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48K Windows Hosts Vulnerable to SMBGhost CVE-2020-0796 RCE Attacks

After an Internet-wide scan, researchers at cybersecurity firm Kryptos Logic discovered roughly 48,000 Windows 10 hosts vulnerable to attacks targeting the pre-auth remote code execution CVE-2020-0796 vulnerability found in Microsoft Server Message Block 3.1.1 (SMBv3). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/48k-windows-hosts-vulnerable-to-smbghost-cve-2020-0796-rce-attacks/
Hackers Get $1.6 Million for Card Data from Breached Online Shops

Hackers have collected $1.6 million from selling more than 239,000 payment card records on the dark web. The batch was assembled from thousands of online shops running last year a tainted version of Volusion e-commerce software. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-get-16-million-for-card-data-from-breached-online-shops/
Microsoft Releases KB4551762 Security Update for SMBv3 Vulnerability

Microsoft released a Windows 10 security update to patch the pre-auth RCE vulnerability found in Microsoft Server Message Block 3.1.1 (SMBv3)​​​​​​​, two days after details regarding the flaw were leaked as part of the March 2020 Patch Tuesday. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-releases-kb4551762-security-update-for-smbv3-vulnerability/
Office 365 ATP To Block Email Domains That Fail Authentication

Microsoft is working on including a new Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) feature that would block email sender domains automatically if they fail DMARC authentication as part of an effort to make Office 365 ATP secure by default. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/office-365-atp-to-block-email-domains-that-fail-authentication/
WordPress Plugin Bug Allows Malicious Code Injection on 100K Sites

Vulnerabilities in the Popup Builder WordPress plugin could allow unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code into popups displayed on tens of thousands of websites, to steal information, and to potentially fully take over targeted sites. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wordpress-plugin-bug-allows-malicious-code-injection-on-100k-sites/
US Govt Shares Tips on Securing VPNs Used by Remote Workers

The Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity agency today shared tips on how to properly secure enterprise virtual private networks (VPNs) β€‹β€‹β€‹β€‹β€‹β€‹β€‹seeing that a lot of organizations have made working from home the default for their employees in response to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-govt-shares-tips-on-securing-vpns-used-by-remote-workers/
Ancient Tortoise BEC Scammers Launch Coronavirus-Themed Attack

A business email compromise (BEC) cybercrime group has started using coronavirus-themed scam emails that advantage of the COVID-19 global outbreak to convince potential victims to send payments to attacker-controlled accounts. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ancient-tortoise-bec-scammers-launch-coronavirus-themed-attack/
Research Finds Microsoft Edge Has Privacy-Invading Telemetry

While Microsoft Edge shares the same source code as the popular Chrome browser, it offers better privacy control for users. New research, though, indicates that it may have more privacy-invading telemetry than other browsers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/research-finds-microsoft-edge-has-privacy-invading-telemetry/
List of Free Software and Services During Coronavirus Outbreak

In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, many organizations are asking their employees to work remotely. This, though, brings new challenges to the workplace as users adapt to video meetings, screen sharing, and the use of remote collaboration tools. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/list-of-free-software-and-services-during-coronavirus-outbreak/