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Fixed Windows 10 October 2018 Update Released to Insiders for Testing

Windows 10 October 2018 Update is once again available for Insiders for final testing and after analyzing the feedback and data from the Insider community, Windows 10 October 2018 Update will be re-released to the general public soon. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/fixed-windows-10-october-2018-update-released-to-insiders-for-testing/
New Reports Show Increased CyberThreats, User Risks Remain High

Two new reports from eSentire and Proofpoint show that that as online threats remain an issue, user security leaves much to be desired. The mismatch between the danger of cyberthreats and lack of user readiness could leave individuals or businesses at risk of serious losses to data or property. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-reports-show-increased-cyberthreats-user-risks-remain-high/
Hacking Forums Serve Different Purposes for Russian and Chinese Hackers

A peek into the cybercriminals underground of Russian and Chinese hackers reveals sharp differences between the two communities in terms of interests and the way they run their businesses, often shaped by state laws and unwritten norms. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacking-forums-serve-different-purposes-for-russian-and-chinese-hackers/
Aircraft Analysis Tool Facing the Internet Exposes Airlines to Risks

Security researchers discovered that more than two dozen systems used by airlines to analyze data from airplane sensors were available online and could be used to pivot into datacenter systems and servers vulnerable to legacy security issues. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/aircraft-analysis-tool-facing-the-internet-exposes-airlines-to-risks/
CoinMiners Use New Tricks to Impersonate Adobe Flash Installers

Cryptocurrency miners are now being distributed by a new campaign pretending to be Adobe Flash Player installers. While this is not new, this particular campaign is going the extra mile to appear legitimate by not only installing a miner, but also updating Flash Player as well. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/coinminers-use-new-tricks-to-impersonate-adobe-flash-installers/
HP PCs Getting WDF_VIOLATION BSOD After Installing Windows 10 Updates

Windows updates have not been kind to Microsoft these past few weeks. First we had the file deletion bug in the October 2018 Update and now reports are coming in that HP workstations and laptops are receiving blue screen of death (BSOD) crashes that display a WDF_VIOLATION error after installing the latest Windows 10 updates. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/hp-pcs-getting-wdf-violation-bsod-after-installing-windows-10-updates/
Facial Recognition Tech: EFF Engaged in Battle Against "Expanding Proliferation of Surveillance"

Unchecked, the expanding proliferation of surveillance cameras, coupled with constant improvements in facial recognition technology, can create a surveillance infrastructure that the government and big companies can use to track everywhere we go in public places, including who we are with and what we are doing. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/facial-recognition-tech-eff-engaged-in-battle-against-expanding-proliferation-of-surveillance/
PoC Code Available for Microsoft Edge Remote Code Execution Bug

The flurry of security bugs Microsoft addressed with its latest rollout of updates includes a remote code execution vulnerability in Edge web browser. The glitch relies on abusing URI schemes and scripts in Windows that can run with user-defined parameters. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/poc-code-available-for-microsoft-edge-remote-code-execution-bug/
Largest Cyber Attack Against Iceland Driven by Fareit-Remcos Combo

A brazen phishing campaign took Iceland by surprise the last weekend, sending out malicious emails to thousands of individuals, in an attempt to fool them into installing a new threat that mixes code from different sources.Even if the number of potential victims may seem low, local police say this is the largest cyber attack to hit the country. One must take into consideration that the population of Iceland is around 350,000, with about half of the citizens living in the capital city Reykjavik. By comparison, in 2016 London lived over 8.5 million people. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/largest-cyber-attack-against-iceland-driven-by-fareit-remcos-combo/
Facebook States 30 Million People Affected by Last Month's "View As" Bug

Remember that bug Facebook revealed two weeks ago that may have affected 50 million users if not more? Well Facebook has stated that 30 million of those user had their access tokens stolen by attackers according to a new updated posted by Facebook today. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/facebook-states-30-million-people-affected-by-last-months-view-as-bug/
The Week in Ransomware - October 12th 2018 - NotPetya, GandCrab, and More

Lots of Scarab, Matrix, and Dharma variants this week as well as some good writeups on the GandCrab ransomware. Also of interest is ESET publishing of their report that ties NotPetya and Industroyer to the TeleBots Group. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-october-12th-2018-notpetya-gandcrab-and-more/
Windows 10 Audio Not Working After Installing Latest Windows Updates

Lot's of reports are coming in that Windows 10 users are finding that their audio is no longer working on their computer after installing the latest Windows updates. Thankfully, there are solutions that can resolve this problem. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-audio-not-working-after-installing-latest-windows-updates/