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| | | Android Flaw Lets Rogue Apps Take Photos, Record Video Even If Your Phone Is Locked | | ZDNet | Google and Samsung have confirmed the existence of security vulnerabilities which allow cyberattackers to hijack your phone camera and covertly take pictures or record video—even if your device is locked. | | Microsoft Starts Releasing Fixes for Access Bugs Introduced in Office Security Patches This Month | | Computerworld | If you’ve been seeing new Access 'Query is corrupt' errors, they’re likely caused by buggy Office patches released on Patch Tuesday last week. Microsoft has started releasing fixes for the bad Office security patches. One of them, for Access 2016, arrived earlier this week. | | Macy’s Suffers Online Magecart Card-skimming Attack, Data Breach | | ZDNet | Macy's has announced a data breach caused by Magecart card-skimming code being implanted in the firm's online payment portal. | | Pixels May Soon Automatically Screen Incoming Calls, Decline Robocalls | | Android Police | Call Screen debuted last year on the Pixel 3 and 3 XL, and has since expanded to the newer Pixel phones and a handful of other devices. If you're lucky enough to have this on your phone, you never have to answer another call without knowing who's on the other end. Google might be planning to automate part of the process, too. According to XDA, Call Screen may automatically screen select calls and hang up on spam. |
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| | | How to Use Gmail Labels to Tame Your Inbox | | Computerworld | Gmail has a variety of built-in tools for making your messages more manageable. Some of them are a little bit different from what you might be accustomed to using in more traditional email clients—but if you take the time to figure out how they work, you might just be surprised at how effective they can be. | | Why You Shouldn’t Use Your Web Browser’s Password Manager | | How-To Geek | Modern web browsers have built-in password managers, so why install a different one? There are many good reasons to avoid your web browser’s built-in tool. |
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