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| | | | | New Wi-Fi Encryption Vulnerability Affects Over A Billion Devices | | The Hacker News | Cybersecurity researchers last week uncovered a new high-severity hardware vulnerability residing in the widely-used Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom and Cypress—apparently powering over a billion devices, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, routers, and IoT gadgets. | | Transforming Teams to Lead with SaaS: Insights from Gartner | | BetterCloud Monitor | Many of the existing ways of managing IT are no longer applicable to environments dominated by SaaS. Gartner analysts recently released a new report describing how Infrastructure and Operations leaders must transform the roles and skills of IT teams as they shift to SaaS. We found that Gartner’s insights validate many of the components of BetterCloud’s SaaSOps framework. | | Over 120 Million US Consumers Exposed in Privacy Snafu | | Infosecurity | Security researchers have discovered a publicly exposed cloud database containing personal data and behavioral profiles on 120 million Americans. Security company UpGuard found the misconfigured Amazon S3 bucket on February 3 this year, eventually tracing it back to market analysis company Tetrad. | | Flaw in Billions of Wi-Fi Devices Left Communications Open to Eavesdropping | | Ars Technica | Billions of devices—many of them already patched—are affected by a Wi-Fi vulnerability that allows nearby attackers to decrypt sensitive data sent over the air, researchers said last week at the RSA security conference. |
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| | | 13 Ways to Make Up Passwords That Are Secure and Memorable | | MakeUseOf | Using a different password for every service is a requirement in today’s online world. But there’s a terrible weakness to randomly generated passwords: they’re impossible to remember. The human brain is only capable of so much, isn’t it? Here are some priceless tips for coming up with creative and secure password ideas that are impossible to guess, but easy to remember. | | 10 Tips to Run More Effective Meetings in 2020 | | The Enterprisers Project | The key to leading a productive meeting rather than a time-waster? Organization. Consider these tips before you schedule your next meeting. |
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