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Chrome Users Reporting Freezes & Timeouts After Windows 10 April Update

Windows 10 users who have installed the April 2018 Update (build 1803) are reporting freezes or connection problems when using Chrome or Chromium based applications. When these freezes occur, it turns the screen black and Windows becomes completely unresponsive until the user reboots the computer or restarts their graphic driver. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/chrome-users-reporting-freezes-and-timeouts-after-windows-10-april-update/
Drupal Sites Fall Victims to Cryptojacking Campaigns

After the publication of two severe security flaws in the Drupal CMS, cybercrime groups have turned their sights on this web technology in the hopes of finding new ground to plant malware on servers and make money through illegal cryptocurrency mining. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/drupal-sites-fall-victims-to-cryptojacking-campaigns/
Apple 2018: iPhone X Best Selling Smartphone, Stock Hits New High & New Gear on the Way

Last Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook reported that the company brought in close to $150 billion in revenue and $34 billion in earnings for the first half of the fiscal year. The iPhone played prominently in Apple's revenue as the company drew approximately two-thirds of its revenue from the iPhone portfolio. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-2018-iphone-x-best-selling-smartphone-stock-hits-new-high-and-new-gear-on-the-way/
SynAck Ransomware Uses Process Doppelgänging Technique

A new and improved version of the SynAck ransomware has been spotted online these past days, and security researchers are reporting that the ransomware now uses the Process Doppelgänging technique. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/synack-ransomware-uses-process-doppelg-nging-technique/
Ticketmaster To Use Facial Recognition In Place of Tickets for Venue Entry

Included in the Live Nation's first quarter 2018 financial results released last week, was a small mention that they have partnered with and invested in a facial recognition company called Blink Identity. Live Nation's plan is to use this technology to allow ticket holders to gain access to shows using facial recognition. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/business/ticketmaster-to-use-facial-recognition-in-place-of-tickets-for-venue-entry/
ADL Estimates 4.2 Million Anti-Semitic Tweets Were Posted in a One-Year Period

A study released by the The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) during their National Leadership Summit in Washington describes how over a one-year period, over 4 million anti-semitic tweets were shared or reshared over Twitter. These tweets were sent from approximately 3 million Twitter accounts. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/adl-estimates-42-million-anti-semitic-tweets-were-posted-in-a-one-year-period/
High School Can’t Pick Valedictorian Because Hacker Altered Grades for Years

An Alabama high school is in the unpleasant position of not being able to finish end-year school rankings after they've discovered that someone has been hacking into their IT network and changing grades since 2016. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/high-school-can-t-pick-valedictorian-because-hacker-altered-grades-for-years/
Equifax Releases Data Showing the Full Impact of Its 2017 Data Breach

As part of its 8-K filing to the SEC, Equifax has unveiled the full extent of their massive 2017 146 million data breach. With the huge amount of people affected, almost half of all Americans, and the massive media exposure, hopefully most victims have been proactive in monitoring their credit to make sure no funny business is going. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/equifax-releases-data-showing-the-full-impact-of-its-2017-data-breach/
Adobe Patch Tuesday Is Out With Fixes for Flash Player, Creative Cloud, Connect

Adobe published this month's batch of security fixes, part of the company's regular Patch Tuesday outing. For the month of May 2018, Adobe fixed five vulnerabilities — one in Flash Player, three in the Creative Cloud Desktop application, and one in Connect. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/adobe-patch-tuesday-is-out-with-fixes-for-flash-player-creative-cloud-connect/
John Legend and 6 Other Voices Being Added to Google Assistant

During the Google I/O 2018 event, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced 6 new voices were coming to Google Assistant today. In addition to these voices, Pichai also announced that John Legend has worked with Google to train their machine learning Wavenet algorithm to convert his voice into another Assistant voice coming later this year. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/john-legend-and-6-other-voices-being-added-to-google-assistant/
Microsoft May 2018 Patch Tuesday Fixes 67 Security Issues, Including IE Zero-Day

Microsoft published earlier today the Patch Tuesday security bulletin for May 2018, containing fixes for 67 security issues. This month, Microsoft fixed security flaws in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, ChakraCore, .NET Framework, Microsoft Exchange Server, Windows Host Compute Service Shim, and Office. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-may-2018-patch-tuesday-fixes-67-security-issues-including-ie-zero-day/