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OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro updated with December security patch and bug fixes – Phandroid

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While many Pixel 6 and 6 Pro owners continue to await the arrival of the December Android security patch, another non-Pixel phone is being updated with it. This time, OnePlus has started rolling out the patch to owners of the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro.

In the update, which carries a version number of 11.0.10.10, doesn’t have much else to offer other than the security patch. However, there are a few other bug fixes that OnePlus has implemented in the update. Here’s the full changelog as published on the OnePlus Forums post:

Changelog

  • System
    • Optimized the UI display of Settings interface
    • Fixed the issue that Google Assistant and Gpay doesn’t display as expected in the Setup Wizard
    • Fixed the low probability issue of WhatsApp crash
    • Updated Android security patch to 2021.12

It seems that some OnePlus 8 owners have been unable to reliably use WhatsApp, but it’s because of the previous OxygenOS release, and not the app itself. OnePlus is also providing a fix related to how Google Pay and Google Assistant appear when going through the setup process.

As expected, OnePlus is rolling out this latest update incrementally, meaning that it’s arriving for a small subset of users before being made available for everyone. OnePlus is expected to have this update arrive on all phones within the next few weeks, provided that no other bugs appear to pause the rollout. If you haven’t received the update yet, you can manually check to see if it’s available by heading into the Settings app, going into System, and checking the System Updates section.

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MCCH board updated on ransomware effect on payroll | Local News

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MURRAY – The Murray-Calloway County Public Hospital Board of Trustees was updated Wednesday on the status of a ransomware attack that has left the hospital without access to its payroll information.

MCCH CEO Jerry Penner said employees will be paid on schedule today, but the paychecks will be based on a pay period in November because the hospital cannot currently access its hourly pay records. Penner said the hospital learned on Dec. 13 about a ransomware attack on Ultimate Kronos Group, a human resources management company with which MCCH contracts. According to a report Penner cited from Becker’s Hospital Review, the ransomware attack reportedly affected Kronos’ Private Cloud software platform that many hospitals, health care providers and other companies across the country use for scheduling, timekeeping, payroll and human resources. The attack occurred on Dec. 11, and the company said in a Dec. 13 blog post that it is working to fix the problem. However, Kronos said it could take several weeks to restore services.

“This ties into our payroll and finances with our human resources accounting for people signing off on overtime and their regular time, and Kronos unfortunately had a ransomware attack,” Penner said. “So it brought us all to our knees on this particular aspect because last time I checked, I’ve got about 1,000 employees we’ve got to pay (Thursday). So we had about 10 days to figure this out, how we pay everybody. The problem is, all our data is in the cloud and you’ve got to figure out a way to bring that information down, but you can’t at this point because it’s all been frozen.”

Penner said there are probably 600-700 other hospitals facing the same problem. He said the fact that it affects the last paycheck of the year makes the situation even more difficult because the hospital has to figure out how to incorporate that pay period into its 2021 W-2s without even knowing how long it will be before the problem can be fixed. W-2 forms must be ready by Jan. 31, he said.

“The bottom line is … we’re going to roll back to the last pay period that we had before Thanksgiving, which was the seventh of…

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Federal Trade Commission publishes final updated Safeguards Rule | Thompson Coburn LLP

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On October 27, 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced significant updates to the Safeguards Rule. The FTC asked for comments on the Rule in 2019, and held a public workshop on the Rule in 2020. The Final Rule was published in the Federal Register on December 9, 2021. The Rule is effective on January 10, 2022, however, most of the substantive provisions of the Rule take effect a year from the publication date.

Per the final rule summary, the amended Rule contains five primary changes:

  • “First, it adds provisions designed to provide covered financial institutions with more guidance on how to develop and implement specific aspects of an overall information security program, such as access controls, authentication, and encryption. 
  • Second, it adds provisions designed to improve the accountability of financial institutions’ information security programs, such as by requiring periodic reports to boards of directors or governing bodies. 
  • Third, it exempts financial institutions that collect less customer information from certain requirements. 
  • Fourth, it expands the definition of ‘financial institution’ to include entities engaged in activities that the Federal Reserve Board determines to be incidental to financial activities. This change adds ‘finders’–companies that bring together buyers and sellers of a product or service– within the scope of the Rule. 
  • Finally, the Final Rule defines several terms and provides related examples in the Rule itself rather than incorporate them by reference from the Privacy of Consumer Financial Information Rule (‘Privacy Rule’).”

Substantively, the amended Rule generally follows the approach outlined in the 2019 proposal with certain amendments and clarifications.

The 2021 changes to the Safeguards Rule passed by a 3-2 vote by the FTC with the three “yes” votes coming from Democrats and 2 “no” votes from Republicans. Commissioners Noah Joshua Phillips and Christine S. Wilson dissented. Commissioner Rebecca Kelly and Chair Lina M. Khan also released a joint statement. The split vote on the final Rule, as well as on the 2019 proposed Rule, reflect a change from prior rulemakings in the security…

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Surprise! Galaxy S8 gets updated with November Security Patch – Phandroid

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It should come as no surprise, but Samsung officially stopped supporting the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus earlier this year. This means there will be no more major Android releases, and we expected there to be no more security patches. But according to SamMobile, that’s not the case.

A surprise update is rolling out to owners of the best phone from five years ago. The update carries a version number of G95xFXXUCDUK1 and seems to be rolling out to devices in France first before arriving in other regions.

The update doesn’t add any new features, and you definitely won’t find your old phone sporting One UI 4. Instead, this update includes the November security patch, along with patching various privacy vulnerabilities.

While we haven’t seen the update arrive in other regions just yet, you can manually check for an update by heading into the Settings app and tapping Software Update. If the update is available, you’ll be prompted to download and install it.

Unless Samsung surprises us with another security patch for December, this is likely the final update we’ll see some to the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. Let us know if you’ve received the update and if there are any changes that were not initially revealed.

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