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ProtonMail Launches Free ProtonVPN VPN Service For Macs

The creators of the encrypted email service, ProtonMail, have released a free version of their ProtonVPN VPN software for macOS. Even though the free version does not contain the full features that you would come to expect from a paid VPN service it is more than capable of obfuscating IP addresses and your location. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/protonmail-launches-free-protonvpn-vpn-service-for-macs/
Valve Patches Security Bug That Existed in Steam Client for the Past Ten Years

Valve developers have recently patched a severe security flaw that affected all versions of the Steam gaming client released in the past ten years.The vulnerability would have allowed an attacker to execute malicious code on any of Steam's 15 million gaming clients. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/valve-patches-security-bug-that-existed-in-steam-client-for-the-past-ten-years/
CSS Is So Overpowered It Can Deanonymize Facebook Users

Some of the recent additions to the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) web standard are so powerful that a security researcher has abused them to deanonymize visitors to a demo site and reveal their Facebook usernames, avatars, and if they liked a particular web page of Facebook. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/css-is-so-overpowered-it-can-deanonymize-facebook-users/
Intel Core i7-8086K 5Ghz Anniversary Edition CPUs Leaked Online

For the past few months there have been rumors that Intel would be releasing a special edition Core i7-8086K processor to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 8086 processor. Yesterday, retailers were found online that were advertising the special processor with a speeds of 4Ghz and 5Ghz. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/hardware/intel-core-i7-8086k-5ghz-anniversary-edition-cpus-leaked-online/
Microsoft Inches Past Google to Become the Third Most Valuable Company

Microsoft has now officially become the third most valuable company in the world as it pushes Google's parent company Alphabet into fourth place. With Microsoft's current market cap at 766 billion compared to Alphabet's 766.5 billion, Microsoft is able to retain the third place spot at today's market prices. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-inches-past-google-to-become-the-third-most-valuable-company/
Windows 10 Insider Build 17682 Released. Here's whats new

Today Microsoft released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17682 (Redstone 5) to insiders in the fast and skip ahead rings. This build introduces improvements to Sets, updates to the wireless projection experience, Microsoft Edge improvements, adds RSAT to the optional features, and displays a new post-upgrade screen. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-insider-build-17682-released-heres-whats-new/
OMB Releases Damning Report on U.S. Govt's Inability to Counter Cyber Threats

A recent government-wide cybersecurity risk assessment, carried out by the OMB, in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), highlights several serious issues that continue to imperil federal cybersecurity and ultimately put the nation at risk. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/omb-releases-damning-report-on-us-govts-inability-to-counter-cyber-threats/
The VPNFilter Botnet Is Attempting a Comeback

The VPNFilter botnet that was built by Russian cyberspies, which infected over 500,000 routers, and was taken down last week by the FBI is attempting a comeback, according to telemetry data gathered this week. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-vpnfilter-botnet-is-attempting-a-comeback/
RSAT Will Automatically Be Reinstalled After New Updates in Next Windows 10 Version

In Windows Insider Preview build 17682, Microsoft has made the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) an on-demand software feature. What this means is that once you install RSAT in Windows 10, it will be automatically reinstalled when you install a future operating system update. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rsat-will-automatically-be-reinstalled-after-new-updates-in-next-windows-10-version/