Your messages don’t have to go out right away. Be strategic about when your recipient gets them.
Update to REvil ransomware changes Windows passwords to automate file encryption via Safe Mode
The ransomware changes the device password to “DTrump4ever” and forces the device to log in automatically after being rebooted.
How to make fewer mistakes and work more efficiently using predictive text in Microsoft 365
If you’re a slow or inaccurate typist, consider turning on Windows’ predictive text feature. It will help you reduce spelling and grammar errors.
FBI cleans up infected Exchange servers
The feds removed web shells that provided backdoor access to cybercriminals in a recent exploit of Microsoft Exchange.
Microsoft Word’s improved comments feature makes teamwork even easier
Microsoft Word gets a modern comments experience fit for the cloud collaboration era.
“From top-down waterfall and chaotic agile, to a middle way”: Microsoft’s Jeff Teper on 20 years of developing SharePoint
The once-stodgy enterprise server platform used to have to stretch to do everything, but is now a high-performance system building on the best of Azure for an ‘insanely ambitious’ future of collaboration and content management.
How and when to use the Recall feature in Outlook (and other email systems)
The Recall function in certain email systems allows senders to pull messages back if sent in error. Learn which systems this applies to and some of the stipulations with Microsoft Outlook email.
What Really Caused Facebook’s 500M-User Data Leak?
The company’s explanations have been confusing and inconsistent, but there are finally some answers.
Hackers Hosed by Google Were a Counterterrorism Operation
Plus: Fox News gets sued for its election coverage (again), a record ransomware attack, and more of the week’s top security news.