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It’s official, today you can say goodbye to Internet Explorer. Or can you?

June 15, 2022 0 Comments chromium, edgehtml, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Reports, Windows 10

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 11:21:16 +0000

Microsoft is ready to phase out Internet Explorer and will start the procedure today. Are you ready as well? And will it solve a lot of security issues?

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Follina gets fixed – but it’s not listed in the Patch Tuesday patches!

June 14, 2022 0 Comments cve-2022-30190, follina, Microsoft, Patch Tuesday, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 01:20:14 +0000

We tried it out to make sure, so you don’t have to.

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Before Patch Tuesday, a to-do list to avoid trouble

June 13, 2022 0 Comments Microsoft, Security, small and medium business, Windows

Credit to Author: Susan Bradley| Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:11:00 -0700

You could call today Patch-Tuesday Eve. It’s the day before Windows machines get offered updates from Microsoft. What should you be doing to prepare?

It depends on what kind of computer user you are.

If your files are stored in the cloud

You keep everything in the cloud, you use a Microsoft account, you don’t mind reinstalling your OS if need be. Your data is protected by a username and a password, and if you are savvy, your data is protected by two-factor authentication.

Prior to Patch Tuesday, you might decide you don’t need to back up your computer system since you know if something happens to your computer, you can reinstall the operating system and merely reconnect to your various online storage services. You’ve double-checked that all cloud services you use have file versioning enabled, so if you need to roll back to a prior version of a file, you can do so.

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A week in security (June 6 – June 12)

June 13, 2022 0 Comments 4chan, A week in security, apple passkeys, asyncrat, b&q father's day contest 2022, blackbasta, blog recap, cloud data breach, decryption tool, dridex, emotet, esxi, facebook, FBI, federal bureau of investigations, Linux, linux malware, makemoney, malvertising, meeting owl, Microsoft, phishing, prometheus, prometheus ransomware, Ransomware, ransomware task force, ssndob, trickbot, ukraine, virtual machines, vm, whatsapp, whiteboard owl, windows autopatch

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:29:57 +0000

The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

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Microsoft commits to ban non-competes and increase pay transparency in the US

June 9, 2022 0 Comments employee protection, it jobs, Microsoft, Technology Industry

Credit to Author: Charlotte Trueman| Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 04:21:00 -0700

Microsoft has launched four new employee workforce initiatives aimed at creating a more transparent workplace culture, including the banning of non-compete clauses in contracts and a commitment to improved pay transparency.

The four commitments have been categorized by Microsoft as:

Empowering employee mobility
Fostering a safe space for concerns
Increasing pay transparency
Conducting a civil rights audit

The new policies aim to address concerns raised by employees that current non-compete obligations are being used as a forced retention tactic. Consequently, the company will be removing non-compete clauses from US employee agreements and will not enforce existing clauses for workers outside of Microsoft’s senior leadership team.

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Hackers can take over accounts you haven’t even created yet

June 7, 2022 0 Comments account takeover, andrew paverd, avinash sudhodanan, cfm, classic-federated merge, Hacking, identity provider, idp, Microsoft, non-verifying identity provider, nv, pre-hijacking attack, single sign-on, sso, tid, trojan identifier, uec, unexpired email change, unexpired session

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:50:10 +0000

It’s called pre-hijacking, and it’s a new class of attack against online accounts.

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Microsoft Autopatch is here…but can you use it?

June 6, 2022 0 Comments Business, Microsoft, rings, testing, updates, windows autopatch

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 21:58:51 +0000

We take a look at the upcoming Microsoft Autopatch feature to help make updates a breeze for network admins.

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ComputerWorld Independent

After a Windows update, what should you expect?

June 6, 2022 0 Comments Microsoft, Security, small and medium business, Windows

Credit to Author: Susan Bradley| Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 05:17:00 -0700

Let’s get this straight: It’s not normal for a Windows update to remove software. It’s designed to install the update, not change software already in place on your system.

At least, updates are not supposed to remove software. Since March, however, if you run the RDgateway broker service on Server 2022 (and only that version), the monthly cumulative updates have removed that service. This behavior is not normal; this is a bug.

As Microsoft notes in the Microsoft 365 Admin dashboard: “We have received reports that after installing KB5005575 or later updates on Windows Server 2022 Standard Edition, Remote Desktop Services Connection Broker role and supporting services might be removed unexpectedly. We have expedited investigation and are working on a resolution. Note: Windows Server 2022 Datacenter edition and other versions of Windows Server are not affected by this issue.”

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