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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/
Instagram Testing Anti-Squatting Feature that Locks Old Usernames

Instagram is currently testing a new feature designed to automatically lock usernames for 14 days after the owners switch to a new handle, as discovered by mobile researcher Jane Manchun Wong in an Alpha version of the platform's Android app. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/instagram-testing-anti-squatting-feature-that-locks-old-usernames/
Fake CDC Emails Warning of Flu Pandemic Push Ransomware

A new malspam campaign is being conducted that is pretending to be from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about a new Flu pandemic. Attached to the emails are a malicious attachment that when opened will install the GandCrab v5.2 Ransomware on the target's computer. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-cdc-emails-warning-of-flu-pandemic-push-ransomware/
Microsoft Defender ATP Brings Enterprise Protection to Macs

Microsoft announced that the Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) enterprise platform is now available for macOS as part of a limited preview starting today and rebranded as Microsoft Defender ATP to reflect its new cross-platform support. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-defender-atp-brings-enterprise-protection-to-macs/
Facebook Employees Could Access Unencrypted Passwords for Millions of Users

As part of a seemingly never-ending stream of security blunders, Facebook disclosed today that the passwords of hundreds of millions of Facebook and Instagram users were stored in plain text for years on internal data storage systems. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/facebook-employees-could-access-unencrypted-passwords-for-millions-of-users/