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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 10:44:00 -0700

With one month left until Outlook 2007 hits end of life, Microsoft released a fix yesterday for the September security patch’s polyglot ways. You may recall KB 4011086 as the Outlook 2007 patch that displays Swedish menus in the Hungarian language version, Portuguese in Italian, Swedish in Slovenian, Spanish in Italian, and many more. One hitch: You have to manually uninstall the old patch before you can install the new patch.

For those of you using Outlook 2010 who got hit with the same language switcheroo, I haven’t seen any notice that this month’s KB 4011089 has been fixed or pulled.

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How Primitive Electronics and Expensive Video Games Turned Toys’R’Us Into a Consumer Juggernaut

Credit to Author: Ernie Smith| Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:18:43 +0000

Toys’R’Us, which just filed for bankruptcy, was once essential to the fortunes of the toy industry. But the secret to its rise was that it sold a whole lot of electronics—whether cheap gadgets, hot toys, or (of course) video games.

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September 20, 2017 admin

Turning Off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in iOS 11’s Control Center Doesn’t Actually Turn Off Wi-Fi or Bluetooth

Credit to Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai| Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:07:50 +0000

And it’s a feature, not a bug.

Independent MotherBoard Security

September 20, 2017 admin

The Largest Ever Amazon Restoration Project Is Set to Happen in Brazil

Credit to Author: Ankita Rao| Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:02:51 +0000

But the Brazilian government is still encouraging miners and loggers in the region.

Independent MotherBoard Security

September 20, 2017 admin

New System Knows How Hard You’re Thinking Based on Thermal Imaging

Credit to Author: Michael Byrne| Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:00:00 +0000

No privacy implications here. Move along.

Independent MotherBoard Security

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Florida’s Ayahuasca Church Wants to Go Legal

Credit to Author: Josh Adler| Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:00:00 +0000

Inside Soul Quest’s bid for government recognition.

Independent Krebs

September 20, 2017 admin

Equifax Hackers Stole 200k Credit Card Accounts in One Fell Swoop

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 18:03:12 +0000

Visa and MasterCard are sending confidential alerts to financial institutions across the United States this week, warning them about more than 200,000 credit cards that were stolen in the epic data breach announced last week at big-three credit bureau Equifax. At first glance, the private notices obtained by KrebsOnSecurity appear to suggest that hackers were first able to steal credit card numbers from Equifax starting in November 2016. But Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time — when hackers accessed the company’s systems in mid-May 2017.

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Adobe, Microsoft Plug Critical Security Holes

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 16:42:30 +0000

Adobe and Microsoft both on Tuesday released patches to plug critical security vulnerabilities in their products. Microsoft’s patch bundles fix close to 80 separate security problems in various versions of its Windows operating system and related software, including two vulnerabilities that already are being exploited in active attacks. Adobe’s new version of its Flash Player software fixes two flaws that malware or attackers could use to seize remote control over vulnerable computers with no help from users.