TechRepublic | WhatsApp Messenger and Facebook Messenger are the two riskiest apps found on both iOS and Android, according to Appthority's new Enterprise Mobile Security Pulse Report for Q2 2018. Both WhatsApp Messenger and Facebook Messenger were rated 7 out of 10 for their data leakage range. That means the "apps access and/or send enterprise related or identifiable information," according to the release. Both of these apps are among the top five most blacklisted apps in the enterprise as well, the report noted.

ZDNet | Hey, that's us in ZDNet! Exciting news: We've launched real-time, activity-based security alerts for G Suite in BetterCloud. These alerts will help enterprise IT teams watch for malicious or authorized activity, like unauthorized file downloads or logins from an unusual location. Now IT admins can set security policies and alerts for certain user activities. For instance, if an employee tries to log in from an unusual location, BetterCloud can automatically clear any active sessions across applications and devices. This will prompt the user to log back into SSO and ensure they haven't been hacked.

The Register | "Google thinks the time has come for widespread adoption of PCs-as-a-service, so it has offered up its own experience as an exemplar of how to get it done. The company’s explained that it operates a 'Grab and Go program' that sees it offer racks full of Chromebooks. If a worker’s machine breaks, they just grab a new one from those racks, log in and get back to whatever they need to do. Google’s keen on this model as it frees IT staff from having to fix things ASAP to ensure workers are productive. And it means workers just swap machines rather than wait for a fix," writes Simon Sharwood.

Fossbytes | With Windows, now you have CMD, Powershell, and Windows Subsystem for Linux. Each of these has its own instance of Windows Console. It’s being reported that new and improved APIs are forming a part of the latest Windows 10 Insider builds. And they’ll bring more reliability, rich Unicode, emoji support, tabbed console, and much more.

groovyPost | With summer upon us, maybe you're headed on vacation soon. A few weeks ago, Google rolled out a new "out of office" feature in Google Calendar. This feature might be helpful to start using if you haven't already. It lets users create events marked as “out of office," plus it automatically declines any requested meetings during that time period with a message of your choice. Here's how to use it.

How-To Geek | Sometimes, you want to include the data on an Excel spreadsheet in your Microsoft Word document. There are a couple of ways to do this, depending on whether or not you want to maintain a connection with the source Excel sheet.

Dark Reading | This article, written by the CIO of Splunk, is all about one simple pearl of wisdom: You can't protect what you can't see. (Preach!) "Before you nod in obvious agreement, check in with your security operations centers. Do they lack visibility across the IT, network, cloud, and security infrastructure stacks? To paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld, how would they know their unknown unknowns?" he writes. To sort out your data, he says you have to start with a thorough risk assessment of your practices by asking the boring — but right — questions. Here are those questions you should be thinking about.

Popular Science | Pull a USB flash drive out of your Mac without first clicking to eject it, and you’ll get a stern, shameful warning: “Disk Not Ejected Properly.” But do you really need to eject a thumb drive the right way?

Okta Blog | Okta is thrilled to announce that they've acquired ScaleFT, an early pioneer in Zero Trust, which will bring automatic firepower to both their security offerings and their team.

G Suite Updates | Last month, Google announced a new look for the Google sign-in screen. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen delays, they're now rolling out the new design this week, with some minor changes. Going forward, you may notice that when you sign in to your G Suite account, the screen looks slightly different. Some of the changes include tweaks to the Google logo and center alignment of all items on the screen.