Talk about a hostile environment… It’s £70k+ but you’ll really sweat for it For the brave – or perhaps foolhardy – senior IT jobs hunters there is an opening at the UK Home Office for a Deputy Director of IT Operations in a lovely ’70s era highrise in Croydon.… The Register – Security
Microsoft has released an out-of-band security update that fixes remote code execution vulnerabilities in an Autodesk FBX library integrated into Microsoft Office and Paint 3D applications. […] BleepingComputer
A week after the April 2020 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released out-of-band security updates for its Office suite, to fix a handful of vulnerabilities that attackers could exploit to achieve remote code execution. At the same time, a security update has also been released for Paint 3D, the company’s free app for creating 3D models, […]
‘Unnecessary scaremongering’ but still some work to be done Reports that the Home Office’s Brexit app contains “serious vulnerabilities” that could expose the phone numbers, addresses and passport details of EU citizens are overblown, say security experts.… The Register – Security
It’s been almost 25 years since macro malware first reared its head, and it would be nice to think that the defences Microsoft has built into its Office suite in the years since would do a half-decent job of stemming the threat. Unfortunately, it seems that’s not the case – at least not for users […]