Popular video-conferencing Zoom is leaking personal information of at least thousands of users, including their email address and photo, and giving strangers the ability to attempt to start a video call with them through Zoom. From a report: The issue lies in Zoom’s “Company Directory” setting, which automatically adds other people to a user’s lists…

FCC says all US telcos must use the new SHAKEN/STIR protocol to support caller ID authentication by June, next year. …read more Source:: ZDNet

To help customers select the most appropriate tool to support their privacy program with the desired outcomes of sustained compliance, we evaluated the 15 most relevant vendors in the privacy management software market. …read more Source:: ZDNet

If you are having a love-hate relationship with your collaboration software right now as you try to work from home, you are not alone. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Widespread use of nonmedical masks could reduce community transmission. But recommending their broad use could also cause a run on the kind of masks that health care workers desperately need. From a report: Should healthy people be wearing masks when they’re outside to protect themselves and others? Both the World Health Organization and the Centers…

An anonymous reader shares a report: Today, we learn some new details about the upcoming Linux Mint 20. While most of the newly revealed information is positive, there is one thing that is sure to upset many Linux Mint users. First things first, Linux Mint 20 will be based on the upcoming Ubuntu 20.04. This…

Frosthaven offers more dungeon-crawling fun for fans of the gigantic board game. We chat with its creator Isaac Childres about the ambitious project. …read more Source:: CNet

Lots of non-savvy users may be recycling previously hacked creds Group video chat app Houseparty has offered a $1m bounty to identify what it claims is an organised campaign to falsely depict it as a hackers’ backdoor.… …read more Source:: Register

Awkward silences can be highly uncomfortable. Thankfully, they’re a problem that can be solved by technology. Chatty Coaster aims to do just this, detecting pauses in conversation and interjecting with helpful questions to move things along. The coaster is built around an Arduino Micro, which uses a microphone to detect audio levels in the room….

Cybersecurity breaches are a major threat to every business and can quickly lead to network downtime. In fact, a standard breach costs an average of $3.5 million (IBM). However, if a large organization is unprepared, this cost could skyrocket, as was the case for one firm last year, which lost an estimated $51 million after…