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Mozilla Launches the First Open-Source Voice Recognition Engine

The Mozilla Foundation, makers of the Firefox browser, have launched a new project called Common Voice, which the organization hopes to become the first open-source voice recognition engine on the market. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/mozilla-launches-the-first-open-source-voice-recognition-engine/
Avast Buys Piriform, the Company Behind CCleaner and Recuva

Avast, today's largest vendor of security software, has acquired Piriform, a UK-based company that is behind many successful desktop and mobile apps, such as CCleaner, Recuva, Speccy, and Defraggler. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/business/avast-buys-piriform-the-company-behind-ccleaner-and-recuva/
Valve Patches Security Flaw That Allows Installation of Malware via Steam Games

A vulnerability in Valve's Source SDK, a library used by game vendors to support custom mods and other features, allows a malicious actor to execute code on a user's computer, and optionally install malware, such as ransomware, cryptocurrency miners, banking trojans, and others. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/valve-patches-security-flaw-that-allows-installation-of-malware-via-steam-games/
Chrome Extension Hijacks Search Results While Filtering Trump from the Web

While doing my normal scan through various sites that are known to push unwanted programs, I ran across a new version of a Chrome extension family that hijacks searches done on Google and other search engines. In addition to hijacking searches, this new variant also tries to filter Trump from the web. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chrome-extension-hijacks-search-results-while-filtering-trump-from-the-web/
The Week in Ransomware - July 21st 2017 - Decryptors, Reyptson, & CryptoMix

Really slow week, which is great. We did have some decryptors and updated decryptors released this week, which is always great. Of particular concern is the increase releasing of new CryptoMix variants. Thankfully, these variants do not seem to be netting to many victims at this time.. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-july-21st-2017-decryptors-reyptson-and-cryptomix/