Recently, however, there’s been a shift from the use to Rich Text File attachments to Microsoft’s own PowerPoint format. According to the firm, a phishing email is sent to users, often spoofing an invoice, and has a .ppsx file linked. Downloading and opening the presentation reveals a slide with the text CVE-2017-8570, an older Office exploit that isn’t actually used in the attack. Instead, it exploits CVE-2017-0199, which is used to start the infection process via PowerPoint animations....

Despite security experts attempting to tackle the Brushloader tenacious loader, it is becoming more threatening. Since if was first described in June 2018, the malware has become more well-known in hacking communities. It is common and stealthy according to security firm Proofpoint. In a blog on Monday, the company says hackers are embracing loader malware’s such as Brushaloader. They favor this attack method because they can infect systems more quietly....

Starting with the Pinterest collaborations, it could extend the functionality of Collections and make them useful. Edge Collections currently allow users to organize content into groups. For example, images, text, and notes can be saved together into a collection. It is a decent organization tool that you can use to group content from multiple websites, pages, and even browser sessions. With the new Pinterest integration, users can now look for content that will fit into the collections....

The Office 2019 preview mostly adds features that have been in Office 365 for some time. That means functionality like improved inking, new animations in PowerPoint, and new formulas for Excel. Server admins, on the other hand, will see more manageability, voice, and security features. It currently includes Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, Access, Project, Visio, and OneNote, with a Mac preview in the coming months. The Windows 10 version will use Click-to-Run installation technology rather than an MSI file, which will only remain for server products....

eelo is an upcoming open-source mobile OS that wants to give users control of their data. A fork of LineageOS, it plans to integrate an alternate non-profit ecosystem, including email, cloud storage, and more. “I’m not happy because Google has become too big and is tracking us by catching a lot of information about what we do,” says Duval. “They want to know us as much as possible to sell advertising....

MS Excel is used by individuals and businesses to perform sophisticated calculations, create charts and illustrative images, and store vast amounts of data. While MS Excel has a lot of power, it may also be frustrating at times. When users are unable to access Excel data owing to corruption or other Excel issues, this occurs. Such difficulties, if not managed effectively, might result in a significant loss of data and records....

The first is a quick look around the Xbox booth, which will open on Tuesday, August 22 and Kelnmesse. Featured in Hall 8 near the North entrance, you’ll be able to play a variety of games and chat with employees. It looks like the main titles featuring this year are Sea of Thieves, Age of Empires: Definitive Edition, Forza 7, Assassins Creed: Origins, Halo Wars 2, and PUBG. There’s also a big floating Xbox sphere, but its not clear what’s inside just yet....

The incident happened in June when Google announced it was backing away from a previous contract with the Pentagon. Through a program called Project Maven, the US Department of Defense would use Google artificial intelligence. Image-recognition was the core of the Project Maven. Li found herself in the center of a storm when internal emails were leaked. In the correspondence, Li told Google employees to avoid talking about the AI part of the program....

“In addition to enhancing messaging on Android with Rich Communication Services (RCS) and bringing you helpful features with Messages, we also want to provide a safer messaging experience,” Google’s Roma Slyusarchuk writes. In terms of Verified SMS, messages received will now show a business name, logo, and verification bade. These items will be included when Google can identify the business sending the messages. Verified SMS for Android Message is available now in the U....

Specifically, the company is now giving users the ability to opt-out of FLoC if they want. Previously, there was no way to do this on Chrome. However, it is worth noting the company is not making it easy because the feature remains behind a flag. That means to access the disable ability for FLoC, you mist first enable the service on your Chrome browser. To do this, users head to chrome://flags/#privacy-sandbox-settings-2 to enable the technology....

RCS provides a messaging experience closer to the WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger model, with a flowing conversation. Google has failed to compete with messaging rivals with its Hangouts service and may see creating a robust messaging tool in-built on every Android device as a good way to rival WhatsApp. In a report by The Verge, Google says it is providing RCS to users in the UK and France starting later this month....

The ad fills the screen with error boxes, loading cursors, and Apple’s dreaded spinning beach ball. It goes through the different versions of Windows, highlighting update prompts, viruses, bluescreens and more. Naturally, it promotes Chromebook as an alternative to all these issues, as its all-day battery, fast loading, and app library. As you would expect, the app is quite disingenuous, but it still has some relevance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xryaZF1Z4w Windows 10 Improvements It’s rare, for example, to see the cascading errors of XP in Windows 10....

Greene did not speak about the reasons behind her withdrawal. However, it lines up with a number of other industry leaders, including Richard Branston, AOL co-founder Steve Case, and Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. “I’m very troubled by the reports to date about Jamal Khashoggi. We are following the situation closely, and unless a substantially different set of facts emerges, I won’t be attending the FII conference in Riyadh,” said Khosrowshahi in an email from Uber’s press office....

An APK teardown of the app conducted by 9to5Google shows that version 44 of Google Voice has code that points to the new features. Of course, recording phone calls is illegal in some states in the United States. In the discovered code, Google has seemingly found away to implement the feature legally. Specifically, Google Voice will have a disclaimer that tells users they are: “Responsible for complying with applicable laws related to the recording of calls....

In a Medium post, Google says it is now seeking Microsoft’s help to improve Flutter on Redmond’s Surface hardware. Tim Sneath, Google product manager, said collaborating with Microsoft will ensure a better experience. “We’ve been working informally with various contributors to explore different solutions here, and would gladly support a close collaboration with Microsoft to complete a high-quality solution. With the Surface family of devices extended to include Android and Windows, we think Flutter offers Microsoft a compelling platform for building beautiful native experiences that span their entire portfolio....

Customers will be able to test the features as early as February 3, but these previews are designed for a non-production environment. This should let admins and other notable users get familiar with the changes before they roll out a couple of months after. The Power Platform will receive robotic process automation (RPA) via Power Automate (aka Microsoft Flow). Users will also be able to build AI-powered workflows, take advantage of better Teams integrations, and automate aspects of the UI....

Microsoft has created three testing channels: the “coming soon” Beta, and the already available Developer and Canary. Canary is the preview channel for Chrome that sends out early preview updates daily. Elsewhere, the Developer channel will deliver Chromium Edge builds that are more stable through weekly updates. Finally, the Beta release channel would be machine-ready previews that you could run as your core browsing experience. If you run a Windows 7 (or indeed Windows 8, and 8....

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