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| | | Macs, PCs Vulnerable to Thunderbolt Hack: What to Do | | Tom's Guide | At the Network and Distributed System Security Symposium in San Diego, academic researchers revealed a wide-ranging, deep-rooted set of vulnerabilities that lets malicious devices get full control of machines via their Thunderbolt ports. | | Finally, New Windows 10 Build Released for Most But Not All Slow Ring Testers | | ZDNet | For most Slow Ring Windows Insiders, the long wait for a new test build ended with the release of Microsoft's Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18342.8 (19H1). | | The Best Password Advice Right Now (Hint: It's Not the NIST Guidelines) | | CSO Online | The contrary password policy recommendations that the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) released in its Digital Identity Guidelines, Special Publication 800-63-3 has generated much controversy. Although it contains a ton of great, non-controversial authentication information, many consider the new recommendations radically wrong. (Free registration required to read.) | | Watch Equifax’s CEO Get Schooled in a Congressional Hearing About His Company’s Massive Data Breach | | The Next Web | The company hasn’t yet had to face dire consequences as a result of their 2017 breach — but the company’s recently appointed CEO, Mark Begor, was expertly grilled by Representative Katie Porter (D-CA) in a congressional hearing. |
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| | | The Best Chrome Extensions for Making Gmail Better | | How-To Geek | Gmail is already pretty great, but with the addition of a few carefully selected Google Chrome extensions, you can get it to do so much more. | | 12 TickTick Tips for Every Kind of Task You Can Think Of | | MakeUseOf | TickTick is one of the best task management apps available out there. With plenty of tips and tricks up its sleeve and a freemium model, it has managed to make a name for itself in the crowded market. But that’s not all. There are a host of other handy features hidden under TickTick’s surface. Here are twelve tips you might not know about. |
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| | | 4 Keys to Assembling a Successful Agile Team | | CIO | Agile teams are only as effective as their members. These core factors and key questions will help you select and develop the best. (Free registration required to read.) |
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