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Assessing Internal Network with JavaScript, Despite Same-Origin Policy

Researchers are warning about a hacking technique that enables attacks on the local network using JavaScript on a public website. Using the victim's browser as a proxy, the code can reach internal hosts and do reconnaissance activity or even compromise vulnerable services. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/assessing-internal-network-with-javascript-despite-same-origin-policy/
Microsoft Antimalware Crashing With Error 0x800106ba on Windows 7 & 8

According to multiple user reports, the Windows Defender Antivirus, Microsoft Endpoint Protection, and Microsoft Security Essentials antimalware solutions are crashing randomly with a 0x800106ba error code on computers running Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2012. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-antimalware-crashing-with-error-0x800106ba-on-windows-7-and-8/
Heeere's Clippy! He's Back, but Only for Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft just revived the heavily criticized and parodied Clippy, the default Microsoft Office assistant for 4 years β€” yes, we thought it was longer too β€” transforming it into an open source Microsoft Teams app designed to help you add various Clippy animated emotes within messages. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/heeeres-clippy-hes-back-but-only-for-microsoft-teams/
KDE Connect Kicked From Google Play, Returns Less the App It Was

Google today temporarily removed KDE Connect from Play store because it violated a newly-imposed policy for SMS and Call Logs permissions, which the companion app needs in order to offer a full-featured experience. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/mobile/kde-connect-kicked-from-google-play-returns-less-the-app-it-was/
Fake eBay Ad in Google Search Led to Tech Support Scams

A fake advertisement in the Google search results has been running for the past week that looked just like a legitimate ad for eBay. When you clicked on it, though, instead of being brought to the auction site you would be shown an incredibly annoying tech support scam that would try to lock up your browser. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-ebay-ad-in-google-search-led-to-tech-support-scams/
Google Fined $1.7 Billion for Anti-Competitive Practices in Online Advertising

Google was fined β‚¬1.494.459.000 ($1.698.064.094) or 1.29% of Google's 2018 turnover for abusing its market dominance to block rival advertising companies from displaying search ads on publisher search results pages says a European Commission statement published today. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-fined-17-billion-for-anti-competitive-practices-in-online-advertising/
1,600 Hotel Guests Secretly Live Streamed to 4,000+ Subscribers

Four individuals from South Korea were detained for secretly recording, live streaming, and selling spycam videos of 1600 motel guests between November 24 and March 2, with two of them being arrested and facing a maximum of five years in jail. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/1-600-hotel-guests-secretly-live-streamed-to-4-000-subscribers/
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18362 (19H1) Fixes Autoupdate of Apps

Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18362 (19H1) to Insiders in the Fast ring. This was released to offer a quick fix for a bug that was preventing the Microsoft Store from automatically updating installed apps. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-insider-preview-build-18362-19h1-fixes-autoupdate-of-apps/
KB4493132 Update Notifies Windows 7 Users of End of Support Date

A new Windows 7 update called KB4493132 has been released and is used to display notifications that remind users that Windows 7 will reach its end of life starting on January 14th, 2020. These notifications contain a link that goes to a Microsoft page suggesting that users upgrade to Windows 10. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/kb4493132-update-notifies-windows-7-users-of-end-of-support-date/
Lithuanian Pleads Guilty to Stealing $100 Million From Google, Facebook

A Lithuanian man pleaded guilty to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and three counts of money laundering, and faces a maximum of 30 years in jail after tricking Google and Facebook employees into wiring over $100 million into bank accounts he controlled. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lithuanian-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-100-million-from-google-facebook/