We Asked a Linguist How to Pronounce ‘PUBG’
Credit to Author: Jason Johnson| Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 12:00:00 +0000
Is ‘PlayerUnkown’s Battlegrounds’ Pub-Gee? Pub-Guh? Pub-Gah? Pee-You-Bee-Ge
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Month: August 2017
Where’s the KB 4034661 jumbo bug fix for Win10 Anniversary Update?
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 04:33:00 -0700
Wednesday night, Microsoft claims, it issued KB 4034661 for Windows 10 Anniversary Update, bringing version 1607 up to build 14393.1613. It was supposed to go out the Automatic Update chute. But as of early Thursday morning, U.S. time, nobody’s seen it. There may be a good reason why. Or maybe not. Such are the vagaries of patching Windows.
It’s a laundry-list patch, rolling out on a Wednesday (or Thursday, or …), nine days after the regular Patch Tuesday patch, KB 4034658 wiped out the Update History on many Win10 Anniversary Update machines. The KB 4034661 article lists dozens of small bug fixes (that’s “quality improvements” in Microsoft Speak).
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Taxi Trojans are on the way
Credit to Author: Alex Drozhzhin| Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 09:32:29 +0000
Android Trojans have been mimicking banking apps, messengers, and social apps for a while. Taxi-booking apps are next on the list.
Read MoreCloudflare Pulls Support For The Daily Stormer, a White Supremacist Site
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 23:47:09 +0000
Cloudflare pulls the plug on a white supremacist site, after years of declaring neutrality.
Read MoreFollowing Other Tech Companies, Cloudflare Has Dropped the Daily Stormer as a Customer
Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 21:57:41 +0000
The move comes after the security firm previously defended its decision to retain the neo-Nazi site for months.
Read MoreSSD Advisory – Chrome Turbofan Remote Code Execution
Credit to Author: SSD / Maor Schwartz| Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 07:21:39 +0000
Vulnerability Summary The following advisory describes a type confusion vulnerability that leads to remote code execution found in Chrome browser version 59. Chrome browser is affected by a type confusion vulnerability. The vulnerability results from incorrect optimization by the turbofan compiler, which causes confusion between access to an object array and a value array, and … Continue reading SSD Advisory – Chrome Turbofan Remote Code Execution
Read MoreA Deep Flaw in Your Car Lets Hackers Shut Down Safety Features
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 20:55:40 +0000
A new wrinkle in auto-hacking research points to a fundamental vulnerability in the CAN protocol cars’ innards use to communicate.
Read More8 steps to install Windows 10 patches like a pro
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 12:07:00 -0700
