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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 06:34:00 -0700

From: Susan Bradley

To: Mr. Satya Nadella, Mr. Carlos Picoto and Mr. Scott Guthrie

Dear Sirs:

Today, as Windows 10 turns three years old, I am writing to you to ensure that you are aware of the dissatisfaction your customers have with the updates released for Windows desktops and servers in recent months. The quality of updates released in the month of July, in particular, has placed customers in a quandary: install updates and face issues with applications, or don’t install updates and leave machines subject to attack.

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ComputerWorld Independent

July 30, 2018 admin

Phishing problems: 3.2M emails blocked in a month | Salted Hash Ep 37

Asaf Cidon, vice president of email security at Barracuda Networks, talks with host Steve Ragan about a recent uptick in phishing attacks, including a spike in business email compromise (BEC) attacks.

ComputerWorld Independent

July 30, 2018 admin

New MacBook Pros at work? Here's how to manage them right

Credit to Author: Ryan Faas| Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 02:59:00 -0700

Earlier this month, Apple unveiled its newest generation of MacBook Pros; all feature a significant bump in performance, a redesigned butterfly keyboard, the arrival of “Hey Siri” commands and a second generation of Apple’s T-series chips. The T2 chip works to improve performance and includes a Secure Enclave for encryption operations to secure the laptops and power Apple’s TouchID as well as the Touch Bar. (The T2 chip is already in Apple’s iMac Pro.)

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QuickHeal Security

July 30, 2018 admin

Beware of the ‘Free Cycle Distribution Yojana’ WhatsApp message. It’s fake!

Credit to Author: Ganesh Lakariya| Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 09:24:29 +0000

As India’s Independence Day (15th of August) approaches, messages about free distribution schemes are doing the rounds on WhatsApp. Just recently, Quick Heal Security Labs detected a widespread circulation of one such message claiming that the Indian government will distribute free cycles to students on Independence Day, under the Free…

Independent Securiteam

July 29, 2018 admin

SSD Advisory – LINE Corporation URI Handlers Remote Commands Execution

Credit to Author: SSD / Ori Nimron| Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 05:10:59 +0000

Vulnerabilities Summary LINE for Windows provided by LINE Corporation specifies the path to read DLL when launching software. A user clicking on a specially crafted link, can use this vulnerability to cause the user to insecurely load an arbitrary DLL which can be used to cause arbitrary code execution. Vendor Response “We released version 5.8.0 … Continue reading SSD Advisory – LINE Corporation URI Handlers Remote Commands Execution

ScadaICS Schneider

July 29, 2018 admin

Earth Overshoot Day: How BOLD Ideas Helps to Move the Date

Credit to Author: Esther Finidori| Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 17:00:51 +0000

Why August 1st? One day of the year has started to appear earlier and earlier on the calendar: Earth Overshoot Day. This year falls on August 1st. Earth Overshoot Day… Read more »

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Security Wired

July 29, 2018 admin