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| IoT Home Security Camera Allows Hackers to Listen in Over HTTP | ZDNet | Security researchers have uncovered a security flaw in a popular home security camera which permits remote spying without any form of authentication. | Introducing OneDrive & SharePoint Integrations: Secure Your O365 Data with BetterCloud | BetterCloud Monitor | Let’s talk Office 365! We are excited to announce that BetterCloud now supports OneDrive and SharePoint Online use cases. This has been an ask from our customers, and we continue to value that feedback and use it to directly shape our product. | Google Spills All the Beans on Pixel 4's Face Unlock and "Motion Sense" Gesture Tech | Android Police | Google appears to be tired of the endless cycle of leaks and speculation when it comes to the Pixel 4. The company today has published a blog post and video showing off the upcoming phone's facial recognition tech, as well as gesture controls. We also get a tearaway view of the top of the Pixel 4 (pictured above) showing what that gap in previous leaks was for—a lot of things, it turns out. | Apple Confirms the Apple Card Is Coming in August | The Verge | The Apple Card, the company’s credit card that was announced at its services event this past spring, will begin accepting applications in August, the company confirmed during its 2019 third fiscal quarter earnings call. The Apple Card will come in both a digital and a physical, titanium card form. However, it won’t use a traditional 16-digit card number, CVV code, or expiration date as a personal identifier. Instead, it will generate those numbers randomly during each transaction to keep purchases secure. |
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| What Is Password Spraying and How Can It Be Used Against You? | MakeUseOf | When you think of password hacking, you probably imagine a hacker trying several hundred passwords on a single account. While this still happens, it’s not always what happens; sometimes a hacker will perform password spraying instead. MakeUseOf breaks down what password spraying is and what you can do to defend yourself. | What’s New in Chrome 76 | How-To Geek | Chrome 76 hit the stable channel last week. This latest release brings some serious changes to the web. Flash is now disabled by default, and websites won’t be able to detect whether you’re using incognito mode. |
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| SaaS Updates Summary: July 29 - August 2 | BetterCloud Monitor | Finally, we have some SaaS updates to talk about! Last week, Google added three additional tools for enhanced reporting and Microsoft announced updates to Azure AD, Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft Teams, and more. Read our post for the full rundown of last week's SaaS updates. |
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