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WordPress-Related Vulnerabilities Tripled in 2018

WordPress-related vulnerabilities have seen a 300% increase in 2018 compared to the previous year, a recent study has found. Most of the bugs were in the plugins that extend the functionality of WordPress websites. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wordpress-related-vulnerabilities-tripled-in-2018/
Google Rolls Out Activity Cards to Help You Find Past Searches

Google is currently rolling out an activity cards feature teased in a September blog post and allowing users to see search results found in the past while searching for similar terms. Released for mobile web and Google app users. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-rolls-out-activity-cards-to-help-you-find-past-searches/
Hyatt Launches Public Bug Bounty Program on HackerOne

Today Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced the release of their public bug bounty program on Hacker One. Using this program, researchers can be rewarded for reporting vulnerabilities on three Hyatt web sites and their mobile applications for Android and iOS. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hyatt-launches-public-bug-bounty-program-on-hackerone/
Google Chrome Ad Blocker Expands Worldwide Starting July 9th

With the release of Chrome 71 last December, Google started to filter ads in North America and Europe on sites that repeatedly displayed abusive advertisements.  Today, Google has announced that they will be expanding their ad filter to the rest of the world starting on July 9th 2019. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-chrome-ad-blocker-expands-worldwide-starting-july-9th/
Reddit Users Locked Out of Their Accounts for Unusual Activity

Accounts of some Reddit users have been locked down due to irregular behavior that could suggest unauthorized access. The Reddit security team plans on allowing a password reset on affected accounts in a few hours' time. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/reddit-users-locked-out-of-their-accounts-for-unusual-activity/
Unprotected MongoDB Exposes Over 200 Millions Resumes

A huge MongoDB database containing over 200 million records with resumes from job seekers in China stayed accessible without authentication for at least one week to anyone able to locate it. The size of the cache weighed 854GB. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/unprotected-mongodb-exposes-over-200-millions-resumes/
Firefox 65 to Show Certificates Used in Man-in-the-Middle SSL Attacks

In Firefox 61, Mozilla added a new error message called "MOZILLA_PKIX_ERROR_MITM_DETECTED" that warns a user that a program is attempting to perform a man-in-the-middle SSL attack. In Firefox 65, Mozilla has revised the accompanying info to explain that software, such as an antivirus program, could be the cause of this error. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/firefox-65-to-show-certificates-used-in-man-in-the-middle-ssl-attacks/
Criminals Grabbed at Least 4,3 Percent of All Monero Coins on the Market

Crooks earned roughly 57 million USD in a 4 year. period s by taking advantage of other people's hardware to mine for Monero and by using large botnets as a tool towards quick illegal monetary gains of more than $1 million per month [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/criminals-grabbed-at-least-4-3-percent-of-all-monero-coins-on-the-market/