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US Commerce Dept Shares Tips On Securing Virtual Meetings

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today shared a number of measures that should be taken by remote workers to prevent eavesdropping and protect their privacy during virtual meetings while working from home during the current COVID-19 pandemic. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-commerce-dept-shares-tips-on-securing-virtual-meetings/
Microsoft Scales Back Office 365 Features to Handle High Loads

Microsoft is currently scaling down select non-essential Office 365 capabilities in response to the incoming growth in demand and the influx of new Microsoft 365 users caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-scales-back-office-365-features-to-handle-high-loads/
Google Prioritizes Security Updates After Halting Chrome Releases

Google has announced today that the release of future Chrome and Chrome OS versions is temporarily paused because of adjusted work schedules caused by employees having to work from home due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-prioritizes-security-updates-after-halting-chrome-releases/
Hackers Hide Malware C2 Communication By Faking News Site Traffic

A cyber-espionage group active since at least 2012 used a legitimate tool to shield their backdoor from analysis attempts to avoid detection. In their effort, the hackers also used a fake host header named after a known news site. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-hide-malware-c2-communication-by-faking-news-site-traffic/
Most Ransomware Gets Executed Three Days After Initial Breach

Ransomware gets deployed three days after an organization's network gets infiltrated in the vast majority of attacks, with post-compromise deployment taking as long as 299 days in some of the dozens of attacks researchers at cybersecurity firm FireEye examined between 2017 and 2019. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/most-ransomware-gets-executed-three-days-after-initial-breach/
Food Delivery Service in Germany Under DDoS Attack

Cybercriminals found in the context of a public health crisis that caused unprecedented restrictions affecting the restaurant industry a perfect opportunity to launch an attack on the systems of Takeaway food delivery service in Germany. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/food-delivery-service-in-germany-under-ddos-attack/
Critical RCE Bug in Windows 7 and Server 2008 Gets Micropatch

A micropatch fixing a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) is now available through the 0patch platform for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 users not enrolled in Microsoft's Extended Security Updates (ESU) service. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-rce-bug-in-windows-7-and-server-2008-gets-micropatch/