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Google Chrome Starts Testing Third-Party Cookie Blocking

With yesterday's release of Firefox 69, Mozilla has started blocking third-party tracking cookies by default as part of their Enhanced Tracking Protection feature. Not to be outdone by Firefox, Google has also started to test a new feature that will block third-party tracking cookies within Google Chrome. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-chrome-starts-testing-third-party-cookie-blocking/
Hackers Ask for $5.3 Million Ransom, Turn Down $400k, Get Nothing

Hackers infecting the computer systems of the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, with ransomware wouldn't settle for anything less that than $5.3 million to decrypt the data. The ransom was too high and they got a big fat nothing in return. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-ask-for-53-million-ransom-turn-down-400k-get-nothing/
Ransomware Adopts DoppelPaymer Name Given by Researchers

Whether it be malware devs contacting us about our stories or commenting in our forums, we all know that the ransomware developers monitor researchers and technology sites for information about their programs. Nothing shows this better, than a ransomware that recently decided to adopt the name given to it by researchers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-adopts-doppelpaymer-name-given-by-researchers/
WordPress 5.2.3 Released with Security and Bug Fixes

WordPress 5.2.3 has been released and includes fixes for six vulnerabilities and 29 bugs or enhancements. As WordPress is a common target for threat actors looking to host their malicious campaigns, it is important that all WordPress users upgrade to the latest release as soon as possible.  [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wordpress-523-released-with-security-and-bug-fixes/
Buggy GPS Trackers Expose Childrens’ Real-Time Location

Several vulnerabilities impacting twenty-nine models of GPS trackers designed to monitor the location of children, pets, and valuable possessions expose real-time location data as Avast Threat Labs researchers found. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/buggy-gps-trackers-expose-childrens-real-time-location/
Students Rejoice: School District Closed by Ransomware Attack

The summer school holiday has not ended for students in Flagstaff, Arizona, as a ransomware attack hitting the School District computers forces the decision to cancel classes for today. The schedule for tomorrow is uncertain. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/students-rejoice-school-district-closed-by-ransomware-attack/
Critical Exim TLS Flaw Lets Attackers Remotely Execute Commands as Root

The Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) software is impacted by a critical severity vulnerability present in all versions up to and including 4.92.1, and allowing remote attackers to execute programs with root privileges on all servers that accept TLS connections. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-exim-tls-flaw-lets-attackers-remotely-execute-commands-as-root/
GootKit Malware Bypasses Windows Defender by Setting Path Exclusions

As Windows Defender matures and becomes tightly integrated into Windows 10, malware writers are creating techniques to evade its detection. Such is the case with the GootKit banking Trojan, which use a UAC bypass and WMIC commands to exclude the malware executable from being scanned by Windows Defender Antivirus. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/gootkit-malware-bypasses-windows-defender-by-setting-path-exclusions/
Lilocked Ransomware Actively Targeting Servers and Web Sites

A relatively new ransomware  named Lilocked by researchers and Lilu by the developers is actively targeting servers and encrypting the data located on them. All of the known infected servers are web sites, which is causing the encrypted files to show up in Google search results. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lilocked-ransomware-actively-targeting-servers-and-web-sites/
Over $37 Million Lost by Toyota Boshoku Subsidiary in BEC Scam

Toyota Boshoku Corporation, a car components manufacturer member of the Toyota Group, announced today that one of its European subsidiaries lost more than $37 million following a business email compromise (BEC) attack. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-37-million-lost-by-toyota-boshoku-subsidiary-in-bec-scam/
Public BlueKeep Exploit Module Released by MetaSploit

A public exploit module for the BlueKeep Windows vulnerability has been added today to the open-source Metasploit penetration testing framework, developed by Rapid7 in collaboration with the open-source community. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/public-bluekeep-exploit-module-released-by-metasploit/