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Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 20:46:48 +0000
At the United Nations Tuesday, Donald Trump’s incendiary North Korea remarks pushed the word even further from a peaceful outcome.
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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 06:37:00 -0700
When Microsoft released its Outlook security patches on Sept. 12, several readers complained that their custom form printing capabilities disappeared. Ends up the bug that broke VBScript printing isn’t a bug at all.
Microsoft announced over the weekend that it intentionally disabled scripts in custom forms, and those with printable custom forms need to make manual Registry changes to bring the feature back.
Those of you who have installed any of this month’s Outlook security patches:
will have to dive into the Registry if you want to enable any custom form scripts, including the VBScript printing capability. It’s complicated, and the method varies, depending on which version of Office you’re using and the bittedness of Windows and Office. Diane Poremsky has detailed instructions on her Slipstick Systems site.
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Credit to Author: Michael Miley| Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:00:30 +0000
On May 12 of 2017, the WannaCry ransomware struck across the globe, encrypting computers by exploiting a critical vulnerability in Windows, first discovered by the US National Security Agency. Among its first targets were the British National Health Service, Federal Express, and Telefonica, but soon banks, schools, hospitals, government agencies and other organizations were infected,…
Credit to Author: Marcia Sequeira| Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 12:00:06 +0000
Today more than ever, society needs to come together to work towards a better and safer future for all our children. This doesn’t just mean members of the public: companies can and should play a key role in helping to support worthy causes. Global citizenship and cyber security are two issues that together have helped…
Credit to Author: Christie Thompson| Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 11:00:00 +0000
States rely on faulty, outdated technology, and resist efforts to use videophones.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 18:56:04 +0000
Hackers have targeted software’s supply chain in three high profile attacks discovered over the summer.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 11:59:23 +0000
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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 05:22:00 -0700
If you installed the free version of CCleaner after Aug. 15, a couple of nasty programs came along for the ride. Talos Intelligence, a division of Cisco, just published a damning account of malware that it found hiding in the installer for CCleaner 5.33, the version that was released on Aug. 15 and which, according to Talos, was still the primary download on the official CCleaner page on Sept. 11.
After notifying Piriform, CCleaner was, ahem, cleaned up and version 5.34 appeared on Sept. 12.
I just checked, and the current version available from Piriform is version 5.34. (Piriform was bought by antivirus giant Avast in July.)
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