Results of the much anticipated Mid-March Vancouver Pwn2Own competition

• The return of "Clippy", Microsoft's much-loathed dancing paperclip
• Operation "ShadowHammer" which reports say compromised ASUS (... but did it?)
• The ransomware attack on Norsk Hydro aluminum
• The surprise renaming of Windows Defender
• A severe bug revealed in the most popular PDF generating PHP library
• An early look at Microsoft's forthcoming Chromium-based web browser
• Hope for preventing caller ID spoofing
• A needed update for users of PuTTY
• Mozilla's decision to conditionally rely upon Windows' root store
• Microsoft to offer virtual Windows 7 and 10 desktops through Azure
• Details of the Windows 7 End of Life warning dialogue

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