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The HotList is The Latest Instagram Phishing Scam Attack

A phishing scam called The HotList is the latest scam currently making its way through Instagram. This scam pretends to be a list of pictures ranked on how "Hot" they are, but just leads to a fake Instagram login page that is used to steal account logins and passwords. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-hotlist-is-the-latest-instagram-phishing-scam-attack/
The Week in Ransomware - April 19th 2019 - RobbinHood, Samba, and More

This week introduced a new ransomware player that is targeting companies called RobbinHood. This ransomware recently took down the City of Greenville's computer systems and offers two different ransom payments; a price per computer or one for the entire network. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-april-19th-2019-robbinhood-samba-and-more/
Mozilla Firefox to Enable Hyperlink Ping Tracking By Default

Mozilla has told BleepingComputer that they will be enabling the tracking feature called hyperlink auditing, or Pings, by default in Firefox.  There is no timeline for when this feature will be enabled, but it will be done when their implementation is complete. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-firefox-to-enable-hyperlink-ping-tracking-by-default/
New INPIVX Service May Change the Ransomware Game

A new service called Inpivx pushes ransomware business to a new evolution stage, making it easy to set up shop for those that lack the technical skills to develop the malware from scratch and build a management panel. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-inpivx-service-may-change-the-ransomware-game/
Windows 10 Start Menu Gets Its Own Process in Build 1903

Next month Microsoft will be releasing the Windows 10 May 2019 Update, also known as build 1903, and with it the Windows Start Menu will now be running under its own process called "Start". This is being done to increase performance and to make it easier to recover from hangs in the Start Menu. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-start-menu-gets-its-own-process-in-build-1903/
Google Chrome is Testing a New Extensions Menu

In order to provide better access to extensions and a less cluttered interface, Google is testing a new Google Chrome extension menu that is accessible from the toolbar. This menu will contain a drop down list of all installed extensions, which can be utilized by selecting their icon. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-chrome-is-testing-a-new-extensions-menu/
Medical Information of Almost 150K Rehab Patients Exposed

Over 4.91 million documents containing personally identifiable information (PII) of addiction rehab patients were exposed by a misconfigured ElasticSearch database publicly accessible for more than two years, from mid 2016 to late 2018. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/medical-information-of-almost-150k-rehab-patients-exposed/
Windows 7 Now Showing End of Support Warnings

Microsoft has started to display alerts in Windows 7 stating that the operating system will reach end of support on January 14, 2020. This alert links to a page that then recommends users upgrade to Windows 10. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-7-now-showing-end-of-support-warnings/
Microsoft Windows Defender ATP APIs Now Generally Available

Microsoft announced the general availability of the Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) programmatic application programming interface (API) which allows customers to create their custom apps using Microsoft Defender ATP's capabilities. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-windows-defender-atp-apis-now-generally-available/
Windows April Updates Also Have Problems with Mcafee Software

With the release of the Microsoft April 2019 Patch Tuesday updates, some Windows users began to discover that Windows 7 and 8.1 was suddenly booting slower or would freeze. It was determined that this was due to conflicts with antivirus software such as Sophos, Avast, AVG, and now McAfee. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-april-updates-also-have-problems-with-mcafee-software/