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Phishing Attack Allegedly Targeted US DNC After 2018 Midterms

According to documents added to an amended complaint filed on January 17, the Democratic National Committee says that it was allegedly targeted by a Russian intelligence-coordinated phishing attack just a few days after the 2018 midterms. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/phishing-attack-allegedly-targeted-us-dnc-after-2018-midterms/
Mozilla is Adding an Ad Blocker to Firefox Focus 9.0

Mozilla is adding an ad blocker to Firefox Focus 9.0, which is scheduled to be released next month. While some Focus users may currently see ads blocked, this is not being done intentionally, but is more of a byproduct of their tracker blocking. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-is-adding-an-ad-blocker-to-firefox-focus-90/
Ex-Employee Hacks WPML WordPress Plugin Site and Spams Users

Last night the web site for the WordPress Multilingual Plugin (WPML) WordPress plugin was hacked and users of the plugin started receiving receiving emails stating that the plugin is filled with vulnerabilities. According to WPML, this was caused by a ex-employee who left a backdoor in their site. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ex-employee-hacks-wpml-wordpress-plugin-site-and-spams-users/
Google Fined €50 Million by French Watchdog for Lack of Transparency

Google was hit with a β‚¬50 (56,8) million financial penalty in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by the French Commission Nationale de l'informatique et des LibertΓ©s (CNIL) for violating transparency and information obligations and for not obtaining user consent for processing data for ads personalization [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-fined-50-million-by-french-watchdog-for-lack-of-transparency/
Data Collected from Old Breaches Is Not a New Data Breach

Knowing what I typically write about, my phone has been dinging and ringing lately as people were concerned about the new MONSTER MEGA DATA BREACH that they read about online.  Of course they were referring to the numerous stories published this week about a giant data breach with 773 million unique email addresses in it. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/editorial/security/data-collected-from-old-breaches-is-not-a-new-data-breach/
Malware, User Privacy Failures Found in Top Free VPN Android Apps

One in five apps from the top 150 free VPN Android apps in Google's Play Store was flagged as a potential source of malware, while a quarter of them come with user privacy breaking bugs such as DNS leaks which expose user DNS queries to their ISPs [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-user-privacy-failures-found-in-top-free-vpn-android-apps/
Ransomware Attacks to Require Disclosure in North Carolina

Attorney General Josh Stein and Rep. Jason Saine announced updates designed to strengthen the state's identity theft protection legislation, targeting prevention and consumer protection boost in the face of breaches. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/ransomware-attacks-to-require-disclosure-in-north-carolina/
New Rumba STOP Ransomware Being Installed by Software Cracks

The STOP ransomware has seen very heavy distribution over the last month using adware installers disguised as cracks. This campaign continues with a new variant released over the past few days that appends the .rumba extension to the names of encrypted files. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-rumba-stop-ransomware-being-installed-by-software-cracks/
Malwarebytes Fixes Windows 7 Freeze Problem in New Update

Malwarebytes released an update today for the component package that fixes the problem with Windows 7 stations freezing. The problem manifests on systems with the Web Protection feature enabled in the security solution. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malwarebytes-fixes-windows-7-freeze-problem-in-new-update/
Apple Pay Rolls Out to Target, Taco Bell and Other Top US Retailers

Apple announced the rollout of its Apple Pay mobile contactless payment system to the Target, Taco Bell, Hy-Vee, and Jack in the Box US retailers, now covering 74 of the top 100 US merchants and approximately 65 percent of all retail locations across the country [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-pay-rolls-out-to-target-taco-bell-and-other-top-us-retailers/
Remote Code Execution Bug Patched in APT Linux Package Manager

A remote code execution bug was discovered by security contractor Max Justicz in the APT high level package manager used by Debian, Ubuntu, and other related Linux distributions. The bug has been fixed today in the latest versions of APT. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/remote-code-execution-bug-patched-in-apt-linux-package-manager/
Microsoft Announces New Windows 10 Devices, Personalized Learning Tools

Ahead of BETT UK 2019, Microsoft announced seven new education-focused Windows 10 devices, multiple updates to Teams that make it easier to personalize to better match each student's learning experience, as well as the addition of mixed reality curriculum via a partnership with VictoryVR [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-announces-new-windows-10-devices-personalized-learning-tools/
Outdated Software Exposes PC Users to Security Risks Says Report

Based on a sample size of 163 million computers, 55% of all programs installed on personal computers running Windows are outdated according to an Avast report, exposing their users to security risks because of unpatched vulnerabilities. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/outdated-software-exposes-pc-users-to-security-risks-says-report/
Online Casino Database Leaks Details of Over 100 Million Bets

An unsecured ElasticSearch database was discovered exposing the details for over 108 million bets at various online casinos. The leaked information contained numerous details including the bettor's name, address, partial credit card numbers, email addresses, and the bet amount. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/online-casino-database-leaks-details-of-over-100-million-bets/
Arizona Lawmaker Wants to Tax Porn to Fund Border Security

Arizona Representative Gail Griffin proposed the House Bill 2444 which requires a $20 porn tax to access adult content using an Internet-connected device, with the collected money to be used for funding border security and dream centers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/arizona-lawmaker-wants-to-tax-porn-to-fund-border-security/
Chrome Extension Manifest V3 May Break uBlock Origin Content Blocker

The Google Chrome development team is working on making some changes to the Chrome Extensions platform that would end the functionality of ad-blockers like uBlock Origin and uMatrix, if implemented as defined in the current draft document. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chrome-extension-manifest-v3-may-break-ublock-origin-content-blocker/