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Microsoft Discovers Iranian Hacking Campaign Targeting U.S. Politics

Microsoft says that a state-sponsored Iranian cyber-espionage group tracked as Phosphorus by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) attempted to get account info on over 2,700 of its customers, attack 241 of them, and compromised four accounts between August and September. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-discovers-iranian-hacking-campaign-targeting-us-politics/
UAB Medicine Data Breach Exposes Patient Info in Phishing Attack

UAB Medical is the victim of a phishing attack that targeted the medical center's payroll department. This allowed the attackers to gain access to numerous employee emails that contained the health information for 19,557 patients. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uab-medicine-data-breach-exposes-patient-info-in-phishing-attack/
Dutch Govt Explains the Risks Behind DNS-Over-HTTPS Move

The Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) explains how DNS-monitoring will get more difficult as modern encrypted DNS transport protocols are getting more popular in a fact sheet published this week. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dutch-govt-explains-the-risks-behind-dns-over-https-move/
Windows 10 KB4524147 Update May Cause Boot and Printing Issues

Windows 10 1903 users have started reporting boot, printing, and Start Menu issues after installing the KB4524147 cumulative update that go away once the update is uninstalled. Microsoft has not acknowledged any of these issues as of yet, but the amount of reports indicate that there is something going on with this update. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-kb4524147-update-may-cause-boot-and-printing-issues/
HildaCrypt Ransomware Developer Releases Decryption Keys

The developer behind the HildaCrypt Ransomware has decided to release the ransomware's private decryption keys. With these keys a decryptor can be made that would allow any potential victims to recover their files for free. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hildacrypt-ransomware-developer-releases-decryption-keys/
Some Windows 10 Users Can't Use Firefox for Downloads

Mozilla says in an update to the Firefox 69.0.2 changelog that downloading files from the Internet may not work for Windows 10 users who have the Parental Controls feature toggled on and are part of a family group. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/some-windows-10-users-cant-use-firefox-for-downloads/
1 Million People Had Their Medical Data Exposed in TΕ« Ora Breach

Primary health organization (PHO) TΕ« Ora Compass Health from New Zealand disclosed a security breach that led to the exposure of medical and personally identifiable information (PII) of roughly 1 million people. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/1-million-people-had-their-medical-data-exposed-in-t-ora-breach/
Windows 10 1803 Users Warned to Update Before End of Support

Microsoft has started to display a warning to users running Windows 10 1803, otherwise known as the April 2018 Update, that states the version is nearing end of support and that they should update to the latest version of Windows. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-1803-users-warned-to-update-before-end-of-support/