I want to revisit this story from the other day because in hindsight, I probably shouldn't have glossed over it.

ZDNet reported that the the SolarWinds disaster might have been caused by an intern who set an important password to "solarwinds123." That person also shared the password on GitHub. Yikes.

It would be easy to pile on and make this intern the punchline to a lot of jokes. And sure, this is probably not going to be something that appears on their LinkedIn profile anytime soon. But we've all made mistakes, right? Maybe not the type of mistakes that led to one of the biggest security breaches in history, but still.

Brave enough to share your biggest mistakes as an IT pro? Leave 'em here in this SaaSOps Community thread.
CNET | On Wednesday, Brave said it had purchased Tailcat, which was developed by Cliqz, a privacy-minded subsidiary of Germany's Hubert Burda Media. Tailcat, which Burda shuttered in 2020, was designed to show results without logging user search activity or building a profile. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed, but Burda now is a Brave shareholder.
BetterCloud Monitor | Hot off the presses: Jamie Tischart is BetterCloud's new Chief Technology Officer! We sat down with Tischart for an informal, but wide-ranging discussion about software development, management philosophies, and the future of engineering at BetterCloud.
Ars Technica | Microsoft is urging customers to install emergency patches as soon as possible to protect against highly skilled hackers who are actively exploiting four zero-day vulnerabilities in Exchange Server. The software maker said hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government have been using the previously unknown exploits to hack on-premises Exchange Server software that is fully patched.
Neowin | As spotted by MacRumors, there's evidence in the code that Apple might be getting rid of Rosetta translation in certain regions. What's unclear is why this is happening, although it's entirely possible that this change won't make it into the shipping product. It could simply be that Apple is building the system into macOS in case it has to shut down Rosetta in certain regions.
How-To Geek | Slack is a great communication app, but it can do much more than just hold a back-and-forth conversation between you and your colleagues. Here’s how to keep up with your favorite websites by adding RSS feeds to Slack.
MakeUseOf | One of the key selling points of the Apple ecosystem is the tight integration between Apple’s devices, its software, and its online services. iCloud is no exception to this as it offers the most seamless way to back up and connect your Apple devices. Unfortunately the free tier on iCloud offers a measly 5GB of storage. We’ll show you how to free up some space.
SaaSOps Community | Here's one where the answers are far more sophisticated than I imagined. And maybe part of that is because I just assumed that these alerts already existed. What a layperson I am! Anyway, check out the conversation by clicking the link above.
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Microsoft 365 Blog | Yesterday at Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft announced new features designed for a hybrid world. From new digital event experiences in Microsoft Teams designed for internal and external attendees to new availability announcements about Microsoft Viva, there’s so much to share.
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