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Microsoft Edge now blocks abusive notifications to reduce web spam

Websites increasingly ask to send notifications about their new contents and notifications are also abused for advertisements or web scams. To address this webspam mess, Microsoft Edge 84 introduces a new notification request experience called quiet notification requests. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-edge-now-blocks-abusive-notifications-to-reduce-web-spam/
Microsoft's PowerToys 0.20 adds a built-in Windows 10 Color Picker

The next version of the Windows 10 PowerToys coming at the end of this month will introduce a new toy called 'Color Picker Tool' that lets you click on any portion of the screen and retrieve the location's hexadecimal or RGB color code. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsofts-powertoys-020-adds-a-built-in-windows-10-color-picker/
Source code from dozens of companies leaked online

Source code from exposed repositories of dozens of companies across various fields of activity (tech, finance, retail, food, eCommerce, manufacturing) is publicly available as a result of misconfigurations in their infrastructure. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/source-code-from-dozens-of-companies-leaked-online/
UK and US warn QNAP owners to upgrade firmware to block malware

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) today issued an alert about the risks of infection faced by QNAP NAS devices if QSnatch malware attacks restart. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-and-us-warn-qnap-owners-to-upgrade-firmware-to-block-malware/
Garmin confirms ransomware attack, services coming back online

In a statement, Garmin has finally confirmed that they were the victim of a ransomware attack as they slowly bring their Garmin Connect, Strava, and navigation services back online. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/garmin-confirms-ransomware-attack-services-coming-back-online/
Office 365 adds new features to help identify malicious spam

Microsoft is planning to provide more info on spam emails detected as malicious by the Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) filtering stack and allow organizations to export their list of the top targeted users by phishing attacks. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/office-365-adds-new-features-to-help-identify-malicious-spam/
Industrial VPN vulnerabilities put critical infrastructure at risk

Security researchers analyzing popular remote access solutions used for industrial control systems (ICS) found multiple vulnerabilities that could let unauthenticated attackers execute arbitrary code and breach the environment. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/industrial-vpn-vulnerabilities-put-critical-infrastructure-at-risk/