to satisfy the vital ones, you can take control of your bulging inbox and reclaim the hours in your day. | | How to Force Outlook to Spellcheck Emails Before They’re Sent | | How-To Geek | If perfect spelling is not your area of expertise, professional-looking emails can be something of a minefield. Nobody wants their communications to have spelling errors left in, so let Microsoft Outlook help by automatically spellchecking emails before they’re sent. The best way to deal with spelling errors in an email is not to make them in the first place, and toward that end, Outlook can help. |
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| | | Anyone Using a Nikon DSLR As Their Webcam? | | SaaSOps Community | This conversation in the SaaSOps Community re-ignited my rage towards my mirrorless camera, which I can't use as a webcam. Click the link above to see how folks are using their Nikon DSLRs to upgrade their subpar webcam situations. |
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