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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/
Adobe Fixes Zero-Day Flash Player Vulnerability Used in APT Attack on Russia

Adobe has released an update for Flash Player that fixes a zero-day user after free vulnerability that was used as part of an APT attack against Russia. This attack is being named "Operation Poison Needle" and targeted the Russian FSBI "Polyclinic #2" medical clinic. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/adobe-fixes-zero-day-flash-player-vulnerability-used-in-apt-attack-on-russia/
SNDBOX - an AI Powered Malware Analysis Site is Launched

Today at Blackhat Europe, a new malware analysis service was unveiled called SNDBOX that utilizes artificial intelligence and a hardened virtual environment to perform static and dynamic analysis of malware samples. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sndbox-an-ai-powered-malware-analysis-site-is-launched/
Unprotected MongoDB Exposes Scraped Profile Data of 66 Million

Information belonging to more than 66 million individuals was discovered in an unprotected database, within anyone's reach, if they knew where to look on the web. The records look like scraped data from LinkedIn profiles. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/unprotected-mongodb-exposes-scraped-profile-data-of-66-million/
Microsoft is Rebuilding Edge Browser using Chromium for Windows & macOS

Microsoft has officially confirmed that they are going to be gutting Edge and converting it into a Chromium based browser. While the engine will change, Microsoft has stated that they will continue utilizing the Microsoft Edge name and will now bring the browser to all supported Windows platforms. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-is-rebuilding-edge-browser-using-chromium-for-windows-and-macos/
Botnet of 20,000 WordPress Sites Infecting Other WordPress Sites

A botnet consisting of over 20,000 WordPress sites is being used to attack and infect other WordPress sites. Once compromised, these new sites are added to the botnet so that they too can be used to perform commands for the attackers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/botnet-of-20-000-wordpress-sites-infecting-other-wordpress-sites/