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Microsoft Exposes 250M Customer Support Records on Leaky Servers

Microsoft disclosed a security breach caused by a misconfigured internal customer support database that led to the accidental exposure of roughly 250 million customer support and service records, some of them containing personally identifiable information. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-exposes-250m-customer-support-records-on-leaky-servers/
Microsoft to Force Bing Search in Chrome for Office 365 ProPlus Users

Microsoft is planning to start installing a new Chrome extension for some Office 365 ProPlus customers that will make Bing the default search engine in Google Chrome "to access relevant workplace information directly from the browser address bar." [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-to-force-bing-search-in-chrome-for-office-365-proplus-users/
Citrix Releases Scanner to Detect Hacked Citrix ADC Appliances

Citrix released a free scanner for detecting compromised Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC), Citrix Gateway, and Citrix SD-WAN WANOP appliances by digging for indicators of compromise (IoC) collected in incident response engagements related to CVE-2019-19781 exploitation. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/citrix-releases-scanner-to-detect-hacked-citrix-adc-appliances/
Thousands of WordPress Sites Hacked to Fuel Scam Campaign

Over 2,000 Wordpress sites have been hacked to fuel a campaign to redirect visitors to scam sites containing unwanted browser notification subscriptions, fake surveys, giveaways, and fake Adobe Flash downloads. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/thousands-of-wordpress-sites-hacked-to-fuel-scam-campaign/
Buchbinder Car Renter Exposes Info of Over 3 Million Customers

German car rental company Buchbinder exposed the personal information of over 3.1 million customers including federal ministry employees, diplomats, and celebrities, all of it stored within a ten terabytes MSSQL backup database left unsecured on the Internet. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/buchbinder-car-renter-exposes-info-of-over-3-million-customers/
Sonos Backtracks: Legacy Devices Will Get Updates After May

In an email being sent to customers, Sonos has stated that they have heard everyone's concerns and while older devices will not get new features, they will continue to receive software updates with security and bug fixes after May 2020. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/sonos-backtracks-legacy-devices-will-get-updates-after-may/
U.S. Govt Agency Hit with New CARROTBALL Malware Dropper

A new malware called CARROTBALL, used as a second-stage payload in targeted attacks, was distributed in phishing email attachments delivered to a U.S. government agency and non-US foreign nationals professionally affiliated with current activities in North Korea. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-govt-agency-hit-with-new-carrotball-malware-dropper/
City of Potsdam Servers Offline Following Cyberattack

The City of Potsdam severed the administration servers' Internet connection following an attack that took place earlier this week. Emergency services including the city's fire department fully operational and payments are not affected. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/city-of-potsdam-servers-offline-following-cyberattack/