{"id":23274,"date":"2022-04-06T09:45:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T13:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=23274"},"modified":"2022-04-06T09:45:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T13:45:52","slug":"wednesday-newsbytes-news-for-you-040622","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wednesday-newsbytes-news-for-you-040622\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Newsbytes &#8211; News for You &#8211; 040622"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\"><strong>Wednesday Newsbytes &#8211; News for You &#8211; 040622<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Every day we scan the tech world for news that affects all of us who use Windows computers. Every Wednesday, we feature some of the news articles that grabbed our attention over the past week. We hope you find this week&#8217;s\u00a0 &#8220;Wednesday Newsbytes&#8221; informative and interesting!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/life-style\/science-technology\/1590397\/Amazon-email-scam-warning-block-threat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Latest Amazon scam threatens to lock your account forever, and it&#8217;s easy to be fooled<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">THERE&#8217;S a shock (sic) new Amazon scam landing into email inboxes that claims customers are about to see their accounts locked for good.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"clear clearfix\" role=\"main\">\n<div id=\"singleArticle\" class=\"single-article\" role=\"main\" data-story=\"1590397\">\n<article data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/life-style\/science-technology\/1590397\/Amazon-email-scam-warning-block-threat\">\n<div class=\"ctx_content p402_premium\" data-type=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"clearfix hR new-style\">\n<div class=\"photo changeSpace\">\n<p class=\"withoutCaption\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2022\/amazon.png\" alt=\"Amazon Scam - Cloudeight\" width=\"600\" height=\"519\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">If you get an email from Amazon warning that your account has been suspended and all orders have been cancelled, you need to be on<\/span><em>high alert<\/em>. The mammoth online retailer is being targeted by scammers, who are using the popularity of the brand to trick customers into handing over personal details, including full usernames and passwords. The nasty hack, which has been spotted by Express.co.uk, claims that users are about to be locked out of their accounts\u00a0<em>permanently<\/em>\u00a0due to suspicious activity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/life-style\/science-technology\/1590397\/Amazon-email-scam-warning-block-threat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Read more at the Express<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"ArticleHeader-styles-makeit-headline--1DSjp\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/04\/02\/scammers-are-texting-you-from-your-own-number-now-what-to-do-about-it.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Scammers are texting you from your own number now \u2014 here\u2019s what to do if that happens<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #999999;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Have you been getting weird text messages lately \u2014 from yourself?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Don\u2019t worry, you\u2019re not alone, and you\u2019re probably not having an out-of-body experience. The latest trend in spam text messages involves mobile phone users receiving texts from what appears to be their own phone number.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The messages typically claim to be from the user\u2019s wireless carrier, referencing the recipient\u2019s wireless bill and including a link to a \u201cfree gift.\u201d Spoiler alert: The link leads to potentially malicious websites instead, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/verizon\/comments\/tplkdg\/spam_from_my_own_number\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">users on Reddit<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=spam%20own%20number&amp;amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It\u2019s all potentially very confusing. Here\u2019s what you need to know about these spam texts, and what you can do about them:<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/04\/02\/scammers-are-texting-you-from-your-own-number-now-what-to-do-about-it.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Read the rest at CNBC<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<header id=\"dt-post-title\" class=\"b-headline b-single__headline\">\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/uk\/news\/hackers-have-found-a-clever-new-way-to-steal-your-microsoft-365-credentials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Hackers have found a clever new way to steal your Microsoft 365 credentials<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Static Web Apps are the latest weapon in the scammer arsenal<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Cybercriminals have started using Static Web Apps, an Azure service, in their phishing attacks against\u00a0Microsoft 365\u00a0users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Researchers from MalwareHunterTeam noted Static Web Apps have two features that are being abused with ease &#8211; custom branding for web apps, and web hosting for static content such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or images.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">These features have been used by threat actors to host static landing phishing pages, the researchers are now saying. These landing pages look almost identical to official Microsoft services, with the company logo, and the Single SignOn (SSO) option that harvests\u00a0Office\u00a0365, Outlook, or other credentials.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/uk\/news\/hackers-have-found-a-clever-new-way-to-steal-your-microsoft-365-credentials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Read more at Tech Radar<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/news\/windows-11-is-getting-a-huge-upgrade-to-make-your-life-easier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Windows 11 is getting a huge upgrade to make your life easier<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Windows 11&#8217;s File Explorer is about to get a lot smarter<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Windows 11\u00a0is roughly six months old, and to mark the occasion Microsoft today (April 5) unveiled a slew of upgrades it has planned for the latest version of Windows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Most of them are marketed as making the operating system a more viable productivity platform for remote and hybrid workers, but there are a few upgrades that should make Windows 11 more usable for everyone. Most notably, the Windows 11 File Explorer is getting a big overhaul that will see it redesigned with tabs, a favorites menu, and even its own home page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">We first spotted\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/news\/windows-11-file-explorer-tabs-is-the-upgrade-weve-been-waiting-for\" data-component-tracked=\"1\">Windows 11 File Explorer tabs<\/a>\u00a0in a preview build last month, and today during an online event aimed at business professionals Microsoft gave us a look at what the final version will look like once it rolls out to Windows 11 users later this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Sure, the big flashy new addition is a system of organizable tabs that let you manage multiple directories in a single window (rather than having to open new File Explorer instances). This is a welcome change that&#8217;s long overdue, as now that I&#8217;ve imagined a File Explorer with tabs I can&#8217;t imagine any reason why I&#8217;d ever go back.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">But there are some other intriguing File Explorer updates in the works that could significantly shift how we use this hoary old app.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsguide.com\/news\/windows-11-is-getting-a-huge-upgrade-to-make-your-life-easier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Read more at Tom&#8217;s Guide&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clear clearfix\" role=\"main\">\n<div id=\"singleArticle\" class=\"single-article\" role=\"main\" data-story=\"1590397\">\n<article data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/life-style\/science-technology\/1590397\/Amazon-email-scam-warning-block-threat\">\n<div class=\"ctx_content p402_premium\" data-type=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"clearfix hR new-style\">\n<div class=\"photo changeSpace\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Thanks for reading this week&#8217;s &#8220;Wednesday Newbytes&#8221;. We hope you found these articles useful, informative, and helpful. Be safe! Darcy &amp; TC<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Wednesday Newsbytes &#8211; News for You &#8211; 040622 Every day we scan the tech world for news that affects all of us who use Windows computers. Every Wednesday, we feature some of the news articles that grabbed our attention over the past week. We hope you find this week&#8217;s\u00a0 &#8220;Wednesday Newsbytes&#8221; informative and interesting! 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