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Chrome 71 Released With Abusive Ad Filtering and Audio Blocking

Google has release Chrome 71 to the Stable desktop channel, which means it is now available for everyone to download. This version comes with a bunch of new features, with most of them focusing on protecting users from abusive ads, deceptive billing pages, and unwanted autoplay audio. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/chrome-71-released-with-abusive-ad-filtering-and-audio-blocking/
Adobe Fixes Zero-Day Flash Player Vulnerability Used in APT Attack on Russia

Adobe has released an update for Flash Player that fixes a zero-day user after free vulnerability that was used as part of an APT attack against Russia. This attack is being named "Operation Poison Needle" and targeted the Russian FSBI "Polyclinic #2" medical clinic. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/adobe-fixes-zero-day-flash-player-vulnerability-used-in-apt-attack-on-russia/
SNDBOX - an AI Powered Malware Analysis Site is Launched

Today at Blackhat Europe, a new malware analysis service was unveiled called SNDBOX that utilizes artificial intelligence and a hardened virtual environment to perform static and dynamic analysis of malware samples. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sndbox-an-ai-powered-malware-analysis-site-is-launched/
Unprotected MongoDB Exposes Scraped Profile Data of 66 Million

Information belonging to more than 66 million individuals was discovered in an unprotected database, within anyone's reach, if they knew where to look on the web. The records look like scraped data from LinkedIn profiles. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/unprotected-mongodb-exposes-scraped-profile-data-of-66-million/
Microsoft is Rebuilding Edge Browser using Chromium for Windows & macOS

Microsoft has officially confirmed that they are going to be gutting Edge and converting it into a Chromium based browser. While the engine will change, Microsoft has stated that they will continue utilizing the Microsoft Edge name and will now bring the browser to all supported Windows platforms. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-is-rebuilding-edge-browser-using-chromium-for-windows-and-macos/
Botnet of 20,000 WordPress Sites Infecting Other WordPress Sites

A botnet consisting of over 20,000 WordPress sites is being used to attack and infect other WordPress sites. Once compromised, these new sites are added to the botnet so that they too can be used to perform commands for the attackers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/botnet-of-20-000-wordpress-sites-infecting-other-wordpress-sites/
DNA Testing Kits & The Security Risks in Digitized DNA

The addition of digitized DNA provides hackers with another target to exploit and opens up a new and challenging frontier for cybersecurity professionals. There are significant implications involved in digitizing DNA.
"The cyber-physical nature of biotechnology raises unprecedented security concerns," coauthors Jean Peccoud, Jenna... [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dna-testing-kits-and-the-security-risks-in-digitized-dna/
Windows 10 Testing New Conversational Date Format in File Explorer

Microsoft is testing a new feature in the Windows 10 19H1 Insider builds (Build 1903) that changes how dates are displayed in File Explorer to a more "conversational format" such as "minutes ago", "yesterday", "hours ago", etc. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-testing-new-conversational-date-format-in-file-explorer/
The Week in Ransomware - December 7th 2018 - WeChat Ransomware, Scammers, & More

This was a pretty interesting week in ransomware. First we had a Chinese ransomware that infected 100,000 victims and then we had research showing how a ransomware decryption service was just paying the ransom and tacking on a large fee. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-december-7th-2018-wechat-ransomware-scammers-and-more/