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Microsoft regularly issues security updates, but it added a little something extra on Tuesday: it's letting all customers, even those using older versions of Windows, update their software.
This move is an attempt to avoid another ransomware outbreak like WannaCry, also called WannaCrypt, which rocked the web last month.
"The WannaCrypt ransomware served as an all too real example of the danger of cyber attacks to individuals and businesses globally," Adrienne Hall, general manager of Microsoft's Cyber Defense Operations Center, wrote in a blog post. "In reviewing the updates for this month, some vulnerabilities were identified that pose elevated risk of cyber attacks by government organizations, sometimes referred to as nation-state actors or other copycat organizations."
Microsoft said it made the decision to apply this assortment of updates to provide further protection against potential attacks with similar characteristics as WannaCrypt. The security updates will be delivered automatically through Windows Update to devices running Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7.
Source: CNET
Also at Ars Technica
(Score: 2) by KGIII on Thursday June 15 2017, @01:18AM (3 children)
Huge Opera fan here. As in, since the days when we had to pay for it. It sucked, from v. 15 to v. 23, and by v. 25 it was not bad. It's pretty good, now.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 15 2017, @06:45AM (2 children)
Yeah, and I really don't understand why it has such a small following. I've been using it since 1998 or so (IIRC) - I don't remember version numbers, but the per-site control of cookies, javascript, etc., is awesome. I used to talk about it on the green site and I got verbally smacked down. I know I have a high IQ but are most techies really morons, or am I missing something obviously wrong with Opera? I'm going back 15 years, but I still use it most. I've tried Chrome, huge huge RAM and CPU suck (unbelievable!), FF about the same, on Vivaldi right now but it's just repackaged Chrome. Seems better behaved, but still sucking huge RAM- 2 SN tabs open and it's sucking 500 MB RAM in 8 processes! ... There, ran "JetClean" RAM cleaner, now we're up to 9 Vivaldi processes, but maybe 110 MB RAM.
Are you old enough to remember the QNX demo floppy? A single 1.44 MB floppy, compressed image of course, booted into a GUI with an IP "stack", browser, a few other things. THAT is how you write code.
Are you using the newest Opera yet?
(Score: 2) by KGIII on Thursday June 15 2017, @02:25PM
They didn't have a Linux build for their new one. I think they call it Opera Next? It sounded neat but they didn't have one for my OS. I just use the current version of regular and beta. I think I have dev installed, but never use it.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday June 15 2017, @02:36PM
"I really don't understand why it has such a small following"
Funny thing about Opera. It positively ruled the internet, in Eastern European countries that use the Cyrillic aphabet. But, it never caught on strongly anywhere else. Something psychological about cyrillic language people? I dunno, just wild guessing here.
Personally, I found Firefox easy to use, easy to modify, and it was free from day one. No need to climb up that learning curve to use Opera. I do recognize that Opera has some superior points behind it, just not enough to win me over.