KTVB |
WSU offers identity protection after data breach
KTVB Washington State University suffered a data breach in April, the university said Monday in a statement, and is offering free credit monitoring and identity theft protection to those who might have had their information stolen. WSU President Kirk H … |
OneDrive placeholders are back. A new OneDrive client is available for the latest Windows 10 Insider build, and it brings back seamless integration with OneDrive cloud storage under the name “OneDrive Files On Demand.”
With cloud storage services, it’s very easy to have large amounts of storage and data “in the cloud” that you don’t necessarily have room for locally. The traditional solution has been some kind of selective sync; some folders are nominated to be stored locally, while others are visible only through the service provider’s Web interface. While this addresses immediate size constraints—it means that your hundreds of gigabytes of cloud files won’t overflow your laptop’s paltry 128GB SSD—it typically represents an awkward usability trade-off. Those files that aren’t synchronized locally become invisible to the operating system, so you can’t browse and manage them in Explorer, and neither can you open them directly in your applications.
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MetroNews Canada |
CBE warns parents, students of app data breach
MetroNews Canada The Calgary Board of Education is sending a warning to parents and students about a data breach with a third-praty app used in the school system. Edmodo, a collaboration tool, recently warned users it had suffered a data breach. User names, email … |
The New Arab |
GCC businesses are facing a major cybersecurity deficit
The New Arab The Gulf is a lively cyber conflict zone. According to Symantec's annual Internet Security Threat Report, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are the two most targeted MENA countries for ransomware attacks – in which cyber criminals steal and encrypt files until … |