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MuddyWater Hacking Group Upgrades Arsenal to Avoid Detection

The MuddyWater threat group has been updating its tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to include a number of new anti-detection techniques designed to provide remote access to compromised systems while evading detection as part of a new campaign dubbed BlackWater. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/muddywater-hacking-group-upgrades-arsenal-to-avoid-detection/
Microsoft Defender ATP Adds Live Response for SecOps

Microsoft announced the addition of live response capabilities to its Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Microsoft Defender ATP) enabling security operation teams to perform system forensic analysis remotely. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-defender-atp-adds-live-response-for-secops/
BlueKeep Remote Desktop Exploits Are Coming, Patch Now!

Security researchers have created exploits for the remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft's Remote Desktop Services, tracked as CVE-2019-0708 and dubbed BlueKeep, and hackers may not be far behind. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bluekeep-remote-desktop-exploits-are-coming-patch-now/
194 of The Top 1000 Docker Containers Don’t Have Root Passwords

Cisco Talos' discovery that the Alpine Linux distribution Docker image came with a blank root password (CVE-2019-5021) led to the discovery that 194 of the top 1000 most popular Docker containers also have no root passwords. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/194-of-the-top-1000-docker-containers-don-t-have-root-passwords/
Firefox 67 Released With Cryptominer Blocking, Performance Boost

Mozilla has officially released Firefox 67 to the Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android release channels.  This version comes with cryptominer and fingerprinter blocking, WebRender, changes to Private Browsing, increased ARM64 support, and improved performance. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/firefox-67-released-with-cryptominer-blocking-performance-boost/
Contractor Faces Jail for Using Govt Servers for CryptoMining

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested a 33-year-old government IT contractor from the Upper North Shore Killara suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, for running a shadow mining scheme using the government's computing systems. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/contractor-faces-jail-for-using-govt-servers-for-cryptomining/
Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Version 1903 - May 2019 Update

Microsoft has officially started to roll out Windows 10 version 1903, called the May 2019 Update, to everyone. Originally released to Insiders for testing on April 8th, Microsoft has now made it available to everyone. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-releases-windows-10-version-1903-may-2019-update/
New Cumulative Updates for Windows 10 1809 and 1803 Released

Microsoft is rolling out new cumulative updates for Windows 10 October 2018 Update and April 2018 Update as it prepares to push May 2019 Update to more users. The focus of the latest cumulative update is on adding an option that would allow users to download and install the May 2019 Update. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/new-cumulative-updates-for-windows-10-1809-and-1803-released/
JSWorm 2.0 Ransomware Decryptor Gets Your Files Back For Free

A decryptor for the JSWorm 2.0 Ransomware has been released by Emsisoft this week that allows victims to decrypt their files for free. If you become infected with JSWorm 2.0, do not pay the ransom and instead follow the instructions below. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/jsworm-20-ransomware-decryptor-gets-your-files-back-for-free/
Tor Browser 8.5 for Android Released On The Google Play Store

The stable version of Tor Browser for Android 8.5 has been released today on Google's Play Store, with built-in anti-tracking, fingerprinting blocking, and multi-layered encryption capabilities for censorship-circumvention. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tor-browser-85-for-android-released-on-the-google-play-store/
Volume of Signed Malware Increases, CAs Need Better Vetting

Digitally signed threats with a valid certificate are no longer the mark of a nation-state, sophisticated attacker. The number of malware samples signed with a valid certificate found on VirusTotal is in the thousands. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/volume-of-signed-malware-increases-cas-need-better-vetting/