Office Isn’t Safe - June 1, 2022

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT

Microsoft addresses Office zero-day exploit

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1434462-new-microsoft-zero-click-zero-day-executes-from-explorer-preview-pane/

https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/01/china-backed-hackers-are-exploiting-unpatched-microsoft-zero-day/

https://thehackernews.com/2022/05/microsoft-releases-workarounds-for.html

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-30190

https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2022/05/30/guidance-for-cve-2022-30190-microsoft-support-diagnostic-tool-vulnerability/

https://doublepulsar.com/follina-a-microsoft-office-code-execution-vulnerability-1a47fce5629e

 

GO GO GADGET LAPTOP

Surface Laptop Go 2

https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/laptops/surface/surface-laptop-go-2-is-official-with-11th-gen-intel-core-i5-and-dollar599-starting-price

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-announces-599-surface-laptop-go-2/

https://www.howtogeek.com/808888/surface-laptop-go-2-is-microsofts-new-budget-windows-11-pc/

https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-surface-laptop-go-2-chromebook-thin-light-net-1848997900

https://youtu.be/Myn1Kw_RINQ

 

WHO BLOCKS THE BLOCKERS

US Supreme Court once re-blocks Texas social media law

https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/31/23124281/supreme-court-texas-hb20-social-media-ban-response

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/supreme-court-halts-texas-law-on-social-media-content-moderation-1.1772918

after being unblocked https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/05/blow-free-speech-texas-unconstitutional-social-media-law-allowed-proceed-pending

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/21a720_6536.pdf

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/01/warning-signs-cloud-tech-industrys-supreme-court-victory-00036340

 

QUICK BITS

 

AN IMPORTANT MEETING

Google merging Duo and Meet

https://www.engadget.com/google-duo-meet-integration-174748145.html?src=rss

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2022/06/google-duo-update.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58JcHKgAm5o

 

SPAMMING ALT+F4

Google turns off RCS ads in India after unchecked spam

https://www.androidpolice.com/google-pauses-rcs-advertisements-in-india/

https://9to5google.com/2022/06/01/google-rcs-ads-india-pause/

https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/google-messages-rcs-ads-temporarily-disabled-india

 

UNLEAKABLE

Pixel 7 listed on eBay, Facebook Marketplace

https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_7_prototypes_listed_on_ebay_and_facebook_marketplace-news-54485.php

https://www.extremetech.com/mobile/336476-google-pixel-7-appears-on-ebay-six-months-early

https://store.google.com/magazine/google_pixel_7?pli=1&hl=en-GB

pics taken with Pixel 7 Pro? https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/14-1.jpg

 

FEEL THE METAVERSE

Varjo Aero has a built-in brain-computer interface

https://www.pcgamer.com/this-vr-headset-will-measure-a-users-brain-activity/

https://galea.co/#home

 

THE FORCED SAMARITAN

Goodwill ransomware forces victims to perform ‘good’ acts

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1434195-goodwill-ransomware-forces-victims-to-%E2%80%9Ctransform-themselves-into-a-kind-human-being%E2%80%9D-to-get-their-files-back/

https://thehackernews.com/2022/05/new-goodwill-ransomware-forces-victims.html?m=1

https://cloudsek.com/threatintelligence/goodwill-ransomware-forces-victims-to-donate-to-the-poor-and-provides-financial-assistance-to-patients-in-need/