Top 50 InfoSec Blogs You Should Be Reading

Top 50 InfoSec Blogs You Should Be Reading

Nate Lord

Last Updated: Tuesday March 21, 2017

Great list for recommended 50 InfoSec blogs:

https://digitalguardian.com/blog/top-50-infosec-blogs-you-should-be-reading

Worried about the massive Google Malware - Gooligan

More than a million Google accounts have been hit by malicious software, a security firm said on Wednesday.

Check Point said in a blog post that the attack campaign, known as Gooligan, is expanding to an additional 13,000 devices a day. It's malware that infects devices and steals their authentication tokens to breach data from Google Play, Gmail, Google Photos, Google Docs, G Suite, Google Drive and other programs.

The malware attack is said to be the biggest single theft of Google accounts on record, according to Forbes. But the reason for the attack may not be what you'd expect. It's not to grab personal information from the accounts of Google users. Instead, it's to force them to download apps that are part of an advertising fraud scheme that makes up to $320,000 a month, Michael Shaulov, head of mobile and cloud security at Check Point, told Forbes. from CNET News.

Checkout the article from CheckPoint.

Diversity

Here we CELEBRATE diversity--we STRIVE for diversity--we LOVE diversity--we ARE diversity!

HP Elite X3 - "3 in 1" Coming Soon - a new Phablet

HP Elite X3 - Coming Soon

Interesting concept from HP - a "3 in 1" device.  I'll be testing one soon so be sure look my review then.  But for now take a look at the new device from this PC Mag article.  It's a phone, a tablet and a full on computer when using the docking station.  It's a phablet running Windows 10. 

10 Best Ultrabooks 2016, and reviewed

Great list to review.  There is a lot to like here.  Good times for powerful ,lightweight business-class laptops.
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10 Best Ultrabooks 2016: top thin and light laptops reviewed

By Kevin Lee, January 20,2016, TechRadar. 

Techradar's top-ranking Ultrabook reviews: 

 List and reviews from TechRadar's article.  Dell, Lenovo,HP, Microsoft, Toshiba, ASUS, etc...

 

Removing Avast Email signature

How to Remove the Avast email signature from both web based emails and Outlook... even when

the mail scanning option is not installed.

It's a bug but you'll need to install the mail scanning option, then uncheck the mail signature text options and then turn off email scanning.  Details in the posting below.

How to Remove/Disable/Turn Off Avast E-mail Footer Signature

If you are using any Avast Antivirus, including the free version and some of the major desktop e-mail clients (Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, Zimbra Desktop, eM Client, Inky, Claws Mail), Avast automatically inserts e-mail footer signature into all your clean outgoing messages.

Here's additional info with the specific steps: http://www.getavast.net/support/remove-e-mail-signature

Windows 10 pre-release - Tips and Tricks

Some nice tips and tricks from the Windows 10 pre-release.  Better start learning the new OS (even in preview) since most businesses will be upgrading to Windows 10 having skipped Windows 8.

Check out these tips and tricks from PCWorld.

Office 365 SMB editions to get a makeover

Office 365 SMB editions to get a makeover

from PCWorld article:

Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Service@JuanCPerezIDG

• Jul 9, 2014 9:43 AM
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Microsoft will revamp its Office 365 lineup for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), adding features, dropping prices and increasing the flexibility to mix and match them with Office 365 plans for enterprises and with stand-alone applications.

The changes are the result of feedback from partners and existing Office 365 customers, and are intended to make the Office 365 application suite more attractive to SMBs and easier to market for channel resellers, Microsoft said on Wednesday.

The new Office 365 plans, which Microsoft will discuss in more detail at next week’s Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Washington, D.C., will launch in October and over time replace the current Small Business, Small Business Premium and Midsize Business editions.

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