“On September 28 and September 29 this week, a number of Microsoft customers worldwide were impacted by a cascading series of problems resulting in many being unable to access their Microsoft apps and services.”
Microsoft Security Report Highlights New Sophisticated Threats From Nation State Actors
“If it wasn’t clear that cybersecurity is the new frontier in our evermore-connected world, a recent report from Microsoft, entitled the “Digital Defense Report,” details how rapidly escalating security threats are growing in sophistication and pervasiveness from nation state actors in China, I”
Gmail seemingly just removed the button that lets you triage loads of emails at once
“If you’re not the inbox zero type — and I’m definitely not — you might sometimes rely on Gmail’s “Select all conversations that match this search” option to read, archive, or delete hundreds or thousands of messages at once.”
Federal Trade Commission officials warn of phishing text message scam
“For those shopping online, be aware of scammers who are sending text messages about a package for you. Although it may seem real, it’s just another phishing attempt. Phishing is the fraudulent attempt to get sensitive information by disguising oneself as a trustworthy entity through technology.”
QNAP tells NAS users to update firmware to avoid new type of ransomware
“Taiwanese hardware vendor QNAP urged customers last week to update the firmware and apps installed on their network-attached storage (NAS) devices to avoid infections with a new strain of ransomware named AgeLocker.”
DuckDuckGo slams Google’s Android search engine auction as ‘fundamentally flawed’ after losing to Bing
“Microsoft’s Bing search engine has beaten out competitor DuckDuckGo and will now be offered as an option for Android users during setup in select European countries, according to the results of Google’s most recent default search engine auction.”
