Infosecurity | Billions of email addresses and plain text passwords have been leaked online by an unnamed party, putting countless internet users at risk from credential stuffing and other attacks.

How-To Geek | Google released Chrome 79 on December 10, 2019. You can expect lower CPU usage and improved security. The latest version of Chrome can share a clipboard with Android phones, too.

The Register | A new feature in Google's Chrome browser will warn you if your username and password matches a known combination in a security breach every time you type credentials into any website.

ZDNet | Last week, Microsoft launched a new security feature in public preview. Named "Campaign Views," this is a new feature that will be available for Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)–which is the company's paid email filtering service, available as an add-on for Office 365, its multi-functional cloud-based office suite.

Forbes | Ransomware, the IT equivalent of kidnapping, is a huge and growing problem. Ransomware attacks, in which bad actors encrypt organizations’ data to bring IT infrastructure and the associated operations to a standstill, are only becoming more widespread. Learn how you can avoid being targeted and what to do if you do get hit.

Lifehacker | Do people still use Windows 7? Absolutely. And if they cling to it past January 14 of this coming year, they’ll have to pay a fee to Microsoft to continue to receive security updates. Most people won’t (and can’t) do this, as Microsoft’s paid security updates are geared only toward businesses, but a clever little hack allows normal people to take advantage of this service—for free.

BetterCloud Monitor | Don't worry if you missed last week's SaaS updates, there aren't many to catch up on. All three updates are detailed here.