ZDNet | Google has released today Chrome version 86.0.4240.198 to patch two zero-day vulnerabilities that were exploited in the wild. These two bugs mark the fourth and fifth zero-days that Google has patched in Chrome over the past three weeks. The difference this time is that while the first three zero-days were discovered internally by Google security researchers, these two new zero-days came to Google's attention after tips from anonymous sources.
BetterCloud Monitor | Let’s take a look at the brief, but insanely interesting history of SaaSOps. We’ll explore just how rapidly SaaS became a driver of innovation, the external threats against it, and how the benefits of SaaS helped IT discover a need for a more centralized way to manage all of the products its employees use in this latest installment of SaaSOps 101. Note: This post originally appeared on Onix's blog.
The Register | In a blog post, Alex Weinert, director of identity security at Microsoft, says people should definitely use MFA. He claims that accounts using any type of MFA get compromised at a rate that's less than 0.1 per cent of the general population. At the same time, he argues people should avoid relying on SMS messages or voice calls to handle one-time passcodes (OTPs) because phone-based protocols are fundamentally insecure.
BleepingComputer | Microsoft has announced today that Windows 10 customers with devices running the latest Insider build can launch and interact with multiple Android apps directly on their computers' desktops. Support for streaming and using Android apps on Windows 10 from supported Samsung devices was announced by Microsoft in August.
The Next Web | Our whole personal and professional lives seem to have moved online, and so have our company meetings and events. But even within the boundaries of the online world, it is possible to pull off an impactful company event. Slido's chief meeting designer Juraj Holub walks us through the 15 steps they took in planning and facilitating a full-day virtual event.
How-To Geek | Chromebooks are built to run Google Chrome, but with the addition of Linux, you can install other browsers on your Chromebook including Microsoft Edge. Whether you want to try what Microsoft’s browser has to offer or are fed up with Chrome, here’s how to install Edge on Chrome OS.
SaaSOps Community | Will Wiggins wanted to know how BetterCloud users handle email forwarding and routing during offboarding. Do folks prefer setting up forwarders on a user level after cycling credentials? Join the conversation by clicking the link above!
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Google Workspace Updates | In Google Calendar, when you’re using a work profile on a device with Android 11 and up, you can now see your personal and work calendars together. Both admins and users must enable this feature before the experience will become available on a user’s work Calendar app.
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