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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/
Google Removed Over 1.7K Joker Malware Infected Apps from Play Store

Roughly 1,700 applications infected with the Joker Android malware (also known as Bread) have been detected and removed by Google's Play Protect from the Play Store since the company started tracking it in early 2017. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-removed-over-17k-joker-malware-infected-apps-from-play-store/
Ako Ransomware: Another Day, Another Infection Attacking Businesses

Like moths to a flame, new ransomware targeting businesses keep appearing every day as their enticed by the prospects of million-dollar ransom payments. An example of this is a new ransomware called Ako that is targeting the entire network rather than just individual workstations. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ako-ransomware-another-day-another-infection-attacking-businesses/
VVVVVV Source Code Released to Mark 10th Anniversary

Distractionware has released the source code for their VVVVVV platform game to mark its 10th anniversary. You can now download the game engine to make your own modifications or get a better understanding of how the game works. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/gaming/vvvvvv-source-code-released-to-mark-10th-anniversary/
US Govt Warns of Attacks on Unpatched Pulse VPN Servers

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) today alerted organizations to patch their Pulse Secure VPN servers as a defense against ongoing attacks trying to exploit a known remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-govt-warns-of-attacks-on-unpatched-pulse-vpn-servers/
Citrix ADC CVE-2019-19781 Exploits Released, Fix Now!

Numerous working exploits for the Citrix ADC (NetScaler) CVE-2019-1978 vulnerability are finally here and have been publicly posted in numerous locations. There is no patch available for this vulnerability, but Citrix has provided mitigations, which should be applied now! [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/citrix-adc-cve-2019-19781-exploits-released-fix-now/