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Malvertising Is a Cybercrime Heavyweight, Not an Underdog

SecureWorld News

The concept of the term "malvertising" (a portmanteau of "malicious advertising") suggests an overlap with ads, albeit dodgy ones, and therefore fuels the fallacy that its impact hardly goes beyond frustration. Its authors created cloned web pages offering to download popular free software, such as the WinSCP file manager.

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Microsoft says Windows 11’s File Explorer ads were ‘not intended to be published externally’

The Verge

The software maker added a large banner ad to the Windows 10 File Explorer in 2017 , promoting subscription options for its OneDrive cloud storage service. While the ads can be easily dismissed, they’re still a frustrating experience in an operating system that’s traditionally been ad-free.

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Apple’s new iPhone privacy changes, explained

Venture Beast

Reuters) — Apple on Monday will begin rolling out an update of its iOS operating system with new privacy controls designed to limit digital advertisers from tracking iPhone users. Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year.

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MicroSoft: Still dominating in enterprise office automation

CTOvision

Here is how Microsoft describes themselves: Microsoft Corporation is engaged in developing, licensing and supporting a range of software products and services. The Company also designs and sells hardware, and delivers online advertising to the customers.

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Huawei announces HarmonyOS update for its smartphones

The Verge

Huawei has announced that its HarmonyOS operating system is coming to its smartphones via a forthcoming update. Huawei’s consumer business CEO Richard Yu says the company is updating around 100 of its devices globally to the new operating system, which also includes tablets like the MatePad Pro. Image: Huawei.

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Microsoft planning ‘sweeping visual rejuvenation of Windows’

The Verge

Microsoft is planning a “sweeping visual rejuvenation of Windows” that is designed to signal to users of the operating system that “Windows is BACK.” After a jump in Windows usage due to the pandemic, it feels like Microsoft might be more ready than ever to give its operating system the UI polish it has been promising for years.

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Tech Moves: Convoy vet joins Xembly; Seattle climate firm hires Goldman Sachs exec; and more

GeekWire

— Rob Wilk , previously global head of advertising at Microsoft, joined Snapchat parent company Snap. Hyros Photo) — Seattle marketing software company Banzai hired Inman Breaux as CEO for Hyros , an Austin-based marketing optimization startup it is acquiring. Canada and Latin America, Variety reported. Inman Breaux.