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| The Hacker News | Security researchers have revealed a new attack to steal passwords, encryption keys, and other sensitive information stored on most modern computers, even those with full disk encryption. The attack is a new variation of a traditional Cold Boot Attack, which has been around since 2008 and lets attackers steal information that briefly remains in the memory (RAM) after the computer is shut down. |
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| Computerworld | "You've probably heard the news by now: Google is killing off Inbox, its experimental email app that's lived alongside Gmail for the past four years. The service is set to shut down for good this coming March. It marks the end not only of some spectacularly clever ideas but also of Google's ambitious effort to reinvent email at a foundational level," writes JR Raphael. |
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| Ars Technica | The four major US mobile carriers have unveiled a system that would let them manage your logins across any third-party website or app that hooks into it. "Project Verify" from a consortium of AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile US, and Sprint, was unveiled in a demo this week. It works similarly to other multi-factor authentication systems by letting users approve or deny login requests from other websites and apps, reducing the number of times users must enter passwords. |
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| CIO Journal | Information technology teams in the Carolinas are backing up critical data, giving employees the tools they need to work from home, and making emergency plans with vendors as they brace for Hurricane Florence. |
