Microsoft released security and non-security updates for all supported client and server versions of the Windows operating system on the August 2022 Patch Day.
The updates are available already via Windows Update and other update management services. While they do get installed automatically on most Home systems eventually, some administrators may want to download them as early as possible. All of the security updates that Microsoft releases are cumulative; they include previous updates.
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WhatsApp Messenger now allows users to delete messages even after 2 days. The VOIP service announced the news via its social media channels.
Prior to this update, WhatsApp had a pretty strict time limit for deleting messages. You could only do so under 1 hour, 8 minutes and 16 seconds. That's a weird limit, isn't it?
WhatsApp now lets you delete messages after 2 days
So, compared to the previous limit, a 2-day window to delete messages seems like a nice upgrade. But, here's the thing. While the
Last week, the Linux Mint team released Linux Mint 21, a new base version of the popular Linux distribution. Today, instructions have been published on updating existing installations of Linux Mint to the new release.
One of the main differences to previous upgrades to new base versions is that the new Upgrade Tool is now available. Released earlier this year, the Upgrade Tool improves the upgrading process from the previous base version of Linux Mint significantly.
The tool was released for Li
Microsoft's Windows 10 and 11 operating systems support several different account authentication options. There is the classic local user account and password option, the Microsoft account and password option, and options provided by Windows Hello. Use of a PIN is the most common one, as Microsoft is pushing it specifically.
Some Windows users might wonder which option is the most secure or most comfortable. The answer is not as straightforward as it may seem. Using a PIN to sign-in may look in
Rescuezilla is a free open source disk imaging solution that supports data backups, restores and recovery actions. The application is operating system agnostic, as it needs to be put on an optical disc or an USB drive; one of the benefits that comes out of that, is that may access the application at any time, even if the PC does not boot anymore.
Rescuezilla is fully compatible with Clonezilla, a disk imaging solution that is also open source. One of the main differences between the two solutio
Twitter has confirmed that it suffered a data breach which leaked the email addresses and phone numbers of users. The issue came to light after a hacker leaked a sample of the data.
How did the Twitter data breach happen?
In a statement published on its blog, Twitter explains how the issue occurred. It says that the developers had updated the site's code in June 2021, as part of its regular operations. The code unfortunately contained a bug which allowed users to submit an email address or phon
Malicious actors have started to exploit a loophole in the defenses of many home users, organizations, email and security services, to send out phishing emails from legitimate services.
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Threat actors have found a way to send phishing emails using the tools and services provided by legitimate companies such as PayPal or QuickBooks.
Most phishing emails come from unrelated domains; experienced users may spot these right away, and so do many antivirus solutions. Using a domain
Firefox users may soon have access to a single Extensions button in the browser's toolbar to manage all of the installed and enabled browser extensions.
Firefox extensions that are installed in the browser are added to the main toolbar by default. Users of the browser may interact with these directly, for instance to manage functionality or execute certain features the extensions provide.
Extension icons are pushed to the overflow section on the toolbar if space on the toolbar is not sufficient
Thunderbird 102.1.1 has been released. The new version of the desktop email client fixes dozens of non-security issues in Thunderbird.
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The update is already available, but it is offered to devices with Thunderbird 102.x only at the time. Devices with Thunderbird 92.x installed remain on that version for a bit longer before upgrades to the newer base version are offered.
The only way to upgrade right now is to download the Thunderbird 102 installer from the official proj
We all know that Windows Updates may lead to issues on target devices during installation or afterwards. Updates in the past have caused all kinds of issues, from boot issues over lost data to broken functionality.
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When Microsoft releases new feature updates for Windows, it is using Machine Learning and a feature called Safeguard holds to reduce the likelihood of disaster.
Feature updates are distributed in waves via Windows Updates, but these waves are not just randomly
