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  • Jul 27th, 2020

    Some High-Profile Twitter Accounts Were Recently Hacked

    An as-yet unidentified hacker pulled off quite a heist on Twitter recently. He (or she) gained access to a Twitter Admin account, and used that access to rapidly take control of a number of high profile Twitter accounts. Once the hackers gained control of these accounts they began using them ...

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  • Jul 25th, 2020

    New Image Format Will Soon Get Browser Support

    In 2015, a new image format was born of a collaboration between Cisco, Google, and Xiph.org. Dubbed AVIF, the format is based on the Av1 video codec. It is royalty-free and widely regarded as the most highly optimized image format to be developed to date, superior to old standbys BPEG, ...

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  • Jul 24th, 2020

    Latest Microsoft Update Provides Some Needed Bug Fixes

    If you aren't normally in the habit of installing updates when companies release them, you'll probably want to make an exception for KB4484439. It is a non-security update for Windows Installer editions of Office 2013 and 2016 products. If you use Office 2016, and frequently edit Word documents that feature custom XML values, ...

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  • Jul 23rd, 2020

    Don’t Fall For Office 365 Zoom Notification Phishing Email

    Do you use Microsoft Office 365? Do you also use Zoom? If so, be advised that there's a new phishing campaign designed with you specifically in mind, the goal of which is to ultimately make off with your Office 365 login credentials. Since the start of the global pandemic, Zoom and other ...

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  • Jul 22nd, 2020

    Corporate Internet Users Watch Out For Conti Ransomware

    Although you may not be familiar with the name, a strain of ransomware called "Conti" is surging in popularity on the Dark Web and seeing a rapidly growing number of installations, so it's definitely one to be on guard against. Advanced intel's Vitali Kremez has been tracking this strain since ...

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