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Microsoft Finally Released Windows 10 Redstone 5 ISO Images to Insiders

Microsoft has finally released ISO images for a Windows 10 Redstone 5. If you're part of the Windows Insider program and planning to test Windows 10 Redstone 5 from scratch, this should come as a good news for you. These ISOs allow Insiders to perform a clean install of Windows 10 Redstone 5 or skip straight to this build. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-finally-released-windows-10-redstone-5-iso-images-to-insiders/
KB4346877 Update released for Windows 10 Anniversary Update (version 1607)

If you're still running Windows 10 Anniversary Update (version 1607), you should be getting a new update from Microsoft. KB4346877 is aimed at devices running Windows 10 Anniversary Update and Windows Server 2016, bumps Windows 10's build number to version 14393.2396, and brings a fix for an issue in the .NET Framework. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/kb4346877-update-released-for-windows-10-anniversary-update-version-1607/
Windows 10 Insider Build 17728 Is Now Available. Hereโ€™s Whats New!

Today Microsoft released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17728 (Redstone 5) to the Insiders on the Fast Ring. This is an important build as it gives us our real first glimpse on how Microsoft is going to integrate the Windows 10 Your Phone app with your mobile devices.  [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-insider-build-17728-is-now-available-here-s-whats-new/
Just Five File Types Make Up 85% of All Spam Malicious Attachments

Despite a lone report claiming that online piracy is the primary source of malware, spam still reigns supreme as today's main infection vector and the go-to tool of online criminals, according to a report published yesterday by Finnish cyber-security firm F-Secure. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/just-five-file-types-make-up-85-percent-of-all-spam-malicious-attachments/
Microsoft AccountGuard Service Offers Protection for Political and Election Orgs

Microsoft has launched a pilot program aimed at providing cybersecurity protection for political campaigns and election authorities. The pilot program โ€”named AccountGuardโ€” was launched at the end of July, Bleeping Computer has learned, and was set in motion for the 2018 US midterm elections. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-accountguard-service-offers-protection-for-political-and-election-orgs/
Microsoft Begins Testing of the Your Phone App in Windows 10

Microsoft had first introduced the Your Phone app at its Build developer conference in May this year as a way to integrate a user's mobile devices with their Windows 10 PCs. The Your Phone app, which will be used to synchronize data between a mobile device and Windows 10, is now gradually rolling out to the Insiders in the Fast Ring. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-begins-testing-of-the-your-phone-app-in-windows-10/
Reddit Announces Security Breach After Hackers Bypassed Staff's 2FA

Reddit announced today a security breach. The social platform says a hacker breached the accounts of several employees after bypassing two-factor authentication (2FA) and stole information such as some email addresses, logs, and a 2007 database backup containing old salted and hashed password. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/reddit-announces-security-breach-after-hackers-bypassed-staffs-2fa/
An Open Letter to Microsoft About Poor Windows 10 Update Experiences

Susan Bradley, an 18 year Microsoft MVP focused on Windows patching and patch management, has sent an open letter to Microsoft executives Satya Nadella, Carlos Picoto, and Scott Guthrie about the frustration Windows 10 users have when dealing with installing new updates. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/an-open-letter-to-microsoft-about-poor-windows-10-update-experiences/
G Suite Can Now Alert You of Government-Backed Attacks

Google announced today that administrators of G Suite accounts can now enable and configure a special alert when a government-backed cyber-espionage group is trying to hack into one of their company's user accounts. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/g-suite-can-now-alert-you-of-government-backed-attacks/
Massive Coinhive Cryptojacking Campaign Touches Over 200,000 MikroTik Routers

Security researchers have unearthed a massive cryptojacking campaign that targets MikroTik routers and changes their configuration to inject a copy of the Coinhive in-browser cryptocurrency mining script in some parts of users' web traffic. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-coinhive-cryptojacking-campaign-touches-over-200-000-mikrotik-routers/
Microsoft Launcher for Android Updated With New Features

Today, Microsoft Launcher for Android is receiving yet another update with several new features which were previously tested with the beta users. First and foremost, the new release introduces full support for Android 8.0, but at the same time, the app no longer works on devices with Android 4.0.X and 4.1. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-launcher-for-android-updated-with-new-features/