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Samsung Galaxy S8 Iris Scanner Fooled by a Photo

A photo of a person's eye taken at a medium distance is more than enough to trick a Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone, according to researchers from the Chaos Computer Club (CCC). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/samsung-galaxy-s8-iris-scanner-fooled-by-a-photo/
Jaff Ransomware Switches to the WLP Extension and Gets a New Design

A new variant of the Jaff ransomware was discovered that includes an updated design for the ransom note and the new WLU extension for encrypted files. Like the first variant of Jaff, this new version continues to be distributed through MALSPAM campaigns. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/jaff-ransomware-switches-to-the-wlp-extension-and-gets-a-new-design/
Google Will Track Your Offline Credit Card Payments to Make Advertisers Happy

At the annual Google Marketing Next conference, the Mountain View search and advertising giant announced a new service that will let advertisers track and tie offline credit card payments with ongoing marketing campaigns. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-will-track-your-offline-credit-card-payments-to-make-advertisers-happy/
Tech Support Scammers Are Exploiting Mass Hysteria Surrounding WannaCry

As everyone expected, scammers are attempting to cash in on the mass hysteria currently surrounding the WannaCry ransomware outbreak, a mass-infection took place over the weekend of May 12 and 14, and whose effects we still feel today. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tech-support-scammers-are-exploiting-mass-hysteria-surrounding-wannacry/
Over 104,000 Samba Installations Vulnerable to Remote Takeover Attacks

According to an advisory released yesterday, Samba software released in the last seven years is vulnerable to a remote code execution vulnerability that allows an attacker to upload and execute code on the user's machine. Depending on the attacker's skill, he can easily take over vulnerable devices. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-104-000-samba-installations-vulnerable-to-remote-takeover-attacks/
Security Firm Releases Windows XP Patch for NSA Exploit ESTEEMAUDIT

Cyber-security firm enSilo has released a patch for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that will protect against attacks via ESTEEMAUDIT, a hacking tool dumped online by the Shadow Brokers last month, and allegedly developed by the NSA. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/security-firm-releases-windows-xp-patch-for-nsa-exploit-esteemaudit/
Malvertising Campaign Finds a Way Around Ad Blockers

Ad blockers, our last hope against the onslaught of malvertising campaigns, appear to have fallen, as today, Malwarebytes published new research detailing a malvertising campaign that successfully bypasses ad blockers to deliver their malicious payload. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malvertising-campaign-finds-a-way-around-ad-blockers/
Proposed US Bill Would Legalize Aggressive "Hack Back" Attacks

A US congressman is currently tinkering away at a proposed bill that will legalize some "hack back" counter-measures that breached companies can take to stop and identify ongoing cyber-attacks, and recover their data. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/proposed-us-bill-would-legalize-aggressive-hack-back-attacks/
83% of Security Pros Waste Time Fixing Co-Workers Non-Security Problems

Security personnel in many organizations waste time every week helping co-workers with general IT problems, rather than doing their own work, which in the long run, costs companies tens of thousands of dollars per year. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/83-percent-of-security-pros-waste-time-fixing-co-workers-non-security-problems/
Filesystem Bug Hangs or Crashes Windows 7 and Windows 8.1

A bug in Microsoft's NTFS file system technology allows pranksters to hang or crash computers running Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.1 just by tricking the user to access a malformed path for a non-existent file. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/filesystem-bug-hangs-or-crashes-windows-7-and-windows-8-1/