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Necurs Botnet Pushing New Marap Malware

Security researchers from Proofpoint have discovered a new malware strain that they named Marap and which is currently distributed via massive waves of spam emails carrying malicious attachments (malspam). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/necurs-botnet-pushing-new-marap-malware/
Microsoft Launcher Beta for Android Gets A Big Update

Microsoft has just released a big update for Microsoft Launcher on Android and this time it includes several new features. This new released brings the Microsoft Launcher to version 4.13 and continues to be a popular app on the Google Play store with over 600k reviews and average rating of 4.5 stars. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-launcher-beta-for-android-gets-a-big-update/
Combating Social Engineering: Tips From Black Hat 2018

Social engineering is the use of deception to manipulate individuals into disclosing sensitive information that may be used to compromise a network, infiltrate an organization, gain access to trade secrets, or in furtherance of an espionage operation. In this article we look at ways to protect yourself from these types of attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/combating-social-engineering-tips-from-black-hat-2018/
Windows 10 Preview Build 17741 Is Out With Much Needed Improvements

Windows 10 Preview Build 17741 is now available for Insiders in the Fast Ring and it comes with a Your Phone desktop pin, new build number, and greater memory for the Clipboard history. Overall, though, this build is more about general improvements and fixes as the company is now focusing more on stabilization of the OS. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-preview-build-17741-is-out-with-much-needed-improvements/
The Week in Ransomware - August 17th 2018 - Princess Evolution & Dharma

The biggest news was the release of the Princess Evolution RaaS and a new variant of the Dharma ransomware utilizing the .cmb extension for encrypted files. Otherwise, it was mostly small variants released that will not likely have many victims. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-august-17th-2018-princess-evolution-and-dharma/
AZORult Trojan Serving Aurora Ransomware by MalActor Oktropys

Towards the end of July 2018, we saw a new version of the AZORult trojan being used in malware campaigns targeting computers globally. In this article, we will dive into the malware and analyze its execution flow and payloads. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/azorult-trojan-serving-aurora-ransomware-by-malactor-oktropys/
HackNotice Alerts You When a Site is Hacked or Your Info is Leaked

HackNotice is a service that is designed to alert you when your information has been disclosed in leaked data breaches from hacked sites. HackNotice does this by collecting leaked information from data breaches and compiling it into a database that can be used to determine if your information has been obtained from a hack. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacknotice-alerts-you-when-a-site-is-hacked-or-your-info-is-leaked/
Number of Third-Party Cookies on EU News Sites Dropped by 22% Post-GDPR

The number of tracking cookies on EU news sites has gone down by 22% according to a report by the Reuters Institute at the University of Oxford, who looked at cookie usage across EU news sites in two phases, in April 2018 and July 2018, pre and post the introduction of the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/number-of-third-party-cookies-on-eu-news-sites-dropped-by-22-percent-post-gdpr/
Windows 10 Screen Sketch App Renamed to Snip & Sketch in Insider Builds

For Windows Insiders in the Skip Ahead ring, Microsoft has renamed their Windows 10 Screen Sketch app to Snip & Sketch.  This new build is not available to users running Windows 10 April 2018 Update or the latest Windows 10 Preview build 17741. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-screen-sketch-app-renamed-to-snip-and-sketch-in-insider-builds/
New Fox Ransomware Matrix Variant Tries Its Best to Close All File Handles

A new variant of the Matrix Ransomware has been discovered that is renaming encrypted files and then appending the .FOX extension to the file name. Of particular interest, this ransomware could have the most exhaustive process of making sure each and every file is not opened and available for encrypting. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-fox-ransomware-matrix-variant-tries-its-best-to-close-all-file-handles/
Google Chrome Reporting About Incompatible Applications

In order to eliminate crashes in Chrome, Google has implemented a new feature that reports "incompatible applications" to users after the browser crashes. These warnings are displayed for programs that inject code into the browser and prompt users to remove the incompatible applications. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-chrome-reporting-about-incompatible-applications/