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Microsoft Released the February 2019 Non-Security Office Updates

Microsoft released the February Non-Security Microsoft Office updates containing improvements and fixes for MSI-based editions of Office 2010, Office 2013, and Office 2016. These updates do not apply to the Click-to-Run versions of the apps, such as Microsoft Office 365 Home. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-released-the-february-2019-non-security-office-updates/
Cryptojacking Overtakes Ransomware, Malware-as-a-Service on the Rise

Cryptominers infected roughly ten times more organizations during 2018 than ransomware did, however only one in five security professionals knew that their company's systems have been impacted by a malware attack as reported by Check Point Research. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cryptojacking-overtakes-ransomware-malware-as-a-service-on-the-rise/
Power Company Has Security Breach Due to Downloaded Game

South African energy supplier Eskom Group has been hit with a double security breach consisting of an unsecured database containing customer information and a corporate computer infected with the Azorult information-stealing Trojan. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/power-company-has-security-breach-due-to-downloaded-game/
30% of Automotive Companies Lacking a Dedicated Cybersecurity Team

30% of companies from the automotive industry do not have their own cybersecurity program or team, nor use the services of an external organization to secure the software used in their products even though today's cars are mobile computers on wheels that use software every second of the day, [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/30-percent-of-automotive-companies-lacking-a-dedicated-cybersecurity-team/
Mozilla's Site Isolation Coming to Firefox, First Milestone in February

Mozilla's Project Fission team is working on implementing a site isolation Firefox security feature similar to the one implemented by Google in version 67 of its Chrome web browser to mitigate speculative side-channel attacks launched by malicious websites. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mozillas-site-isolation-coming-to-firefox-first-milestone-in-february/
Researcher Declines to Share Zero-Day macOS Keychain Exploit with Apple

Security researcher Linus Henze demoed a zero-day macOS exploit impacting the Keychain password management system which can store passwords for applications, servers, and websites, as well as sensitive information related to banking accounts. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researcher-declines-to-share-zero-day-macos-keychain-exploit-with-apple/
59K Data Breaches Reported, 91 Fines Imposed Since GDPR Enactment

More than 59,000 data breach notifications have been reported to Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) across Europe by both public and privately-owned organizations since EU's GDPR was passed on May 25, 2018. Google's €50 million fine from January. was the largest ever imposed. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/59k-data-breaches-reported-91-fines-imposed-since-gdpr-enactment/
New Docs Show Pricing for Windows 7 Extended Security Updates

Microsoft has stated that Windows 7 support will end in January 2020 and customers are recommended to upgrade to Windows 10 for monthly security updates. For those who wish to continue using Windows 7 beyond January 2020, you can either risk using the OS without updatess or pay Microsoft to get support for another three years. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/new-docs-show-pricing-for-windows-7-extended-security-updates/
Netography to Make Network Security Autonomous, Funded by Andreessen Horowitz

Netography, a self-governing network security platform designed to function as an enterprise security crow's nest received $2.6 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz as part of its seed round. Netography implements an autonomous network security and telemetry tools that stop security threats which usually go unnoticed. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/netography-to-make-network-security-autonomous-funded-by-andreessen-horowitz/
Microsoft Provides Mitigations, Workarounds for PrivExchange Vulnerability

Microsoft released a security advisory with mitigation measures and workarounds for an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft Exchange 2013 and newer which was made public by security researcher Dirk-jan Mollema, together with a proof-of-concept tool named PrivExchange. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-provides-mitigations-workarounds-for-privexchange-vulnerability/
Wells Fargo Hit By Nationwide Outage, ATMs and Online Banking Down

Wells Fargo customers from all over the U.S. have been reporting that multiple services offered by the multinational financial services company's banking branch, with credit cards, ATMs, and the online banking system reportedly being down. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/wells-fargo-hit-by-nationwide-outage-atms-and-online-banking-down/
TWOSENSE.AI Awarded $2.42M Behavioral Biometrics Security Contract by DoD

New York AI startup TWOSENSE.AI was awarded a $2.42M contract by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) under which it will have to implement an uninterrupted multifactor authentication using deep neural networks which will eventually replace DoD's physical ID chip cards (CAC), with its continuous behavioral biometric authentication. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/twosenseai-awarded-242m-behavioral-biometrics-security-contract-by-dod/
Like Microsoft Edge, Chrome is Getting Tab Hover Card Images

Recently Google added a new experimental feature that displays a small info card when you hover over a tab in Chrome. Similar to Microsoft Edge's tab hover card implementation, Chrome 74 will show a preview image of the associated web site when you hover over its tab. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/like-microsoft-edge-chrome-is-getting-tab-hover-card-images/