Microsoft Defender ASR rules strip icons, app shortcuts from Taskbar, Start Menu [Mon Jan 16 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 16 January 2023 ***************************************************************** Microsoft Defender ASR rules strip icons, app shortcuts from Taskbar, Start Menu Happy Friday 13th sysadmins! Techies find workarounds but Redmond still 'investigating' ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Microsoft applies coat of Rust to Azure Sphere IoT platform The hope? To grease the security skids for internet-connected devices – and they need all the help they can get * Twitter's Singapore landlord says avian network still a tenant, despite eviction reports This time last year the plan was for lots more hires. Then came Elon On-Prem * Apple just cut Tim Cook's pay by 40%. How ever will he get by on that $50m? Something something shareholders unhappy with the heft of CEO's package * Self-driving car computers may be 'as bad' for emissions as datacenters Oh, great – another source of carbon fumes we forgot to factor in * SpaceX tells astronomers: Fine, we'll try to stop Starlink spoiling stargazing sessions Agrees measures to prevent streaks of light across the night sky in time-lapse observations * Half of environmental claims about products are full of crap, says EU Draft paper calls out businesses for vagueness * HPE to face lawsuit for allegedly misleading DXC investors Failed to persuade a judge to ditch legal spat this week * Cisco warns it won't fix critical flaw in small business routers despite known exploit Software support ended in 2021, so we’re relying on SMBs knowing how to block ports Security * NSA asks Congress to let it get on with that warrantless data harvesting, again Also: That Pokemon is actually a RAT, Uncle Sam fails a password audit * Russians say they can grab software from Intel again And Windows updates from Microsoft, too * Canadian owes bosses for 'time theft' after work-tracking app sinks tribunal bid She hoped to score thousands but laptop app had other ideas * Microsoft Defender ASR rules strip icons, app shortcuts from Taskbar, Start Menu Happy Friday 13th sysadmins! Techies find workarounds but Redmond still 'investigating' * Long data privacy notices aren't foolproof, Euro watchdog tells Meta As Meta reels from €390 million EU fine, the 'personalized ads' case might not be over, Max Schrem’s legal group says * This can’t be a real bomb threat: You've called a modem, not a phone Security was nonetheless very, very, interested in hearing this comms engineer tell his tale * Euro-cops shut down crypto scam that bilked millions from unwitting punters If the investment opportunity sounds too good to be true … * Microsoft fumbles zero trust upgrade for some Asian customers Enhanced access privileges for partners choke on double-byte characters, contribute to global delays Software * AWS adds Superapp Grab's Asia-centric maps to its cloudy location service PLUS ServiceNow makes Japan a discrete region; Alibaba Cloud’s Singapore hub; US snipes at Korean network policy; and more * Third-party Twitter apps stopped dead with no explanation from El Musko Sorry, when exactly are you going to sod off to Mars, mate? * Surely you can't be serious: Airbus close to landing fully automated passenger jets DragonFly designed to land and taxi when the pilot is incapacitated, or just busy * NASA overspent $15m on Oracle software because it was afraid an audit could cost more Houston, we have a problem: Millions wasted on license penalties Offbeat * Software engineer accused of stealing $300k from employer was 'inspired by Office Space' We know it's an influential film but that doesn't mean it's an instruction manual * Ex-Twitter Brits launch legal challenge against dismissal How to conduct a UK redundancy process: Not the way the US social media company is doing it, say sacked employees * BOFH: It's 4ft tall, heavyset, has optional fax. No they didn't take the toner! PFY and Simon do some of their best work: outsmarting thieves, drinking beer and reading the fine print ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing Ltd, 315 Montgomery Street, 9th & 10th Floors, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2023 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: