Customary with the second Tuesday of every month, Microsoft released a batch of fixes to address vulnerabilities. August’s Patch Tuesday fixes a total of 51 vulnerabilities. Seven have been deemed critical in severity, while one zero-day exploit has been patched. Here is how Microsoft finally got rid of the PrintNightmare problem. Here’s the backstory Security researchers in July first discovered the Print Spooler vulnerability. Publishing their proof-of-concept onto the web, researchers quickly realized that Microsoft wasn’t aware of the problem....

Human behavior is a very complex landscape of instinct and biology overlaid with cultural expectations and norms. Some behavioral traits can be highly specific to a situation, too. Take, for example, how we behave while waiting in line. The relation of behavior and “queue decisions” has been looked at from many angles. Human beings have to process complex variables like how fast a teller is and the relative queue speed before making a decision....

But sometimes a virus or malicious code comes along that has security experts scratching their heads. Often it is not the complexity of the malware, but how cunning they can be. Sometimes you can only marvel at the coding. Such cunning malware has now made its way into Microsoft’s Office 365 software. It’s not the first time that Office 365 has been targeted, as it suffered a similar problem last year....

Android can bolster your G capabilities by using nearby -Fi access points cell towers to better triangulate your location, with Android Marshmallow, you can use Bluetooth to improve your location accuracy further still. To do so, open the Settings app go to cation, Tap the Options menu button—those three dots in the upper right corner— select Scanning from the menu. Finally, slide the Bluetooth scanning toggle to the on position if it isn’t already....

Situations like these can be stressful. If you’re in a hurry, it can be even more frustrating to try and figure out a fix. You can try this simple trick to transfer files from one device to another to get the job done. Or you can try out Snapdrop instead. This site can help you quickly transfer files between devices without any extra downloads or complicated programs. Let’s take a look at how Snapdrop works and what it can do for you....

Gaia includes online versions of National Park Service Visitor maps. The hard copy propagates that the ranger hands you. when you cough up your dough at the entrance. Gaia is also strong on European hiking; it recently added French IGN, for example. BackCountry Navigator has more pay for premium maps, including the graceful, striking Accu terra. Both apps are worth owning. Download maps to your device at home base, so you can use them later when you’re in more extreme conditions....

We shall find the pros and cons of Ubuntu 11.04 vis-a-vis Windows 7. Even though Ubuntu is evolving over a period of years as an open source OS, it was not much successful in desktop line with some exception in deployment in servers and embedded systems. As Ubuntu is free software, you are free to use and distribute. You can customize the OS to the maximum possible extent. The only cost involved in procuring Ubuntu OS is your download time from the site....

On price, the UK “performs well”, says the the government. The Ofcom report finds that the availability of superfast broadb has increased in the UK from around 60 percent at the end of 2011 to 73 percent at present. This has taken the UK from third to first for coverage among the “EU5”, consisting of , Germany, Italy, Spain the UK. The UK also has the highest broadb take-up at 83 percent, the highest proportion of people to have bought goods online over a year (77 percent)....

If you are looking for that little extra that makes your iPhone unique or that enhances its features, protects it from scratches or the elements, or that just shows off your techie-leading status, then read further. List of ‘Must Have’ iPhone accessories iSkin Cerulean F1 Stereo Bluetooth Headset Nothing feels better than having the freedom to do the things we love without being tied down by wires. The CERULEAN F1 gives you the freedom of wireless sound from your iPod, mobile phone or computer....

If you spend any time considering you’re in a vast metal tube 36,000 feet in the air, you won’t sit back and relax. If you spend any time thinking about whether the plane was correctly maintained, you can’t be peaceful. And if you wonder about where the pilots were the previous night, your nerves might quake a touch. You get on a plane and you trust that everything will be alright....

HTC Vice esident of Management Mo Versi said on his Twitter account that the unlocked/international version of HTC’s flagship device should be seeing Android 4.4.3 late this week. However, that is one small update short of the most recent version of Android, which is 4.4.4. According to Mersi, the company is incorporating the security improvements from that update is rolling it out with 4.4.3. He replied to another Twitter user asking about their M7 update that there was, “no need for 4....

Jump right in with an overview of the field with “All-in-One Hacking Guide: From Zero to Hero.” Then “Bug Bounty: Web Hacking” teaches you how to hack big-name online apps. And you’ll get a solid foundation from the comprehensive guides “Complete Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing Course” and “Learn Network Attacks & Security.” “Hack People, Systems & Mobile Devices: Advanced Social Engineering” teaches you in detail how hackers crack mobile devices....

Android has a few different means to unlock a device, including a password, PIN, or drawing a pattern. Add that to the list that includes Trusted Devices, On-Body Detection and others, one more method can’t hurt. It’s been revealed that some Android users have noticed a brand new method to unlock their smartphone within the Smart Lock settings. These users have found what’s called “Trusted Voice,” and it does what the name suggests: Unlocking a smartphone with just a user’s voice....

It might seem insignificant, but it’s anything but. User interface and user experience is everything. Studies have found that when content is not optimized for the user, there is a 79% chance that people never return to it. On mobile, it is especially important, as people are five times more likely to abandon a website if it isn’t optimized for their device. Avoiding these outcomes is simply a matter of investing in good user experience, and the Prestige Adobe Suite UI/UX Certification Bundle has everything you need to provide exactly that....

iPhone 4S went on sale in the US on October 14th and Apple had clearly specified that users will be able to buy SIM-free (contract-free) iPhone 4S starting November. As promised, the device is now available on the Apple US online store. The prices for unlocked iPhone 4S is not surprising as Apple has maintained the prices it had set for iPhone 4. The 16GB version of iPhone 4S will be available at $649 (+taxes), while the 32GB & 64GB versions are available at $749 & $849 (+taxes) respectively....

The warning comes in a joint cybersecurity advisory released by the Department of Energy (DOE), CISA, the NSA, and the FBI that urges all critical infrastructure operators to immediately bolster the security of their ICS/SCADA devices and networks. The custom-made tools have been developed for programmable logic controllers (PLCs) from Schneider Electric and OMRON Sysmac NEX, as well as Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (OPC UA) servers. SEE: This sneaky type of phishing is growing fast because hackers are seeing big paydays CISA says the tools allow for “highly automated exploits” against targeted devices....

One of the most significant changes with Windows 11 is the new Apple-like interface. The taskbar was also overhauled to make it easier to find your most-used apps. More changes coming to the new OS include automatic framing, background blur and background noise suppression. Tap or click here for details. There’s a trend for tech companies to gather updates and release them on the second Tuesday of every month. This is known as Patch Tuesday....

Still, in those 3000 articles are some gems I really don’t want to miss out on. For example, the 57 minute long piece from Matter titled SELFIE (I’m halfway through and it’s really good). And there are many more. Now, if a story has been buried for two to three weeks, I usually let it go. But recently, I’ve been “star”ing the articles I really don’t want to miss, and I’ve been using text-to-speech to get through them....

HDR Darkroom 3 allows you to easily produce professional-looking HDR results with 16 styles for lots of editing options. Make your images look more artistic, realistic or even futuristic. You can even create and save your own customized styles. It includes both local and global tone mapping, ghost reduction and alignment technologies, plus almost all HDR Darkroom 3 processing controls are real-time, so they are some of the fastest on the market....

This latest tech update shows us just how useful technology has become in the last decade. The next time you want to have a conversation with someone who speaks a different language, you’ll be able to communicate clearly with help from your smart speaker, phone or tablet. Google announced it started rolling out interpreter mode to Google Assistant on iOS and Android devices. The feature allows you to speak to someone who speaks another language with real-time translations....