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| | | Researchers Discover Seven New Meltdown and Spectre Attacks | | ZDNet | A team of nine academics has revealed seven new CPU attacks. The seven impact AMD, ARM, and Intel CPUs to various degrees. Two of the seven new attacks are variations of the Meltdown attack, while the other five are variations on the original Spectre attack — two well-known attacks that have been revealed at the start of the year and found to impact CPUs models going back to 1995. | | Microsoft Covertly Collects Personal Data from Enterprise Office ProPlus Users | | CSO | Experts raised privacy concerns when a data protection impact assessment found Microsoft covertly collects personal data from users of the enterprise version of Office ProPlus. | | 6 Reasons Why Employees Violate Security Policies | | Dark Reading | Most of the time, employees break cybersecurity rules because they're trying to get their jobs done. CISOs and other security policymakers seeking better buy-in and compliance with their security policies would do well to remember that. So what's exactly behind their behavior? Here are six of the most common drivers for rule-breakers. | | Automation Will Become Central to Business Strategy and Operations | | ZDNet | Automation will be central to the next phase of digital transformation, driving new levels of customer value such as faster delivery of products, higher quality and dependability, deeper personalization, and greater convenience. |
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| | | How to See Recent Changes to Your Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides File | | How-To Geek | The Google Suite offers you a handy way to view all the changes that have occurred in a file in Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides. This is extremely useful when you’ve made lots of changes to a file or are working as part of a team and need to track the changes made to a shared file. Here’s how you can view the recent changes to your file. | | 7 Essential Tips for Chrome Users on iPhone | | MakeUseOf | If you’ve switched from Safari to Chrome on your iPhone, you’ll find the layout quite different than what you’re used to. It’s not difficult to find your way around in Chrome, but these tips will come in handy nonetheless. |
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| | | Advanced Password Controls for Increased Security | | G Suite Updates | G Suite admins can already specify minimum and maximum length limits for passwords for their users. With this launch, Google is making it possible to enforce additional rigorous password requirements for increased security and to meet their compliance needs. |
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