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| | | | | Firefox Will Let Users Delete Collected Data Thanks to California's New Privacy Law | | CNET | Mozilla, maker of the Firefox web browser, says it's giving all users more control of their own data. The change is spurred by the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, which went into effect Wednesday. | | What California’s New Privacy Law Really Means for You | | Fast Company | As of January 1, Americans are finally protected by a comprehensive online privacy law—at least, the nearly 40 million Americans living in California are. But as with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) from 2018, at least some aspects of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) could extend beyond the state. | | FPGA Cards Can Be Abused for Faster and More Reliable Rowhammer Attacks | | ZDNet | In a new research paper published on the last day of 2019, a team of American and German academics has shown that field-programmable gate array (FPGA) cards can be abused to launch better and faster Rowhammer attacks. The new research expands on previous work into an attack vector known as Rowhammer. | | US Coast Guard Sounds Alarm After Ransomware Attack | | Infosecurity | US maritime facilities have been on high alert over the Christmas break after the Coast Guard revealed details of a ransomware-related outage in late December. |
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| | | Two Tips to Make Multifactor Authentication for Office 365 More Effective | | CSO Online | Multifactor authentication (MFA) is a key tool in ensuring that your Office 365—and any online application—will be secure in the cloud. For those with Microsoft 365 here are some tips to ensure you provide maximum protection to your Office 365 deployment without sacrificing usability. (You'll need to create a free account in order to access this full article.) | | MacBook Cursor Jumps While Typing? 7 Fixes to Try | | MakeUseOf | Does the cursor on your MacBook or MacBook Pro jump around every time you start to type? Maybe it moves all over the place with a mind of its own? One minute you’re typing away, then it starts highlighting random text and messing up your work. You probably find you’re hitting Undo as often as anything else. It’s a huge pain because every time you sit down to work, you need to waste time fixing all the errors you just created. No matter what’s going on, you can fix a jumping cursor on your Mac with the instructions in this article. |
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