An anonymous reader quotes a report from Windows Central: Microsoft has made several adjustments to its design language over the last few years, starting with Windows 8 and evolving into what we now know as “Microsoft Design Language 2” or…
Microsoft Set To Win EU Approval for LinkedIn Buy
Microsoft is set to gain EU approval for its $26 billion buy of professional social network LinkedIn with tweaks to concessions aimed at addressing competition concerns, three people close to the matter said on Wednesday. From a report on Reuters:…
Stop wasting time making the wrong passwords stronger
Much of the effort that goes into making passwords stronger has no effect on security
Microsoft Launches Office 365 in 10 New Markets, Eyes Expansion in Nearly 100 New Markets By Next Year
Microsoft is bringing Office 365 to 10 new markets. The company today announced that people in Bhutan, Cambodia, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Laos, Maldives, Martinique, Mozambique, Myanmar, and Vatican City can now also subscribe to its productivity suite. The company says it…
Threatpost News Wrap, November 18, 2016
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including this week’s House hearing on the Internet of Things, Samy Kamkar’s PoisonTap tool, and Windows 10’s ransomware protections.
Tech support scammers bite Chrome users with forgotten 2014 bug
Vulnerability found two years ago remains unpatched by Google
November Patch Tuesday fixes controversial Windows 0-day hole
This month: 14 bulletins, seven remote code execution holes closed, and one controversial ‘promote yourself to administrator’ zero-day bug fixed.
Microsoft to shield world chess champion from Russian hackers
Leading up to Friday’s world championship, he asked for help in keeping months of computer-intensive analysis and preparations safe.
Microsoft Tears off the Band-Aid with EMET
Microsoft extended the end of life deadline on EMET to July 2018, but experts say its usefulness as a mitigation toolkit has been limited for some time.
Microsoft Patches Zero Day Disclosed by Google
Microsoft released 14 security bulletins today, six rated critical. Among the fixes is a patch for a Windows kernel zero-day vulnerability disclosed by Google that was being used in attacks by the Sofacy APT gang.