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Sodinokibi Ransomware Spreads via Fake Forums on Hacked Sites

A distributor for the Sodinokibi Ransomware is hacking into WordPress sites and injecting JavaScript that displays a fake Q & A forum post over the content of the original site. This fake post contains an "answer" from the site's "admin" that contains a link to the ransomware installer. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sodinokibi-ransomware-spreads-via-fake-forums-on-hacked-sites/
Back to School? Be Careful of Malware Hiding As Textbooks

Searching for textbooks and essays in electronic form on the Internet exposes students to a wide range of malicious attacks as Kaspersky Lab researchers found after analyzing data gathered over the past academic year. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/back-to-school-be-careful-of-malware-hiding-as-textbooks/
Data of 90K Mastercard Priceless Specials Members Shared Online

A database containing sensitive information of about 90,000 German Mastercard "Priceless Specials" loyalty program members shared online following a breach discovered on August 20 was added to data breach site Have I Been Pwned on September 1. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/data-of-90k-mastercard-priceless-specials-members-shared-online/
Fake BleachBit Website Built to Distribute AZORult Info Stealer

Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the popularity of the BleachBit disk cleaning tool to spread Azorult information stealer. For this purpose, they created a static web page that purports to be the official website for the utility. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-bleachbit-website-built-to-distribute-azorult-info-stealer/
Zerodium Makes Android Zero Days More Expensive Than iOS

Exploit broker Zerodium has updated the payouts for eligible zero-day Android and iOS exploits, with rewards for Android 0days having surpassed the ones for iOS for the first time since 2015 when the company was founded. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zerodium-makes-android-zero-days-more-expensive-than-ios/
Microsoft Uses Deep Learning For Malicious PowerShell Detection

Microsoft bets on deep learning to enhance the Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) malicious PowerShell detection feature using a new technique originally developed for natural language processing (NLP). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-uses-deep-learning-for-malicious-powershell-detection/
Firefox 69 Released with Enhanced Tracking Protection and Flash Disabled

Mozilla has officially released Firefox 69 for Windows, Mac, and Linux.  This version comes with enhanced tracking protection enabled by default, Flash disabled by default, ability to block autoplay videos without sound, and numerous performance and UI improvements. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/firefox-69-released-with-enhanced-tracking-protection-and-flash-disabled/
Hackers Get $1.9M in Bug Bounties at Live Hacking Sessions

More than 1,000 security bug bounty reports were submitted during a three-day live hacking event in Las Vegas. The total payout for the participating hackers was almost $2 million. Three organizations paid the money, one of them covering more than half of the total. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-get-19m-in-bug-bounties-at-live-hacking-sessions/