Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
Microsoft patches Word zero-day booby-trap exploit
All versions of Office on all versions of Windows are vulnerable to this zero-day that spreads malware, so make sure you patch quickly
Google boosts verification after wave of Maps fake listings fraud
Just as platforms are turning to humans to verify news stories, verification procedures for business listings now seem to be heading in the same direction
Google Ruins the Assistant's Shopping List, Turns It Into a Big Google Express Ad
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Google Assistant, Google’s voice assistant that powers the Google app on Android phones, tablets, and Google Home, has just gotten a major downgrade. In a move reminiscent of all the…
Canada Hid the Konami Code In Its Commemorative $10 Bill Launch
The Bank of Canada has hid a “Konami Code” Easter egg on its website celebrating their new $10 bank note. The Konami Code is a cheat code that appears in many Konami video games, allowing players to press a sequence…
Twitter Allegedly Deleting Negative Tweets About United Airlines' Passenger Abuse
New submitter dooode writes: As you would have read, United just had another Nazi moment where they had to “re-accommodate” a customer using some (not so gentle) force. The social web seems to have been taken by a storm by…
Chrome Now Uses Scroll Anchoring To Prevent Those Annoying Page Jumps
Google has updated its Chrome browser to fix the annoying page jumps that occur when pages are loading. While developers want pages to load the actual content of a page before additional ads and images appear, “the problem is that…
Alphabet Wants Its Lawsuit Against Uber To Play Out Publicly
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Recode: The company filed an opposition request late last night to Uber’s motion for arbitration. If the case went to arbitration, an alternate form for dispute resolution, it would remain in private. Alphabet…
Breaking Signal: A Six-Month Journey
Researchers spent six months poking holes in Signal and urge a bigger spotlight on security testing.
Tools Used by Lamberts APT Found in Vault 7 Dumps
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab today disclosed the activities of the Lamberts APT, a group using many of the tools and tactics found in the Vault 7 dumps.