BetaNews | Thrust into the spotlight due to massively increased usage during the coronavirus pandemic, Zoom has been plagued with numerous security and privacy issues. Now company CEO Eric S Yuan has issued a lengthy statement to Zoom users, apologizing for "unforeseen issues" and promising to improve things.

ZDNet | Cyber criminals are trying to trick Zoom users as the video-conferencing platform surges in popularity as a result of the coronavirus pandemic forcing people to work–and socialise–remotely.

Computerworld | Slack has added a voice-calling app for Microsoft Teams, alongside integrations with other voice over IP (VoIP) vendors. With the Teams Calls app, available now in beta, users will be able to launch a call directly from Slack.

BleepingComputer | A phishing campaign is using Office 365 voicemail lures to trick users into visiting landing pages designed to steal their personal information or infect their computers with malware.

MakeUseOf | The Zoom video conferencing app is a great way to keep in touch with work, friends, and family. As the number of Zoom users skyrockets, can you trust Zoom with your private conversations? Moreover, how can you protect and secure your Zoom chats from interference?

TechRepublic | With more and more companies seeking ways to get their essential work done with a workforce that is now primarily home-based during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, IBM has joined a legion of IT vendors that have been offering some of their critical IT applications and services for free to existing customers to help in this time of crisis.

G Suite Updates | Gmail already supports TLS, so that if the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) mail connection can be secured through TLS, it will be. However, in order to encourage more organizations to increase their email security posture, and to further the above goal of enabling TLS by default, Google has made a few changes.