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Windows 10's April 2018 Update Arrives Today: Here's Whats New

The next feature update for Windows 10, called the April 2018 Update, is being released today and with it comes a lot of new features. Many of these features focus on enabling you to use Windows 10 in a more efficient manner so that you can get your tasks done quicker and easier. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10s-april-2018-update-arrives-today-heres-whats-new/
FacexWorm Spreads via Facebook Messenger, Malicious Chrome Extension

Facebook, Chrome, and cryptocurrency users should be on the lookout for a new malware strain named FacexWorm that infects victims for the purpose of stealing passwords, stealing cryptocurrency funds, running cryptojacking scripts, and spamming Facebook users. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/facexworm-spreads-via-facebook-messenger-malicious-chrome-extension/
Rapidly Emerging Smart Cities & The Associated Risks

A smart city can be described as a city that incorporates the capabilities of web connectivity, analytics, mobile solutions, sensors, data collection and other technology. This can include surveillance systems utilized by law enforcement, smart congestion-mitigating traffic systems, LED streetlights, and smart grids. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/government/rapidly-emerging-smart-cities-and-the-associated-risks/
Microsoft Wants to Secure IoT and ICS Devices With New TCPS Project

Microsoft engineers have started working on a new project codenamed TCPS β€”short for Trusted Cyber Physical Systemsβ€” that is intended to provide a hardened system for securing Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) devices. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-wants-to-secure-iot-and-ics-devices-with-new-tcps-project/
How to Download and Install the Windows 10 April 2018 Update Now

In this article we will provide two methods that you can use to download and install the Windows 10 April 2018 Update so that you can start using all the new features such as Timeline, Nearby Share, Focus Assist, and some new Linux command line tools ! [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/how-to-download-and-install-the-windows-10-april-2018-update-now/
Chinese Authorities Accidentally Admit to Accessing Deleted WeChat Messages

Chinese government officials have accidentally admitted over the weekend that they can access deleted WeChat messages, a Chinese news site has reported. The admission came over the weekend from an anti-graft commission from the Chinese province of Anhui investigating reports of corruption among government officials. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/government/chinese-authorities-accidentally-admit-to-accessing-deleted-wechat-messages/
Fortnite Season 4 Is Here With Hoppin' Hop Rocks and a Redesigned Map

A new season of Fornite Battle Royale has arrived and the mysterious Comet has finally laid waste to the region. While Tilted Towers survived the impact for the most part, the map is now littered with impact craters and industrial sites that are collecting the powerful shards left behind by the Comet's destruction. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/gaming/fortnite-season-4-is-here-with-hoppin-hop-rocks-and-a-redesigned-map/
Amazon Follows Google in Banning "Domain Fronting"

Two of today's biggest cloud service providers are now blocking a technique called "domain fronting" that has been used by websites and applications to avoid government-based censorship, but also by malware to secretly siphon stolen data to covert servers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/cloud/amazon-follows-google-in-banning-domain-fronting/
Unicef's TheHopepage May Be the First Good Use of In-Browser Mining

With the launch of Unicef AU's TheHopepage.org, we may have seen the first good use for CoinHive's in-browser mining. Using an opt-in CoinHive in-browser mining page, Unicef is hoping that users will sacrifice some of their CPU for charities and it looks like it is paying off. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/business/unicefs-thehopepage-may-be-the-first-good-use-of-in-browser-mining/
4 ‘Smart’ Apps That Could Be Smarter (And 4 to Use Instead)

The developers of apps built with artificial intelligence (AI) often promise that they'll make life easier and help us in ways we hadn't thought possible, all thanks to their impressive knowledge. However, sometimes they fall short of the mark. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tips/software/4-smart-apps-that-could-be-smarter-and-4-to-use-instead/
New Hacking Tool Lets Users Access a Bunch of DVRs and Their Video Feeds

An Argentinian security researcher named Ezequiel Fernandez has published a powerful new tool yesterday that can easily extract plaintext credentials for various DVR brands and grant attackers access to those systems, and inherently the video feeds they're supposed to record. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-hacking-tool-lets-users-access-a-bunch-of-dvrs-and-their-video-feeds/
Microsoft Releases a "Windows Command Reference" For Over 250 Console Commands

Microsoft released a 948 page PDF titled the "Windows Command Reference" that contains documentation on over 250 Windows console commands. For each command, Microsoft has included a detailed description of the command, their command line arguments,.and for some commands, what operating system the documentation applies. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-releases-a-windows-command-reference-for-over-250-console-commands/
New MassMiner Malware Targets Web Servers With an Assortment of Exploits

Security researchers have detected a new wave of cryptocurrency-mining malware infecting servers across the web, and this one is using multiple exploits to gain access to vulnerable and unpatched systems to install a Monero miner. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-massminer-malware-targets-web-servers-with-an-assortment-of-exploits/
VirusTotal Releases VTZilla 2.0 Extension For Firefox Quantum

VirusTotal has released version 2.0 of their VTZilla Firefox extension so that it now supports Mozilla Quantum and includes additional features. With this release, VirusTotal added new features such as the ability to scan downloaded files automatically, scan links or pages, or enter a hash to pull up an existing report. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/virustotal-releases-vtzilla-20-extension-for-firefox-quantum/