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• Firefox Add-On With 220,000+ Installs Caught Collecting Users’ Browsing History
• Former Microsoft Engineer Gets 18 Months in Prison for Role in Ransomware Scheme
• Microsoft Cortana Flaw Could Allow Browsing on Locked Systems
• VORACLE Attack Can Recover HTTP Data From VPN Connections
• Microsoft Released the Windows 7 & 8.1 KB4343901 & KB4343898 Cumulative Updates
• Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Cumulative Updates KB4343909 and KB4343897
• Microsoft August 2018 Patch Tuesday Fixes 60 Security Flaws, Including Two Zero-Days
• Google Chrome Gets Insertable Emojis. Here's How to Enable Them.
• Researchers Disclose New Foreshadow (L1TF) Vulnerabilities Affecting Intel CPUs

Firefox Add-On With 220,000+ Installs Caught Collecting Users’ Browsing History Posted: 15 Aug 2018 08:10 AM PDT A popular Firefox add-on is secretly logging users' browsing history, according to reports from the author of the uBlock Origin ad blocker and Mike Kuketz, a German privacy and security blogger. [...]

Former Microsoft Engineer Gets 18 Months in Prison for Role in Ransomware Scheme Posted: 15 Aug 2018 06:35 AM PDT On Monday, a Florida judge sentenced a former Microsoft network engineer to 18 months in prison for his role in helping launder money obtained from victims of the Reveton ransomware. [...]

Microsoft Cortana Flaw Could Allow Browsing on Locked Systems Posted: 14 Aug 2018 09:00 PM PDT Security researchers have shown that having Microsoft Cortana enabled on the Windows lock screen could be a security risk. In such a configuration, users could compromise a system or lead to or impersonate a user using credentials stored in the browser cache. [...]

VORACLE Attack Can Recover HTTP Data From VPN Connections Posted: 14 Aug 2018 04:15 PM PDT A new attack named VORACLE can recover HTTP traffic sent via encrypted VPN connections under certain conditions. [...]

Microsoft Released the Windows 7 & 8.1 KB4343901 & KB4343898 Cumulative Updates Posted: 14 Aug 2018 03:46 PM PDT In this article we will outline the cumulative updates for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2008. There are numerous fixes and security updates resolved with these updates, so it is strongly advised that everyone install them as soon as possible. [...]

Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Cumulative Updates KB4343909 and KB4343897 Posted: 14 Aug 2018 01:15 PM PDT Microsoft has started rolling out new cumulative updates for Windows 10 April 2018 Update (version 1803) and Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709). The update fixes a variety of issues in Windows 10.  [...]

Microsoft August 2018 Patch Tuesday Fixes 60 Security Flaws, Including Two Zero-Days Posted: 14 Aug 2018 01:02 PM PDT Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday security updates are out, and for August 2018, the Redmond-based OS maker has fixed 60 security flaws, including two zero-days under active attacks. [...]

Google Chrome Gets Insertable Emojis. Here's How to Enable Them. Posted: 14 Aug 2018 12:32 PM PDT For all of you emoji lovers out there, Google is adding a context menu to Chrome that allows you to open a emoji panel that can be used to insert emojis into any editable input field. [...]

Researchers Disclose New Foreshadow (L1TF) Vulnerabilities Affecting Intel CPUs Posted: 14 Aug 2018 11:28 AM PDT Academics and private sector researchers have revealed details today about three new vulnerabilities affecting Intel CPUs. [...]

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