Computer Safety & News

https://redmondmag.com/articles/2019/04/08/microsoft-edge-chromium-testing.aspx Microsoft on Monday announced that early versions of its new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser for Windows 10 are now available for testing as part of the Microsoft Edge Insider testing program.   Microsoft will have four separate “channel” releases of the new Edge browser that testers can follow, although two are available now. The Canary Channel gets updated […]

Microsoft’s Windows Admin Center v1904 has reached general availability status as documented below https://redmondmag.com/articles/2019/04/15/windows-admin-center-1904-ga.aspx Microsoft on Friday announced that Windows Admin Center version 1904 had reached the “general availability“ (GA) milestone.  The Web portal for carrying out management tasks is now deemed as being ready for use in production environments by Microsoft, although some of […]

https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/rar+Files+and+ACE+Exploit+CVE201820250/24864/ Reader Carlos submitted an email with attached RAR file.  In the past, when you received a RAR file as attachment in an unexpected email, it often contained a single malicious Windows executable. For the infection to occur, one would have to open the attachment and double-click the executable.   Nowadays, a RAR file can also […]