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0-Day Angst (1x840)

Air date: Oct 12, 2021

Picture of the week. Windows 11 Watch: “AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU” AMD processors running some apps up to 15% slower. The Windows 10 taskbar on Windows 11. Microsoft is disagreeing... with themselves. We have an update on the Windows Explorer RAM leak I mentioned previously... VirtualBox and Windows HyperVisors don't get along. Dropped UDP packets with network optimization. Patch Tuesday. The Joy of the (new!) Default: Excel 4.0 macros to be disabled. Google warns Gmail users of phishing attempts. Google takes first step toward universal 2SV. The US Senate approves some hacking and ransomware legislation. Amazon’s “Twitch” service was hacked bigtime! A major Apache webserver update introduced a new critical 0-day error. Last Week's Mass Exodus from WhatsApp. Closing the Loop. Apple’s new “Invasion” series. SpinRite. 0-Day Angst.