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Google’s Android Apps Are No Longer Free for European Smartphone Makers

Google has announced changes in how European smartphone and tablet makers can use Google's Android apps in response to the EU's $5 billion fine. Going forward, EU manufacturers will now have to pay Google a license fee to bundle Google's suite of mobile apps. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-s-android-apps-are-no-longer-free-for-european-smartphone-makers/
Windows 10 October 2018 Update Build 17763.104 Released to Insiders With Fixes

The update has finally a bug in Task Manager that causes incorrect reporting of CPU usage. It's one of the known issues that Insiders reported during the testing of October 2018 Update but for some reason, it wasn't fixed before the public launch. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-october-2018-update-build-17763104-released-to-insiders-with-fixes/
Vending Machine App Hacked for Unlimited Credit

A hacker enticed by the payment method used by the vending machines located on a university campus found a way to get free credit after looking at the inner workings of the machine's accompanying mobile app. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vending-machine-app-hacked-for-unlimited-credit/
SEO Poisoning Campaign Targeting U.S. Midterm Election Keywords

A new SEO poisoning campaign has been discovered that is targeting keywords associated with the U.S. midterm elections. Users who are enticed to visit these pages will then be redirected to a variety of scam sites, adult sites, and sites pushing unwanted software. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/seo-poisoning-campaign-targeting-us-midterm-election-keywords/
GandCrab Devs Release Decryption Keys for Syrian Victims

In a post to an underground hacking and cybercrime forum, the GandCrab developers have released the decryption keys for Syrian victims. The release of these decryption keys was in response to a Tweet where a Syrian victim asked for help after images of his deceased children were encrypted. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/gandcrab-devs-release-decryption-keys-for-syrian-victims/
New Reconnaissance Tool Uses Code from Eight-Year-Old Comment Crew Implant

A newly discovered first-stage implant targeting Korean-speaking victims borrows code from another reconnaissance tool linked to Comment Crew, a Chinese nation-state threat actor that was exposed in 2013 following cyber espionage campaigns against the United States. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-reconnaissance-tool-uses-code-from-eight-year-old-comment-crew-implant/
Apple's New Data & Privacy Portal Lets You Download Your Data

Apple has released a new data & privacy portal that can be used to download data that is linked to your Apple ID. This data can include transaction history, Apple app history, AppleCare history, marketing data, and more. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apples-new-data-and-privacy-portal-lets-you-download-your-data/
jQuery File Upload Plugin Vulnerable for 8 Years and Only Hackers Knew

Of the thousands of plugins for the jQuery framework, one of the most popular of them harbored for at least three years an oversight in code that eluded the security community, despite public availability of tutorials that explained how it could be exploited. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/jquery-file-upload-plugin-vulnerable-for-8-years-and-only-hackers-knew/