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Wednesday Newsbytes – News for You – 033022<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Every day we scan the tech world for news that affects all of us who use Windows computers. Today, we’re featuring some of the news articles that grabbed our attention over the past week. We hope you find this week’s\u00a0 “Wednesday Newsbytes” informative and interesting!<\/span><\/p>\n GOOGLE has warned all Chrome browser users over a “high severity” security hole.<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Now anyone with Google Chrome installed is being urged to install the latest security updates.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Update Google Chrome as soon as you can<\/span><\/p>\n The issue is also fixed for Microsoft Edge users on Windows PCs with a new update.<\/span><\/p>\n Neither Microsoft nor Google have detailed exactly what the problem is.<\/span><\/p>\n This could indicate that it’s a significant issue that may already be being exploited in the real world.<\/span><\/p>\n Security holes allow hackers to potentially take over computer systems \u2013 compromising your devices.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Read the rest at The U.S. Sun<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n From malware to a man with a screwdriver called Steve, we round up the biggest dangers to your machine this year<\/span><\/p>\n The PC has been under attack \u2013 both literally and metaphorically \u2013 for years. Malware threats, environmental threats, and even the threat of obsolescence have all been quietly dealt with over the decades.<\/span><\/p>\n Still, forewarned is forearmed, as the old saying goes, and there\u2019s no shortage of dangers lurking in the shadows for the PC in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n We\u2019ve canvassed the opinions of security experts and the PC Pro team to highlight ten dangers to your PC in the year ahead. Some are a little tongue-in-cheek, but all are things that you need to be wary of as we tick on as 2022 takes shape.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/blockquote>\n Microsoft Starts Blocking Vulnerable Drivers in Windows 10, Windows 11<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Nobody wants their drivers on this list.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Microsoft is introducing a new Windows security feature that will automatically block drivers deemed as being vulnerable to malicious behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n As ghacks.net reports, it’s called the Vulnerable Driver Blocklist and forms part of the defenses offered by Windows Defender for Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2016. However, it’s only enabled by default for Windows 10 in S mode or on PCs with a Core Isolation feature referred to as Memory Integrity (more on this below).<\/span><\/p>\n The new feature was revealed via a tweet by David Weston<\/a>, vice president of OS Security and Enterprise at Microsoft..<\/span><\/p>\n A driver is blocked if Microsoft deems it to have a known security vulnerability that can be exploited, has malware behavior previously associated with it, or demonstrates behavior that circumvents the Windows Security Model and can be exploited.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Read the rest at PC Mag.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/header>\n DON’T CLICK! Dangerous text that you should NEVER click sweeps America \u2013 and it\u2019s got a very strange secret<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n A NEW text message scam has been targeting millions of Verizon users \u2013 here’s what you need to look out for.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n If your phone carrier is Verizon, then you may fall victim to a new SMS phishing (or “smishing”) scam that aims to steal your personal information.<\/span><\/p>\n Customers of Visible, Verizon\u2019s mobile virtual network operator, have also reported receiving scam-like messages.<\/span><\/p>\n The fraudulent text initially purports itself as a user’s bill carrier and then offers them a ‘gift’ that can be accessed through a link.<\/span><\/p>\n Specifically, the SMS states: ‘Free Msg: Your bill is paid for March. Thanks, here’s a little gift for you.’<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Read the rest at The U.S. Sun here.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Microsoft may have been hacked \u2014 what this means for you<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Notorious hacking group claims to have stolen 37 GB of data<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Updated March 23: Microsoft has confirmed that it was indeed breached, and we have more details.<\/span><\/p>\n Microsoft may have been hacked, with 37 GB of source code for Bing, Bing Maps and Cortana stolen. Or maybe not \u2014 Microsoft has yet to confirm the data theft, which was claimed over the weekend by a purportedly Brazilian group of hackers calling themselves Lapsus$.<\/span><\/p>\n The group seems amateurish, but its previous claims of hacking into the company networks of Nvidia, Samsung and Ubisoft have proven to be true. Today, enterprise single-sign-on provider Okta confirmed that Lapsus$ had indeed broken into its systems by stealing an employee password.<\/span><\/p>\n On Sunday (March 20), Lapsus$ put up what appeared to be screenshots of a Microsoft Azure DevOps cloud server containing the aforementioned items. Because the screenshot showed just part of an alphabetized list of projects, it’s possible many other Microsoft assets were compromised.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Read the rest at Tom’s Guide.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wednesday Newsbytes – News for You – 033022 Every day we scan the tech world for news that affects all of us who use Windows computers. Today, we’re featuring some of the news articles that grabbed our attention over the past week. We hope you find this week’s\u00a0 “Wednesday Newsbytes” informative and interesting! 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