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Microsoft Teams Reaches 44M Daily Users After 12M Weekly Gain

Microsoft announced today that its Teams collaboration service experienced a huge usage spike with 12 million new daily active users being added within the last seven days, bringing the total to 44 million. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-teams-reaches-44m-daily-users-after-12m-weekly-gain/
Sodinokibi Ransomware Data Leaks Now Sold on Hacker Forums

Ransomware victims who do not pay a ransom and have their stolen files leaked are now facing a bigger nightmare as other hackers and criminals sell and distribute the released files on hacker forums. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sodinokibi-ransomware-data-leaks-now-sold-on-hacker-forums/
WHO Chief Impersonated in Phishing to Deliver HawkEye Malware

An ongoing phishing campaign delivering emails posing as official messages from the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) is actively spreading HawkEye malware payloads onto the devices of unsuspecting victims. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/who-chief-impersonated-in-phishing-to-deliver-hawkeye-malware/
Firefox Reenables Insecure TLS to Improve Access to COVID19 Info

Mozilla says that the support for the insecure TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 will be reenabled in the latest version of Firefox to maintain access to government sites with COVID19 information that haven't yet upgraded to TLS 1.2 or TLS 1.3. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/firefox-reenables-insecure-tls-to-improve-access-to-covid19-info/
FBI Warning: Phishing Emails Push Fake Govt Stimulus Checks

FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) today warned of an ongoing phishing campaign delivering spam that uses fake government economic stimulus checks as bait to steal personal information from potential victims. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-warning-phishing-emails-push-fake-govt-stimulus-checks/
YouTube and Amazon Also Lowering Video Quality in Europe

Following in the footsteps on Netflix, Amazon and YouTube have also agreed to lower the video streaming quality of their services to prevent European network infrastructure from becoming overburdened. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/youtube-and-amazon-also-lowering-video-quality-in-europe/
Extortion Emails Threaten to Infect Your Family With Coronavirus

Sextortion scammers are now also attempting to capitalize on the COVID-19 pandemic by threatening their victims to infect their family with the SARS-CoV-2 virus besides revealing all their "dirty secrets". [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/extortion-emails-threaten-to-infect-your-family-with-coronavirus/
How to Make the Windows 10 Taskbar Completely Transparent

Many users enjoy modifying their Windows 10 experience by changing user interface characteristics beyond what Microsoft intended. One popular mod is to make the Windows 10 taskbar completely transparent without any blur effects. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/how-to-make-the-windows-10-taskbar-completely-transparent/