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The Chomebook Search key will now be the Everything Button
Google is rebranding the Search/Launcher key on their Chromebooks as the Everything Button as they transition more shortcut functionality to make use of the key. According to Android Police, the Everything Button, which lives above the left Shift and below the Tab keys, replaces the Caps Lock button on a standard keyboard. Currently, the Search or Launcher key would open up the Chrome OS launcher…
QNAP warns of attacks on NAS operating system
QNAP has released a new security advisory warning users of two vulnerabilities that affect its QTS operating system which powers many of the NAS devices used by businesses and consumers to backup their data locally. The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2020-2490 and CVE-2020-2492, can be exploited to allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on NAS devices running versions of QTS released before September 8…
The world of malware has a new rising star – and that’s a big problem
A new malware-as-a-service offering has been discovered by cybersecurity firm Sophos, providing an alternative to other well-known malware loaders like Emotet and BazarLoader. Buer, as the new malware has been dubbed, was first discovered in August 2019, when it was used to compromise Windows PCs, acting as a gateway for further attacks to follow. “Buer was first advertised in a forum post on August 20,…
Nearly half of global consumers expect to be affected by a data breach
In today's increasingly digital world, data breaches have become a fact of life with new research from OpSec Security revealing that nearly half (48%) of global consumers expect to suffer a data breach at some point in the future while 30 percent have already fallen victim to one. To compile its latest Consumer Barometer report, the security firm surveyed 2,600 global consumers to find that…
Apple snafu disables printing on macOS Catalina and Mojave devices
Mac users with HP printers were left surprised when they recently discovered that they were no longer able to print from their devices after Apple revoked a certificate that signed HP's print drivers. With the certificate revoked, macOS mistook HP's print drivers for malware and frustrated users began to voice their concerns over the issue online on Apple and HP's forums as well as on…
HEALTH
Intractable hiccups may be more common than we think
MAYWOOD, IL - Everyone gets hiccups, but some people suffer intractable hiccups that last longer than a month, according to two Loyola Medicine neurologists. "Intractable hiccups can occur more often than we realize and present to multiple medical disciplines," Stasia Rouse, MD, and Matthew Wodziak, MD, wrote in the journal Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports. Dr. Rouse is chief neurology resident and Dr. Wodziak is…
