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Microsoft Releases New Windows 10 Redstone 5 Build for Slow Ring Insiders

Today, Microsoft is rolling out Windows 10 Preview Build 17738.1000 (Redstone 5) to the Insiders in the Slow ring and it's the third RS5 build in the Slow ring. The company previously rolled out the same build to users enrolled in the Fast ring earlier this month and it comes with no new changes. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-releases-new-windows-10-redstone-5-build-for-slow-ring-insiders/
Bitdefender Disables Anti-Exploit Monitoring in Chrome After Google Policy Change

Chrome has started displaying alerts that suggest users remove programs that are considered incompatible applications with Chrome because they inject code into the browser's processes. In order to resolve these issues Bitdefender has decided to no longer monitor newer versions of Chrome with their anti-exploit technology. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/bitdefender-disables-anti-exploit-monitoring-in-chrome-after-google-policy-change/
Senators Demand Voting Machine Vendor Explain Why It Dismisses Researchers Prodding Its Devices

Four US senators, members of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, sent a letter on Wednesday to Election Systems and Software (ES&S), the largest voting machine vendor in the US, asking for clarifications on why the vendor is trying to discourage independent security reviews of its products. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/government/senators-demand-voting-machine-vendor-explain-why-it-dismisses-researchers-prodding-its-devices/
Windows 10 Build 17746 Is Out for Insiders With Bug Fixes

Today, Microsoft is rolling out a new preview build for the Windows Insiders in the Fast Ring. Windows 10 Build 17746 comes with a bunch of improvements, fixes, and as well known issues. You can check out all the details here. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-build-17746-is-out-for-insiders-with-bug-fixes/
The Week in Ransomware - August 24th 2018 - Hermes, Fox, and Ryuk

This week we had seen quite a few campaigns that had widespread distribution. These campaigns are either being installed over accessible Remote Desktop Services or malspam. The biggest news is a variant of the Hermes ransomware called Ryuk that has generated over 600k USD for the developers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-august-24th-2018-hermes-fox-and-ryuk/
Firefox Nightly Distrusts All Symantec TLS Certs

The plan to distrust TLS certificates issued by Symantec is on track as Mozilla released its first version of the browser that reacts with a security warning when users land on any page bearing the seal of trust from Symantec Certificate Authority. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/firefox-nightly-distrusts-all-symantec-tls-certs/
Windows 10 KB4100347 Intel CPU Update Causing Boot Issues & Pushed to AMD Users

On August 21st, Microsoft released an update to the May KB4100347 Intel microcodes for Windows 10 & Windows Server 2016. After installing this latest version, Windows users are reporting that they are unable to boot Windows 10 or are having performance issues. To complicate the issue, the Intel CPU update is being pushed to AMD users [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-kb4100347-intel-cpu-update-causing-boot-issues-and-pushed-to-amd-users/