Your source for IT news and tech tips.
| Don't Just Grab Your CPU Bug Updates – There's a Nasty Hole in Office, Too | | The Register | It's 2018 and a Word doc can still pwn your Windows computer. The January edition of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday release is a formidable update in its own right, containing updates for 56 CVE-listed flaws including an actively targeted flaw in Office, and critical vulnerabilities in Edge and Internet Explorer. | | Yet Another macOS High Sierra Bug: Unlock App Store System Preferences with Any Password | | Macworld | Less than two months ago, Apple users discovered a bug in macOS that allowed anyone to log in with root access. Apple apologized and fixed it quickly, but now users on Open Radar have found a similar (but far less severe) macOS password bug. | | Attackers Target Winter Olympics with Weaponized Word Doc | | Infosecurity Magazine | Security researchers have uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting organizations involved in the Pyeongchang Olympics with a weaponized Word doc, and using a range of obfuscation techniques to fly under the radar. When the user clicks “Enable Content” in the doc, it launches a hidden PowerShell script. | | | | | | Google’s Online Tutor Turns You Into a Master of Gmail, Calendar, Docs, and More | | MakeUseOf | You may still have more Google tips and tricks to learn — and doing so could boost your everyday productivity. Let’s try something different: the official tutor offered directly by Google. G Suite Training is a Chrome extension that takes you on a walkthrough of all the popular Google tools. It gives you all the training you need inside Google’s apps. | | Google Calendar Got Rid of Its Best Feature in the New Design | | How-To Geek | Google launched a new design for Google Calendar recently. It's nice and modern…except it’s missing Google Calendar’s best feature: adding events with natural language, like “Dinner with Mom at 6 pm.” Oddly, it still exists on mobile and with the Chrome extension. Here's how to add events using natural language, just like the old days. | | |
|
|
