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Nvidia CES Game Ready Driver Adds a Maximum Frame Rate Setting

At CES 2020, Nvidia has released GeForce Game Ready Driver 441.87 and with it comes a few new features, including one that allows you to set a maximum frame rate that will be used by 3D games and applications. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/hardware/nvidia-ces-game-ready-driver-adds-a-maximum-frame-rate-setting/
InfoTrax Gets Slap on The Wrist After Being Breached 20+ Times

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized a settlement with a Utah-based tech company that got hacked and had the personal info of over a million clients stolen following a series of more than 20 undetected network intrusions. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/infotrax-gets-slap-on-the-wrist-after-being-breached-20-times/
Fake Windows 10 Desktop Used in New Police Browser Lock Scam

Scammers have taken an old browser scam and invigorated it using a clever and new tactic that takes advantage of your web browser's full-screen mode to show a fake Windows 10 desktop stating your computer is locked. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-windows-10-desktop-used-in-new-police-browser-lock-scam/
MP Says Austria Unprepared After Cyberattack on Foreign Ministry

The Austrian State Department' IT systems were under a 'serious attack' suspected to be carried out by a state-backed threat group according to a joint statement from the Foreign Ministry (BMEIA) and the Ministry of the Interior (BMI). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mp-says-austria-unprepared-after-cyberattack-on-foreign-ministry/
Microsoft Phishing Scam Exploits Iran Cyberattack Scare

An attacker is attempting to take advantage of the recent warnings about possible Iranian cyberattacks by using it as a theme for a phishing attack that tries to collect Microsoft login credentials. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-phishing-scam-exploits-iran-cyberattack-scare/
Microsoft Releases January 2020 Office Updates With Crash Fixes

Microsoft released the January 2020 non-security Microsoft Office updates that come with crash and memory leak fixes, as well as performance and stability improvements for Windows Installer (MSI) editions of Office 2016. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-releases-january-2020-office-updates-with-crash-fixes/
Tails 4.2 Fixes Numerous Security Flaws, Improves Direct Upgrades

The Tails Project released a new version of the security-focused Tails Linux distribution and advises users to upgrade as soon as possible to fix multiple security vulnerabilities impacting the previous Tails 4.1.1 version. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/linux/tails-42-fixes-numerous-security-flaws-improves-direct-upgrades/
SNAKE Ransomware Is the Next Threat Targeting Business Networks

Since network administrators didn't already have enough on their plate, they now have to worry about a new ransomware called SNAKE that is targeting their networks and aiming to encrypt all of the devices connected to it [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/snake-ransomware-is-the-next-threat-targeting-business-networks/
TikTok Flaws Allowed Hackers to Delete Videos, Steal User Info

Security researchers found several vulnerabilities within TikTok's infrastructure that made it possible for potential attackers to hijack accounts to manipulate users' videos and steal their personal information. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tiktok-flaws-allowed-hackers-to-delete-videos-steal-user-info/
Attackers Are Scanning for Vulnerable Citrix Servers, Secure Now

Security researchers have observed ongoing scans for Citrix Application Delivery Controller (NetScaler ADC) and Citrix Gateway (NetScaler Gateway) servers vulnerable to attacks exploiting CVE-2019-19781 during the last week. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/attackers-are-scanning-for-vulnerable-citrix-servers-secure-now/
Mozilla Firefox 72.0.1 Patches Actively Exploited Zero-Day

Mozilla released Firefox 72.0.1 and Firefox ESR 68.4.1 to patch a critical and actively exploited severity vulnerability that could potentially allow attackers to execute code or trigger crashes on machines running vulnerable Firefox versions. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mozilla-firefox-7201-patches-actively-exploited-zero-day/
Windows 10 Insider Build 19541 Warns If Apps Are Using Your Location

Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19541 to Insiders in the Fast ring, which now allows you to list the architecture of processes listed in Task Manager and Windows will now notify you when an application is using location services. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-insider-build-19541-warns-if-apps-are-using-your-location/
TrickBot Gang Created a Custom Post-Exploitation Framework

Instead of relying on premade and well-known toolkits, the threat actors behind the TrickBot trojan decided to develop a private post-exploitation toolkit called PowerTrick to spread malware laterally throughout a network. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/trickbot-gang-created-a-custom-post-exploitation-framework/
Sodinokibi Ransomware Says Travelex Will Pay, One Way or Another

The attackers behind the Sodinokibi Ransomware are applying pressure on Travelex to pay a multi-million dollar ransom by stating they will release or sell stolen data that allegedly contains customer's personal information. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sodinokibi-ransomware-says-travelex-will-pay-one-way-or-another/
Windows 10 Feature Updates Stop Including Drivers Needing Approval

Microsoft says that drivers requiring approval will no longer be released during and around Windows 10 feature update rollouts and Patch Tuesdays (Monthly Quality and Security updates issued on the second Tuesday of each month). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-feature-updates-stop-including-drivers-needing-approval/
KDE Plasma Welcomes Windows 7 Refugees to the Linux Side

The KDE Community wants Windows 7 users to migrate to the Plasma desktop environment after Microsoft's 10-year-old OS will reach end of support next week and stops receiving security and bug fixes. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/linux/kde-plasma-welcomes-windows-7-refugees-to-the-linux-side/