Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:12:17 +0000
We waited three decades for macro blocking…and now it’s going away again!
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Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 03:00:00 -0700
Microsoft is backing away from its public support for some AI-driven features, including facial recognition, and acknowledging the discrimination and accuracy issues these offerings create. But the company had years to fix the problems and didn’t. That’s akin to a car manufacturer recalling a vehicle rather than fixing it.
Despite concerns that facial recognition technology can be discriminatory, the real issue is that results are inaccurate. (The discriminatory argument plays a role, though, due to the assumptions Microsoft developers made when crafting these apps.)
Let’s start with what Microsoft did and said. Sarah Bird, the principal group product manager for Microsoft’s Azure AI, summed up the pullback last month in a Microsoft blog.
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 09:49:33 +0000
The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.
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Credit to Author: Greg Lambert| Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 12:09:00 -0700
June’s Patch Tuesday updates, released on June 14, address 55 vulnerabilities in Windows, SQL Server, Microsoft Office, and Visual Studio (though there are oo Microsoft Exchange Server or Adobe updates this month). And a zero-day vulnerability in a key Windows component, CVE-2022-30190, led to a “Patch Now” recommendation for Windows, while the .NET, Office and SQL Server updates can be included in a standard release schedule.
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 16:52:55 +0000
Lastest epsiode – listen now!
Read moreCredit 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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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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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.
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.
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.
The post A week in security (June 6 – June 12) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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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:
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.