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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/
Newark's New Mass Surveillance Program Criticized by Civil Liberties Org

A network of surveillance cameras in various locations throughout Newark, NJ will enable people to monitor these locations for criminal activity. The program, the Citizen Virtual Patrol, has been described by local leaders as "a block watch on steroids". [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/newarks-new-mass-surveillance-program-criticized-by-civil-liberties-org/
Microsoft Is No Longer Providing Offline MSI Symbol Packages

Microsoft has stated that they are no longer offering offline symbol packages as a downloadable MSI. For those who need to download symbols to debug their applications or Windows, you will now need to connect directly to their symbol server or use the symchk utility to download them. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-is-no-longer-providing-offline-msi-symbol-packages/
Pretty Serious Security Flaw Fixed in Popular ICS Software

Schneider Electric, one of the largest makers of hardware and software products used across critical industry verticals has patched a vulnerability in two software products β€”InduSoft Web Studio and InTouch Machine Edition. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pretty-serious-security-flaw-fixed-in-popular-ics-software/
Microsoft Released Hyper-V Debug Symbols for the Hyper-V Bug Bounty Program

Microsoft has released debugging symbols for many of the core components of Hyper-V. Using these debugging symbols, security researchers can analyze them for vulnerabilities in order to submit them to the Hyper-V bug bounty program. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-released-hyper-v-debug-symbols-for-the-hyper-v-bug-bounty-program/