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Mozilla Firefox Expands DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) Test to Release Channel

In June, Mozilla had announced that they were performing a limited Shield study for their Nightly users to monitor the performance of DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) in Firefox. This study uses Cloudflare's DNS service to encrypt both the requests and responses to any DNS queries in order to increase a user's privacy. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-firefox-expands-dns-over-https-doh-test-to-release-channel/
New KingMiner Threat Shows Cryptominer Evolution

A recently discovered cryptomining operation forces access to Windows servers to use their CPU cycles for minting Monero coins. Detected six months ago, the activity went through multiple stages of evolution. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-kingminer-threat-shows-cryptominer-evolution/
Moscow's New Cable Car System Infected with Ransomware the Day After it Opens

Moscow recently opened its first cable-car service and promised free rides for the first month. Unfortunately, only two days after after the service was made available, attackers reportedly hacked into the cable car systems and infected them with ransomware. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/moscows-new-cable-car-system-infected-with-ransomware-the-day-after-it-opens/
The Week in Ransomware - November 30th 2018 - Indictments, Sanctions, & More

Been a pretty interesting week when it comes to ransomware. We had two Iranians who were indicted by the U.S. government for their involvement in the SamSam operation. We also had two bitcoin addresses used by ransomware added to the U.S. sanctions list, so they cannot be used to send payments to or you will violate U.S. sanctions. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-november-30th-2018-indictments-sanctions-and-more/
UK's NCSC Explains How They Handle Discovered Vulnerabilities

When the United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) performs operational tasks, they may find technology vulnerabilities. When they find these vulnerabilities, they go through a decision making process called the "Equities Process" that determines what they will do with the vulnerability. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uks-ncsc-explains-how-they-handle-discovered-vulnerabilities/
Mozilla to Provide MSI Installers Starting with Firefox 65

In a Bugzilla report, Mozilla has revealed that they provide enterprise MSI installers starting with Firefox 65. By offering an MSI installer , system administrators can create their own transform files (MST) to easily customize the installation of Firefox in their organization. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-to-provide-msi-installers-starting-with-firefox-65/
Mistake causes Popular Site to be Removed from Google Search Results

When your business is a web site and you rely on people finding you through search results, it can be heart attack provoking to find that your site is completely missing from Google. This is exactly what happened to a popular site who discovered their site was suddenly missing from the search results due to a mistake by Google. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/mistake-causes-popular-site-to-be-removed-from-google-search-results/
Chrome 71 Released With Abusive Ad Filtering and Audio Blocking

Google has release Chrome 71 to the Stable desktop channel, which means it is now available for everyone to download. This version comes with a bunch of new features, with most of them focusing on protecting users from abusive ads, deceptive billing pages, and unwanted autoplay audio. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/chrome-71-released-with-abusive-ad-filtering-and-audio-blocking/