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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/
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/
U.S. Airlines Cancel, Delay Flights Because of Aerodata Outage

Multiple U.S. airlines including United, Delta, Jetblue, and Southwest experienced system-wide computing outages because of a third-party contractor leading to numerous flight cancellations and delays throughout the day. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/us-airlines-cancel-delay-flights-because-of-aerodata-outage/
Google Fixes Two Critical Android Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Two critical remote code execution and nine high severity elevation of privileges and information disclosure vulnerabilities were fixed by Google in the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) as part of security patch level 2019-04-01. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-fixes-two-critical-android-code-execution-vulnerabilities/
Chromium-Based Microsoft Edge Added to Windows 10 Sandbox

With Windows enthusiasts awaiting the public release of the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser, Microsoft reportedly made it available in an unlikely place. According to reports, some users of Windows 10 Insider build 18865 have found that Microsoft is testing the Edge Insider build withing the Windows Sandbox feature. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/chromium-based-microsoft-edge-added-to-windows-10-sandbox/
Mozilla Aims to Reduce Web Site Notification Spam in Firefox

Mozilla is performing a study on how to reduce the increasing usage of displaying web site browser subscription prompts that users find annoying and are abused to send browser notification spam appearing on a user's desktop. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mozilla-aims-to-reduce-web-site-notification-spam-in-firefox/
Chromium Microsoft Edge Can Play 4K Netflix Video, Unlike Chrome

To give Google more cause for concern, the new Microsoft Edge is the first Chromium browser to support both the WideVine and PlayReady DRM technologies. By including Microsoft's PlayReady DRM, the Chromium-based Edge will be able to to play Netflix videos at both 1080p HD and 4K UHD resolutions. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/chromium-microsoft-edge-can-play-4k-netflix-video-unlike-chrome/
Cryptojacking Still a Foreign Concept for Many Security Pros

For over 57% of the 150 cybersecurity professionals surveyed by Exabeam the concept of cryptojacking is not something they are acquainted with, while roughly 65% said that they are also unfamiliar with shadow mining. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cryptojacking-still-a-foreign-concept-for-many-security-pros/