Given the wide range of personal information exposed, the possibility of attackers obtaining plaintext passwords is only one of the major concerns stemming from the breach. Yahoo users should be wary of communications that may use some of the compromised data to trick them into clicking on links, divulging information, or taking other actions.
Glad that I recently changed my Yahoo/Flickr password, but there are a lot of various things that are Yahoo properties, so I can’t help but wonder how many areas were affected. Nothing is safe.
Something to check out. Mental Health America’s new Mind the Workplace 2022 Report: An Employer’s Responsibility to Employee Mental Health seeks to answer the latest question on business leaders’ minds: “How can employers meaningfully support employee mental health in 2022?” Data in the report comes from the Work Health Survey, which measured the perceptions of…
First off, the headline is accurate, it is very likely that your company doesn’t care about really developing you, unless they have a specific benefit from it. Secondly, this is just a sad statement on management today: “Unfortunately, organizations today are unknowingly leaving employees with skill gaps and blind spots that can derail careers and…
Before I made any comments about Google Plus’ new Pages feature, I wanted to take a look for myself. So I created a page for my website.Feel free to add it to your circles if you’re interested. The first obvious lacking feature, much like the most obvious lacking feature of Plus in general, is the…
Hmm, this seems a bit too familiar. Doesn’t it? Dave’s organisation has a wellbeing policy. They are on it. They have Mental Health Champions, an Employee Assistance Programme and a whole section on the intranet about ‘sleep hygiene’, healthy eating, the office choir and cycling to work. But is it all just window dressing? Are…
Yesterday morning I awoke and like most days, took a look at my phone to see what my work day was going to bring me. (I work on the West Coast, usually there’s already been some email from East Coast coworkers by the time I get out of bed.) One of the first thing I…
Umm, what? “Of course, forcing technology content to proactively monitor its platforms for objectionable content could create problems of their own, leading to unnecessary removal of legitimate content or eroding user privacy. UK regulators say there’s no need to worry about this. “The regulator will not compel companies to undertake general monitoring of all communications…
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