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Well, that was not completely unexpected.  Despite building rumors of a 2018 release for Microsoft’s long-rumored dual-panel mobile Surface device ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley reports that the project has been put on hold. Reportedly part of the reason is that AndromedaOS which powers the device is just not ready to ship in time for RedStone 5, due to “scheduling and quality” issues. MaryJo also said there was no guarantee it will show up in the next version of the OS either. Another reason, however, is that some in Microsoft just does not see enough demand for a pocket-sized foldable Surface device which can only run store apps.  The device may eventually make it to market as a larger PC-sized (we assume laptop-sized) device that can run regular apps. MaryJo reports the decision to withdraw Andromeda from RedStone 5 was made within the last few weeks and blames it in part on a recent April Microsoft reorg.  She suggests the steady stream of leaks in recent weeks was by internal fans of the project and intended to drum up external support for the doomed project. It is notable that every recent leak has come with a proviso that the project could still be canceled at any moment. More can be found on OUR FORUM.

Exploit broker Zerodium is offering rewards of up to $500,000 for zero-days in UNIX-based operating systems like OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, but also for Linux distros such as Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, and Tails. The offer, first advertised via Twitter earlier this week, is available as part of the company's latest zero-day acquisition drive. Zerodium is known for buying zero-days and selling them to government agencies and law enforcement. The company runs a regular zero-day acquisition program through its website, but it often holds special drives with more substantial rewards when it needs zero-days of a specific category. BSD zero-day rewards will be on par with Linux payouts. The US-based company held a previous drive with increased rewards for Linux zero-days in February, with rewards going as high as $45,000. In another zero-day acquisition drive announced on Twitter this week, the company said it was looking again for Linux zero-days, but also for exploits targeting BSD systems. This time around, rewards can go up to $500,000, for the right exploit. Follow this thread on OUR FORUM.
 

Microsoft today announced that it is rolling out a new feature for its OneDrive app for Windows users. The new feature Known Folder Move allows users to automatically move their stored data in known folders to OneDrive. Users with data stored in Desktop, Documents, Pictures can now be uploaded to the cloud without affecting the productivity. The data is uploaded in the background to the OneDrive and users can move all the data to OneDrive and vice versa on other devices. However for users to be able to use this feature you would need to sign in with the same Microsoft account on all the devices. This Known Folder feature is expected to be made available to Insiders starting this week and will be rolled out to all users by end of next month. Microsoft is also introducing new options for the IT admins with the new feature which lets the IT admins set up group policies for users in the network who would like to configure Known Folder Move and upload the data to OneDrive. The IT admins will also be able to redirect Windows known folders to OneDrive without the users getting notified of the upload. The admins have also been given the rights to prevent users from redirecting the Windows known folders. For more visit OUR FORUM.

  

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