Microsoft is releasing a new app for Windows 10 called the "Windows News Bar" that will display a docked bar containing news stories from Microsoft News and acts as a stock picker for monitored stocks.
0The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned nine VoIP service providers against assisting and facilitating illegal robocalls designed to capitalize on public anxiety surrounding the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.
0This two-week edition covers a lot of new ransomware variants, including attackers utilizing Coronavirus-themes for their phishing scams and ransomware variants.
0Attackers are attempting to deliver Remcos remote access tool (RAT) payloads on the systems of small businesses via phishing emails impersonating the U.S. Small Business Administration (U.S. SBA).
0Hackers from the FIN7 cybercriminal group have been targeting various businesses with malicious USB devices acting as a keyboard when plugged into a computer. Injected commands download and execute a JavaScript backdoor associated with this actor.
0Google warns businesses against disabling their websites during the COVID-19 and, instead, recommends limiting their functionality to avoid being penalized in Google Search results.
0Until Microsoft releases a patch for two critical vulnerabilities affecting the font parsing component in all supported versions of Windows, some users can apply temporary protection in the form of a micropatch that prevents exploitation.
0Malware belonging to Russian-speaking threat actors was used in attacks in late January against at least two European companies in the pharmaceutical and manufacturing industries.
0Google says that it delivered almost 40,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware hacking attempts to its users during 2019, with a 25% drop when compared to the previous year.
0The Ryuk Ransomware operators to continue to target hospitals even as these organizations are overwhelmed during the Coronavirus pandemic.
4Microsoft developers are currently working on adding the Microsoft Search offering to the Windows 10 search boxes of Office 365 enterprise customers.
0All supported Windows 10 and Windows Server versions are affected by a new bug that could cause applications to be unable to connect to the Internet.
0A currently unpatched security vulnerability affecting iOS 13.3.1 or later prevents virtual private networks (VPNs) from encrypting all traffic and can lead to some Internet connections bypassing VPN encryption to expose users' data or leak their IP addresses.
1Cyber insurer giant Chubb is allegedly the latest ransomware victim according to the operators of the Maze Ransomware who claim to have encrypted the company in March 2020.
2Google today announced that Chrome and Chrome OS releases will be resumed on an adjusted schedule after previously pausing them due to employees having to work from home during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
0A new pay what you want deal is available for for over 100 hours of training for Cisco networking certifications, Azure certifications, and using PowerShell for administrative tasks.
0The Chinese state-sponsored group APT41 has been at the helm of a range of attacks that used recent exploits to target security flaws in Citrix, Cisco, and Zoho appliances and devices of entities from a multitude of industry sectors spanning the globe.
1The threat actors behind the WordPress WP-VCD malware have started to distribute modified versions of Coronavirus plugins that inject a backdoor into a web site.
0Google is working on providing Chrome users with an option to set the browser to always show full URLs for all websites they visit.
4Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19592 to Insiders in the Fast ring, which brings back new tablet experience for 2-in-1 convertible PCs.
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