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Microsoft Office February Security Updates Patch Sharepoint, Excel RCE Bugs Microsoft has addressed important severity remote code execution vulnerabilities affecting multiple Office products in the January 2021 Office security updates. In total, the company released 26 security updates and 5 cumulative updates for 7 different products, fixing 11 vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to escalate
Avoid Hosted Crypto Wallets ‘At All Costs,’ Warns Elon Musk Freewallet, a hosted crypto wallet service known for offering standalone storage services for cryptocurrencies has seen its marketing attempt rebuffed by Elon Musk. Responding to Freewallet’s self-promotional message, Musk retorted: Hosted crypto wallet platforms like Freewallet are often targets for criticism over the storage of their
Snap’s Friend Check Up Helps Users Weed Out Unwanted Connections A new feature for Safer Internet Day prompts Snapchat users to double-check their friend lists and make sure they want to stay connected to everyone on there. If you’ve lost track of everyone you’re friends with on Snapchat, the company is launching a feature designed to
Apple Fixes SUDO Root Privilege Escalation Flaw In macOS Apple has fixed a sudo vulnerability in macOS Big Sur, Catalina, and Mojave, allowing any local user to gain root-level privileges. Last month, security researchers at Qualys disclosed the SUDO CVE-2021-3156 vulnerability, aka Baron Samedit, that allowed them to gain root privileges on multiple Linux distributions, including Debian, Ubuntu, and