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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/
Logitech Unifying Receivers Vulnerable to Key Injection Attacks

Four new vulnerabilities were found to affect all Logitech's Unifying USB receivers that allow users to connect up to six different compatible Logitech wireless presentation remotes, mice, and keyboards to the same computer via a 2.4 GHz radio connection. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/logitech-unifying-receivers-vulnerable-to-key-injection-attacks/
Windows 10 20H1 Build 18932 ISOs Released

Microsoft recently released Windows 10 20H1 Preview Build 18932 to Insiders with improvements for Your Phone app, Notifications settings, and new features for Eye Control. Today, Microsoft has published the Windows 10 20H1 Build 18932 ISO files. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-20h1-build-18932-isos-released/
Mozilla Blocks DarkMatter From Becoming a Trusted CA in Firefox

Mozilla has decided to block DarkMatter from becoming a trusted root certificate authority in Firefox due to concerns that their certificates could be used for malicious purposes. In a double blow, Mozilla has also decided to revoke trust in intermediary certificates used by DarkMatter. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mozilla-blocks-darkmatter-from-becoming-a-trusted-ca-in-firefox/
Malwarebytes is Now Enforcing Lifetime Licenses to One PC

With the release of Malwarebytes 3.8, a new license system is being used that enforces the 1 PC per Lifetime license restriction. This has caused a wave of complaints by users who are now finding that their license is not working on multiple machines. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malwarebytes-is-now-enforcing-lifetime-licenses-to-one-pc/
Microsoft is Shutting Down their Classic Internet Games Service

It has been a good run, but Microsoft has finally decided to shutdown the services  powering their classic multiplayer Microsoft Internet Games. After almost 20 years, Windows users will no longer be able to fire up Internet Spades, Backgammon, or Checkers and get quick game with someone on the other side of the world. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-is-shutting-down-their-classic-internet-games-service/
New eCh0raix Ransomware Brute-Forces QNAP NAS Devices

A new ransomware strain written in Go and dubbed eCh0raix by the Anomali Threat Research Team is being used in the wild to infect and encrypt documents on consumer and enterprise QNAP Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices used for backups and file storage. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-ech0raix-ransomware-brute-forces-qnap-nas-devices/
Microsoft Azure AD FIDO2 Passwordless Sign-In in Public Preview

Microsoft announced public preview support for FIDO2 security keys support in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to provide users with passwordless authentication capabilities, eliminating passwords out of the logging in process. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-azure-ad-fido2-passwordless-sign-in-in-public-preview/