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• Emotet Botnet Is Back, Servers Active Across the World
  Command and control (C2) servers for the Emotet botnet appear to have resumed activity and deliver binaries once more. This comes after being inert since the beginning of June.
  Source: BleepingComputerPublished on 2019-08-23
• Wait a minute, we’re supposed to haggle! ISPs secretly want folk to barter for broadband
  11?!! This cost me 12! Do you want to ruin me?! Just like the market stall owner in the The Life of Brian, it turns out internet service providers want customers to haggle with them to cut better deals.…
  Source: The RegisterPublished on 2019-08-23
• ‘Privacy policy change’ hoax infects Instagram; it confirms it’s crud
  Multiple celebs fell for this one. Don't believe them - it's as much as a hoax as it's always been.
  Source: Naked SecurityPublished on 2019-08-23
• Asruex Trojan exploits old Office, Adobe bugs to backdoor your system
  The malware’s selection of old vulnerabilities highlights a patching issue worldwide.
  Source: ZDNet | security RSSPublished on 2019-08-23
• US regulators push back against White House plan to police social media censorship
  New powers? No thanks The Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission have pushed back against US President Trump's proposal to put them in charge of policing social media firms he claims are biased against right-wingers.…
  Source: The RegisterPublished on 2019-08-23
• Bumper Cisco patches fix four new ‘critical’ vulnerabilities
  Cisco just issued some urgent patching homework in the form of 31 security fixes, 4 of them for flaws rated ‘critical’.
  Source: Naked SecurityPublished on 2019-08-23
• Google Chrome to Warn If Logins Are Found in a Data Breach
  Google is adding a built-in data breach notification service to the Chrome browser that will alert users when they are logging into sites with credentials that have been exposed by breaches.
  Source: BleepingComputerPublished on 2019-08-23
• Data stolen from Hy-Vee customers offered for sale on Joker’s Stash Dark Web forum
  A card dump of 5.3 million accounts may be tied to the recent security breach.
  Source: ZDNet | security RSSPublished on 2019-08-23
• Got a burning desire for a Hololens 2.0? Microsoft insists its math coprocessor won’t be too hot for headgear
  Ow, ow, my forehead is on fire Hot Chips Now your humble Reg vulture is back from the Hot Chips conference in Silicon Valley, it seems right to briefly run this Microsoft development by you all.…
  Source: The RegisterPublished on 2019-08-23
• 80 suspects arrested in massive business email scam takedown
  Police say the mainly-Nigerian network was responsible for the attempted theft of $46 million.
  Source: ZDNet | security RSSPublished on 2019-08-23