Microsoft Fixing Azure Service Failures Impacting Western Europe

Microsoft is currently mitigating and deploying a hotfix for Azure service management failures impacting customers from the West Europe region who are receiving failure notifications related to service management operations.  [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixing-azure-service-failures-impacting-western-europe/

Windows 10 Version 1809 Is Now in Broad Deployment, Available to Everyone

Microsoft announced today that they are now designating Windows 10 October 2018 Update Build 1809 to be ready for broad deployment, rather than targeted and tested deployment. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-version-1809-is-now-in-broad-deployment-available-to-everyone/

New Bill to Protect U.S. Senate Personal Devices, Accounts from Hackers

U.S. senators and their staff will receive assistance from the Senate Sergeant at Arms to protect their accounts and devices from cyber threats if a bipartisan bill introduced by Senators and Senate Intelligence Committee members Ron Wyden (D-Ore) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark) will be signed into law. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-bill-to-protect-us-senate-personal-devices-accounts-from-hackers/

New Microsoft Edge May Have Support for Internet Explorer Tabs

According to recent leaked builds of Microsoft's upcoming Chromium-based Microsoft Edge, the browser may contain both a Chromium Blink and an Internet Explorer rendering engine. This could be used to add backwards compatibility for sites that were designed for Internet Explorer. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/new-microsoft-edge-may-have-support-for-internet-explorer-tabs/

Zero-Day TP-Link SR20 Router Vulnerability Disclosed by Google Dev

TP-Link's SR20 Smart Home Router is impacted by a zero-day arbitrary code execution (ACE) vulnerability which allows potential attackers on the same network to execute arbitrary commands as disclosed on Twitter by Google security developer Matthew Garrett. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zero-day-tp-link-sr20-router-vulnerability-disclosed-by-google-dev/

IoT Attacks Escalating with a 217.5% Increase in Volume

Attacks against Internet of Things (IoT) devices and networks have been escalating throughout 2018 with 32.7 million IoT attacks having been detected during last year by SonicWall, while phishing saw a decrease in volume with most of the attacks becoming targeted. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/iot-attacks-escalating-with-a-2175-percent-increase-in-volume/

Only 10% of Tech Companies Protected From Phishing by DMARC Enforcement

Roughly 10,5% of tech companies have properly implemented the DMARC email authentication protocol to block phishing attacks that use email spoofing according to a study conducted by San Francisco-based anti-phishing company Valimail. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/only-10-percent-of-tech-companies-protected-from-phishing-by-dmarc-enforcement/

Chromium Browsers to Get SVG Support for Site Favicons

A developer has announced the intent to implement a feature in Chromium that would allow images in the SVG format to be used for a site's favicon. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/chromium-browsers-to-get-svg-support-for-site-favicons/

Toyota Security Breach Exposes Personal Info of 3.1 Million Clients

The personal information of roughly 3.1 million Toyota customers may have been leaked following a security breach of multiple Toyota and Lexus sales subsidiaries, as detailed in a breach notification issued by the car maker today. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/toyota-security-breach-exposes-personal-info-of-31-million-clients/

VMware Fixes Critical Vulnerabilities in ESXi, Workstation and Fusion

VMware released multiple updates today to address five critical severity vulnerabilities in the VMware vSphere ESXi, VMware Workstation Pro / Player, and VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion, two of which were used in their demos by Fluoroacetate during the Pwn2Own 2019 Security Contest. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vmware-fixes-critical-vulnerabilities-in-esxi-workstation-and-fusion/

Oracle Sends Warning Emails About Paid-for Critical Java 8 Update

An email being sent by Oracle sales representatives about upcoming critical security updates for Java 8 being only available to licensed users has sparked controversy due to its wording that to some feel like it is an extortion or a scare tactic. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/oracle-sends-warning-emails-about-paid-for-critical-java-8-update/

MAC Addresses Targeted by the ASUS Supply Chain Attack Now Available

Skylight Cyber released today an almost full list of MAC addresses used by the hacking group behind the Operation ShadowHammer to target ASUS customers with a backdoored version of the ASUS Live Update Utility. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mac-addresses-targeted-by-the-asus-supply-chain-attack-now-available/

Windows 10 April 2019 Update Almost Ready After Anti-Cheat Bug Fix

Microsoft is one step closer to releasing the Windows 10 April 2019 Update after game developers issue fixes for an anti-cheat bug that has been plaguing Windows 10 insider builds for some time. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-april-2019-update-almost-ready-after-anti-cheat-bug-fix/

The Week in Ransomware - March 29th 2019 - Parking for Free!

This week we saw numerous new variants of existing ransomware released, with only a few new families. The one new ransomware infection that was actively distributed this week is called UNNAM3D and was distributed through spam emails to about 30 thousand people. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-march-29th-2019-parking-for-free/

Windows 10 Build 1903 Opens Folders in Their Own Process by Default

In Windows 10 Build 1903, Microsoft has enabled the "Launch folder windows in a separate process" option by default. This causes each folder you open in File Explorer to use its own process, and if one hangs, it does not affect the rest of the open folders or the desktop. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-build-1903-opens-folders-in-their-own-process-by-default/

Ironically, Phishing Kit Hosted on Nigerian Government Site

Those who remember earlier days of the internet are familiar with the "Nigerian Prince letter," also known as the 419 scam. While that fraud typically runs from personal email accounts, another one uses an official Nigerian government website to host a phishing page for the DHL international courier service. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ironically-phishing-kit-hosted-on-nigerian-government-site/

Chrome May Soon Allow Custom Avatars for Browser Profiles

One of the top requested Google Chrome features is the ability to use custom avatars for different profiles that are configured in the browser. After almost 8 years, this bug has finally been assigned to someone on the Chromium team as a feature request to improve the browser's multi-profile experience. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/chrome-may-soon-allow-custom-avatars-for-browser-profiles/

Researchers Trick Tesla to Drive into Oncoming Traffic

Steering a Tesla car off the normal driving lane, potentially on a collision path, is possible without hacking the vehicle's advanced driver-assistance system, better known as the Enhanced Autopilot. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researchers-trick-tesla-to-drive-into-oncoming-traffic/

vxCrypter Is the First Ransomware to Delete Duplicate Files

The vxCrypter Ransomware could be the first ransomware infection that not only encrypts a victim's data, but also tidy's up their computer by deleting duplicate files. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vxcrypter-is-the-first-ransomware-to-delete-duplicate-files/

Torrent Malware Goes Down as Pirated Streaming Usage Increases

Both the number of users who downloaded malware infected pirated copies of TV show episodes to their computers and the number of such attacks dropped down during 2018 by 33% and 22% respectively as reported by Kaspersky Lab. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/torrent-malware-goes-down-as-pirated-streaming-usage-increases/

New York Albany Capital Hit by Ransomware Attack

The City of Albany, the capital of the U.S. state of New York, was hit by a ransomware attack on March 30, with city officials working over the weekend to respond to the incident. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-york-albany-capital-hit-by-ransomware-attack/