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Over 90 Million Records Leaked by Chinese Public Security Department

A publicly accessible and unsecured ElasticSearch server owned by the Jiangsu Provincial Public Security Department of the Chinese province Jiangsu leaked two databases containing over 90 million people and business records. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-90-million-records-leaked-by-chinese-public-security-department/
Marriott Faces $123 Million GDPR Fine for 2018 Data Breach

The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) intends to fine Marriott International Inc Β£99,200,396 ($123,705,869 / €110,385,736) for infringing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) according to a press release published today. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/marriott-faces-123-million-gdpr-fine-for-2018-data-breach/
Mozilla Firefox 68 Released With Security and Extension Enhancements

Mozilla has officially released Firefox 68 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and iOS.  This version comes with tracking protection changes, extension changes, better dark mode support, security improvements, enterprise enhancements, and better developer support. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-firefox-68-released-with-security-and-extension-enhancements/
Trickbot Trojan Gets IcedID Proxy Module to Steal Banking Info

Trickbot trojan continues to evolve as its operators started to deploy a custom proxy module to their victims. The new component is derived from BokBot's code for web injection attacks and works with popular web browsers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/trickbot-trojan-gets-icedid-proxy-module-to-steal-banking-info/
Rig Exploit Kit Pushing Eris Ransomware in Drive-by Downloads

The RIG exploit kit has been spotted distributing the new ERIS Ransomware as its payload. Using the RIG exploit kit, vulnerable victims will find that the ransomware is installed on their computer without their knowledge simply by visiting a web site. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rig-exploit-kit-pushing-eris-ransomware-in-drive-by-downloads/
Microsoft Releases July 2019 Office Updates With Security Fixes

Microsoft released the July 2019 Office Updates today that bundle 20 security updates and 5 cumulative updates. Seeing that some of the Microsoft Office security updates issued today also resolve critical vulnerabilities, it is strongly advised to install them as soon as possible. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-releases-july-2019-office-updates-with-security-fixes/
Microsoft's July 2019 Patch Tuesday Fixes 2 Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

Today is Microsoft's July 2019 Patch Tuesday, which means that everyone should be especially nice to your Windows administrators today. Included in this month's updates are fixes for give publicly disclosed vulnerabilities, but not exploited, and two zero-day vulnerabilities that were actively exploited in the wild. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsofts-july-2019-patch-tuesday-fixes-2-zero-day-vulnerabilities/