The Next Web | Earlier this month, Adobe was the victim of a serious security incident that exposed the personal information of nearly 7.5 million users belonging to the company’s popular Creative Cloud service. The software giant left an Elasticsearch server unsecured that was accessible on the web without any password or authentication required. The leak, which was discovered on October 19, was plugged by Adobe immediately after it was alerted of its existence.

The Register | Microsoft has defended a policy decision for its "Power Platform"—part of Office 365—to let end users bypass Office 365 admins and make their own license purchases. The company has posted a FAQ—to which one customer has already commented, "Are you completely insane?"

GeekWire | How did Microsoft secure the $10 billion project when Amazon was long seen as the front runner? Another big question: How will Amazon respond?

The Register | "A competition to produce stock pictures of infosec that does not involve hoodies or waterfalls of 0s and 1s has yielded a mixed bag of images," writes Gareth Corfield.

How-To Geek | “Plugging into a public USB port is kind of like finding a toothbrush on the side of the road and deciding to stick it in your mouth,” said Caleb Barlow, the vice president of threat intelligence at X-Force Red. “You have no idea where that thing has been.”

Cult of Mac | You know how when you swipe an email on your iPhone or iPad, and depending on the direction you swipe, you get a bunch of options? Mark as read, move, archive—that kind of thing. But how do you customize these options? And how do you access the ridiculously well-hidden option to archive and/or delete?

G Suite Updates | Google writes: "To ensure that copies of all sent or received messages in your domain are stored in the associated users' Gmail mailboxes, you should set up comprehensive mail storage in the Admin console. This is not a new setting, but we’ve learned that some G Suite admins don’t realize it’s disabled by default."

G Suite Updates | G Suite Enterprise domains can now host meetings with up to 250 participants.