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| | | Here’s Amazon’s Explanation for the Alexa Eavesdropping Scandal | | Recode | A Portland, Ore., woman’s claim that her Amazon Echo device secretly recorded a private conversation between her and her husband and sent it to an acquaintance of theirs has sparked questions about just how secure these smart speakers are. Here's Amazon's (very unlikely) explanation for why this happened. | | How To Reboot Your Router, Comply With The FBI's Request, And Protect Yourself | | Forbes | Last week, Talos Intelligence released a detailed report on a new breed of malware (VPNFilter) that targets network routers directly, instead of the devices hooked up to them. It's concerning because routers usually don't have malware intrusion countermeasures. The DOJ, in cooperation with the FBI, seized control of the domain the Sofacy Group was using for the botnet. This is good news for infected parties since the malware won't be able to restablish itself after communication has been interrupted. But for that to happen, you need to reboot your routers. The FBI and Department of Homeland Security have both issued statements requesting as much. | | Here Are Some of the Worst Attempts At Complying with GDPR | | Motherboard | Owen Williams, a freelance developer, has been collecting the more embarrassing, silly, and downright lame attempts companies are making to comply with Europe's General Data Protection Regulation. | | The State of IT Security, 2018 | | CIO | Who's in charge of IT security? To whom do they report? How big is their budget? CIO has answers. |
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| | | GDPR: 6 Must-Reads for Leaders | | The Enterprisers Project | Some IT leaders seem to dread the topic of GDPR: One attendee at last week’s MIT Sloan CIO Symposium tweeted that the refreshing thing about the conference was that GDPR had not been mentioned. However, as with any regulatory change, preparation is key. The Enterprisers Project has rounded up their recent coverage to get you up to speed on preparation strategies, audit avoidance, likely pain points, and more. |
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| | | Calendar Interop Now Uses a Restricted Set Of IPs | | G Suite Updates | To help customers improve the security of their coexistence setups, Calendar Interop will now use a restricted set of known IPs to communicate with Exchange servers. By restricting Calendar Interop to this set of known IPs, G Suite customers can now block all incoming traffic (e.g., by setting up a firewall) to their on-premise Exchange servers, except for requests originating from Calendar Interop. | | Changes to Embedded Content on Classic Google Sites | | G Suite Updates | Google is upgrading how HTML boxes work on classic Sites. This will improve performance and security, but it may also change the look and feel of some embedded elements. Site editors may want to make some simple adjustments so embedded elements appear the way they want them to. Note that this only affects sites managed in classic Sites. Sites managed in new Sites are not affected. | | Reminder: Absolute Metrics Removed from Admin Console Reports API on 5/29 | | G Suite Updates | As a reminder, Google is removing some Drive metrics from the Admin console Reports API starting today — May 29th, 2018. Specifically, they’re removing absolute count metrics, which have been replaced by activity-based metrics. This was announced a year ago, and the Admin console user interface was updated in October. The old metrics will no longer be available through the Reports API from May 29th. |
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