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| | | | | Google Chrome 88 Released With No Flash Support, Bringing an End to an Era | | ZDNet | Google has released Chrome 88 today, permanently removing support for Adobe Flash Player and bringing an end to an internet era. But today's Chrome 88 release also comes with other features, deprecations, bug fixes, and security patches. One of the most important changes is the removal of support for accessing FTP links (ftp://) inside Chrome. | | Conquering Compliance: A Guide for Security and Data Privacy in the Era of SaaS | | BetterCloud | What does compliance mean for IT? And how do you achieve it in the digital workplace? With easy-to-understand language and examples, this eBook breaks it down. Learn how IT professionals can help conquer compliance—without blowing the budget—in the era of SaaS. | | SolarWinds Hackers Also Targeted Security Specialist Malwarebytes | | Engadget | American security company Malwarebytes has revealed that it was targeted by the same “nation state actor implicated in SolarWinds breach.” The firm says it doesn’t use SolarWinds’ IT software, which served as the hackers’ entryway into the systems of all the companies and federal agencies they breached, and that it was infiltrated using another intrusion vector. | | Bugs in Signal, Facebook, Google Chat Apps Let Attackers Spy on Users | | BleepingComputer | Vulnerabilities found in multiple video conferencing mobile applications allowed attackers to listen to users' surroundings without permission before the person on the other end picked up the calls. The logic bugs were found by Google Project Zero security researcher Natalie Silvanovich in the Signal, Google Duo, Facebook Messenger, JioChat, and Mocha messaging apps and are now all fixed. |
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| | | How To Share Your Mac’s Screen the Quick and Easy Way in Messages | | Macworld | For nearly 20 years, Apple has offered screen sharing as a basic feature in what was once OS X and is now macOS. The feature has changed and migrated over time—it was once part of AOL Instant Messenger!—so you may not know that it’s tucked away in Messages. Here’s how to use it. | | How to See the Most Recent Updates Windows 10 Installed | | How-To Geek | Microsoft frequently updates Windows 10, but it’s not always clear when each update was installed. Luckily, there are two easy ways to see a list of the most recently installed updates. Here’s how to check. |
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| | | Quickly Navigate to Active Cells and Ranges With the New Range Name Box in Google Sheets | | Google Workspace Updates | Google is adding a range name box, located to the left of the formula bar, to improve navigation in Google Sheets. Previously, active cells were only indicated by a blue outline and could be located by scrolling or using the arrow keys. Now, you can use the range name box to jump directly to coordinates and named ranges in a sheet. |
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