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WPA3 Wi-Fi Standard Affected by New Dragonblood Vulnerabilities

Security researchers discovered vulnerabilities in the WPA3-Personal protocol which allow potential attackers to crack Wi-Fi network passwords and get access to the encrypted network traffic exchanged between the connected devices. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wpa3-wi-fi-standard-affected-by-new-dragonblood-vulnerabilities/
Popular Yuzo WordPress Plugin Exploited to Redirect Users to Scams

A vulnerability in the popular WordPress plugin called Yuzo Related Posts is being targeted by attackers to inject JavaScript into the pages of the site. This JavaScript will cause visitors to be redirected to sites displaying scams, including tech support scams, and sites promoting unwanted software such as browser extensions. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/popular-yuzo-wordpress-plugin-exploited-to-redirect-users-to-scams/
Hyperlink Auditing Pings Being Used to Perform DDoS Attacks

Researchers have found that the HTML feature called hyperlink auditing, or pings, is being used to perform DDoS attacks against various sites. This feature is normally used by sites to track link clicks, but is now found to be abused by attackers to send a massive amount of web requests to sites in order to take them offline. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hyperlink-auditing-pings-being-used-to-perform-ddos-attacks/
Microsoft's April 2019 Updates are Causing Windows to Freeze

Conflicts between antivirus software and the recent Microsoft April 2019 Patch Tuesday updates are causing Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2 to freeze, be unable to boot, or hang on installing updates. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsofts-april-2019-updates-are-causing-windows-to-freeze/
Hyperlink Auditing Pings Being Used to Perform DDoS Attacks

Researchers have found that the HTML feature called hyperlink auditing, or pings, is being used to perform DDoS attacks against various sites. This feature is normally used by sites to track link clicks, but is now found to be abused by attackers to send a massive amount of web requests to sites in order to take them offline. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hyperlink-auditing-pings-being-used-to-perform-ddos-attacks/
New Microsoft Edge Favorites Bar Gets Better Display Options

Microsoft is working hard to differentiate its new Chromium-based Edge browser from Google Chrome by adding new features that are specific to Windows and the needs of its users. Such is the case with new Edge options that will allow more control of how the Favorites bar is displayed. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/new-microsoft-edge-favorites-bar-gets-better-display-options/
Home Office Leaks the Emails of Hundreds of EU Citizens

The UK Home Office has sent an e-mail apology to 240 EU citizens who requested to be considered for settled status in the UK as part of the EU Settlement Scheme program after accidentally leaking their e-mail addresses because of a so-called "administrative error." [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/home-office-leaks-the-emails-of-hundreds-of-eu-citizens/
Malware Creates Cryptominer Botnet Using EternalBlue and Mimikatz

A malware campaign is actively attacking Asian targets using the EternalBlue exploit and taking advantage of Living off the Land obfuscated PowerShell-based scripts to drop Trojans and a Monero coinminer on compromised machines. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-creates-cryptominer-botnet-using-eternalblue-and-mimikatz/
Bill Introduced to Protect the Privacy Rights of Americans

On the heels of an abundance of data breach and data leak incidents, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today introduced the Privacy Bill of Rights Act, a new bill designed to protect the individual and collective privacy rights of American consumers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bill-introduced-to-protect-the-privacy-rights-of-americans/
The Week in Ransomware - April 12th 2019 - Targeting Reveton

Been a busy week with a few decryptors released, lots of variants of existing ransomware released, and a few in-developments ones discovered. The biggest news was the announcement that the UK has jailed one of the distributors of the Reveton ransomware. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-april-12th-2019-targeting-reveton/
RobbinHood Ransomware Claims It's Protecting Your Privacy

A new ransomware is in play called RobbinHood that is targeting entire networks and then encrypting all computers that they can gain access to. They then request a certain amount of bitcoins to decrypt a single computer or a larger amount to decrypt the entire network. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/robbinhood-ransomware-claims-its-protecting-your-privacy/
The Nasty List Phishing Scam is Sweeping Through Instagram

A new phishing scam called the "The Nasty List" is sweeping through Instagram and is targeting victim's login credentials. If a user falls victim, the hackers will utilize their accounts to further promote the phishing scam. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-nasty-list-phishing-scam-is-sweeping-through-instagram/