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Tesla Model 3 Hacked on the Last Day of Pwn2Own

During the last day, Fluoroacetate's Amat Cama and Richard Zhu successfully targeted and successfully hacked their way into a Tesla Model 3's Chromium-based infotainment system as part of their automotive category demo, using "a JIT bug in the renderer to display their message." [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tesla-model-3-hacked-on-the-last-day-of-pwn2own/
ASUS Live Update Infected with Backdoor in Supply Chain Attack

A new advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign detected by Kaspersky Lab in January 2019 and estimated to have run between June and November 2018 has allegedly impacted over 57,000 users who have downloaded the ASUS Live Update Utility on their computers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/asus-live-update-infected-with-backdoor-in-supply-chain-attack/
Emsisoft has Released a Decryptor for the Hacked Ransomware

A decryptor for the Hacked Ransomware was released today by Emsisoft that allows victims to recover their files for free. This ransomware was active in 2017 and targeted English, Turkish, Spanish, and Italian users. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ransomware/decryptor/emsisoft-has-released-a-decryptor-for-the-hacked-ransomware/
Apple Introduces New Products During 'It's Show Time' Event

During the Apple Special Event held today at the Steve Jobs Theater, Cupertino, CA, Apple announced new ways through which its customers can experience news and magazines, TV shows, and games, as well as a new type of credit card. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-introduces-new-products-during-its-show-time-event/
ASUS Admits Its Live Update Utility Was Backdoored by APT Group

Asus confirmed today that its Live Update utility has been indeed infected with malicious code by an advanced persistent threat (APT) group as part of a supply chain attack which managed to compromise some of its servers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/asus-admits-its-live-update-utility-was-backdoored-by-apt-group/
UC Browser for Android, Desktop Exposes 500+ Million Users to MiTM Attacks

The extremely popular UC Browser and UC Browser Mini Android applications with a total of over 600 million installs expose their users to MiTM attacks by downloading and installing extra modules from their own servers using unprotected channels and bypassing Google Play's servers altogether. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uc-browser-for-android-desktop-exposes-500-million-users-to-mitm-attacks/
NVIDIA Patches High Severity GeForce Experience Vulnerability

NVIDIA released a security update for the NVIDIA GeForce Experience software for Windows to patch a vulnerability that could allow potential local attackers with basic user privileges to elevate privileges, trigger code execution, and perform denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nvidia-patches-high-severity-geforce-experience-vulnerability/
U.S. Federal Reserve System Exposed to Increased Risk of Unauthorized Access

Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) systems are exposed to an increased risk of unauthorized access because of security weaknesses found in the U.S. Treasury Department's computing systems according to a management report issued by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-federal-reserve-system-exposed-to-increased-risk-of-unauthorized-access/
Microsoft's Application Guard Extension Protects Chrome and Firefox Users

Microsoft has released a browser extension called Application Guard that protect Chrome and Firefox enterprise users from untrusted sites by opening them in a sandboxed Edge environment that cannot interact with the rest of the computer.  [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsofts-application-guard-extension-protects-chrome-and-firefox-users/
20% of Industrial Control Systems Affected by Critical Vulnerabilities

Over half of the 415 vulnerabilities found in industrial control systems (ICS) were assigned CVSS v.3.0 base scores over 7 which are designated to security issues of high or critical risk levels, with 20% of vulnerable ICS devices being impacted by critical security issues. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/20-percent-of-industrial-control-systems-affected-by-critical-vulnerabilities/
Microsoft Retaliates Against APT35 Hacker Group by Seizing 99 Domains

Court documents unsealed today show how Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit was able to block some of the cyber attacks conducted by an Iranian-backed advanced persistence threat (APT) group by taking over domains used as part of their core operations. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-retaliates-against-apt35-hacker-group-by-seizing-99-domains/
Mozila Releases Firefox 66.0.2 with Fixes for Windows 10, Office 365 Issues

Mozilla has officially released Firefox 66.0.2 for the Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms with fixes for compatibility issues affecting Office 365, iCloud and IBM WebMail users, as well as to fix tab crashes impacting Windows 10 1809 users. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mozila-releases-firefox-6602-with-fixes-for-windows-10-office-365-issues/
Microsoft Defender ATP Adds Tamper Protection

Microsoft announced the addition of a "Tamper protection" feature to the Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) designed to block changes to key security features, as well as to prevent disabling the antimalware solution and to delete security updates. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-defender-atp-adds-tamper-protection/
Office Depot Pays $25 Million To Settle Deceptive Tech Support Lawsuit

Office Depot and Support.com, Inc, a tech support software provided from California, agreed to pay $25 million and $10 million respectively for allegedly tricking their customers into paying for millions of US dollars worth of computer repair services using fake malware scans. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/office-depot-pays-25-million-to-settle-deceptive-tech-support-lawsuit/