Intel Reveals Some CPU Models Will Never Receive Microcode Updates

Intel released an update to the Meltdown and Spectre mitigation guide, revealing that it stopped working on mitigations for some processor series. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/hardware/intel-reveals-some-cpu-models-will-never-receive-microcode-updates/

6 Cortana Settings That Can Make Your Life Easier

Cortana is the virtual assistant built into Windows 10. Even with minimal setup, it's still a useful tool. However, by tweaking settings, you can get even more benefits out of it and simplify your life.  [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tips/virtual-assistants/6-cortana-settings-that-can-make-your-life-easier/

Latest macOS Update Breaks Support for Many External Monitors

macOS High Sierra 10.13.4, the latest macOS version released on March 29, breaks support for many externally-connected displays, according to users of four popular app & driver providers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/latest-macos-update-breaks-support-for-many-external-monitors/

CertUtil.exe Could Allow Attackers To Download Malware While Bypassing AV

Windows has a built-in program called CertUtil, which can  be used to manage certificates in Windows. Using this program you can install, backup, delete, manage, and perform various functions related to certificates and certificate stores in Windows. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/certutilexe-could-allow-attackers-to-download-malware-while-bypassing-av/

Google Chrome Extension Detects "Zero-Width Character" Fingerprinting Attacks

Software developer Marco Chiappetta has built a Google Chrome extension that can detect attempts to fingerprint text using the "zero-width character" technique. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-chrome-extension-detects-zero-width-character-fingerprinting-attacks/

Facebook: Cambridge Analytica Accessed Data on 87 Million Users, Not 50 Million

Facebook revealed today that Cambridge Analytica accessed the personal information of more than 87 million users, and not 50 million, as it was initially reported. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/facebook-cambridge-analytica-accessed-data-on-87-million-users-not-50-million/

Intel Tells Users to Uninstall Remote Keyboard App Over Unpatched Security Bugs

Intel has decided that instead of fixing three security bugs affecting the Intel Remote Keyboard Android app, it would be easier to discontinue the application altogether. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/intel-tells-users-to-uninstall-remote-keyboard-app-over-unpatched-security-bugs/

Windows Insider RS5 Build 17639 Brings Us Improvements In Calculator and Sets

Yesterday Microsoft released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17639 to insiders on the Redstone 5 Skip Ahead ring. As Redstone 4, otherwise known as the Spring Creators Update, is being prepped for distribution, we will only see new builds in the Redstone 5 change for the time being. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-insider-rs5-build-17639-brings-us-improvements-in-calculator-and-sets/

Researchers Hijack Over 2,000 Subdomains From Legitimate Sites in CloudFront Experiment

Security experts from MindPoint Group, an information security firm, have hijacked over 2,000 subdomains from legitimate websites while researching possible security flaws in Amazon's CloudFront CDN service. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researchers-hijack-over-2-000-subdomains-from-legitimate-sites-in-cloudfront-experiment/

VirusTotal Launches Droidy, Its New Android Sandbox Technology

VirusTotal, the aggregated antivirus scanning engine owned by Google, announced today a new Android sandbox technology named Droidy. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/virustotal-launches-droidy-its-new-android-sandbox-technology/

Hacker Uses Exploit to Generate Verge Cryptocurrency out of Thin Air

An unknown attacker has exploited a bug in the Verge cryptocurrency network code to mine Verge coins at a very rapid pace and generate funds almost out of thin air. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/cryptocurrency/hacker-uses-exploit-to-generate-verge-cryptocurrency-out-of-thin-air/

HTTPS Everywhere Now Delivers New Rulesets Without Upgrading Extension

HTTPS Everywhere is a browser extension created by EFF and the TOR Project that makes web browsing more secure by automatically switching an insecure HTTP web request to a secure HTTPS request for sites that are using SSL. It does this through rules that are configured for compatible sites, which are then included in the extension. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/https-everywhere-now-delivers-new-rulesets-without-upgrading-extension/

Cyber-Attacks on US Critical Infrastructure Linked to Cisco Switch Flaw

Cisco Talos, the cyber-security division of US IT conglomerate Cisco, said today that hackers are abusing misconfigured Cisco switches to gain a point of entry into organizations across the world. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cyber-attacks-on-us-critical-infrastructure-linked-to-cisco-switch-flaw/

The WhiteRose Ransomware Is Decryptable & Tells A Strange Story

A new ransomware has been discovered by MalwareHunterTeam that is based off of the InfiniteTear ransomware family, of which BlackRuby and Zenis are members. When this ransomware infects a computer it will encrypt the files, scramble the filenames, and append the .WHITEROSE extension to them. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-whiterose-ransomware-is-decryptable-and-tells-a-strange-story/

Amazon Key Goes Nationwide With Big Savings & Exit/Entry Clips

Amazon announced today that their Amazon Key smart lock product is now available nationwide. With this expansion, Amazon Key is being offered at significant discounts, includes five new locks from Kwikset and Yale, and now has entry and exit video clips for guests. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/business/amazon-key-goes-nationwide-with-big-savings-and-exit-entry-clips/

Sears and Delta Airlines Suffer Card Breaches via Shared Live Chat Provider

The customers of at least two major US companies —department store chain Sears and Delta Airlines— might have had their payment card details stolen due to a hack at a common software supplier. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sears-and-delta-airlines-suffer-card-breaches-via-shared-live-chat-provider/

The AlterEgo Headset Let's You Silently Communicate With A Computer

MIT researchers have unveiled a headset that allows you to communicate with a computer by internally verbalizing words that are picked up by special sensors. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/the-alterego-headset-lets-you-silently-communicate-with-a-computer/

Microsoft Adds Anti-Ransomware Features in Office 365

Three months after news first leaked, Microsoft officially announced today the launch of new anti-ransomware features for Office 365, the company's commercial subscription-based office tools suite. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-adds-anti-ransomware-features-in-office-365/

LockCrypt Ransomware Cracked Due to Bad Crypto

The team at Malwarebytes has identified a weakness in the encryption scheme utilized by the LockCrypt ransomware that they can exploit to recover a victim's data. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lockcrypt-ransomware-cracked-due-to-bad-crypto/

Cryptojacking Script Makes It on the MSN Portal

For three days between March 25 and March 27, a malicious actor has poisoned an important advertising network and used its services to deliver a cryptojacking script to multiple websites, including Microsoft's MSN portal. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cryptojacking-script-makes-it-on-the-msn-portal/

Windows 10’s “Free Up Space Now” Ushers In a New Era for Disk Cleanup

With the imminent release of Windows 10 build 1803, also known as the Spring Creators Update, we may be seeing the end of the Disk Cleanup program. In this latest feature update a new Setting has been added called "Free up space now" that performs the same function as Disk Cleanup, but in my opinion, does a better job. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-s-free-up-space-now-ushers-in-a-new-era-for-disk-cleanup/