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High severity Linux network security holes found, fixed
This nasty set of bugs can lead to an attacker gaining root access, but the patch is already available.
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SolarWinds security fiasco may have started with simple password blunders
Many things came together to crack SolarWinds, but it may all have started with that classic mistake of leaking a lousy password.
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Cell Phone Location Privacy - Crypto-Gram - Bruce Schneier
We all know that our cell phones constantly give our location away to our mobile network operators; that’s how they work. A group of researchers has figured out a way to fix that.
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India proposes social security benefits for gig workers in annual budget
India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed a handful of benefits for the startup ecosystem and to accelerate the growth of digital services in the annual budget Monday as the South Asian nation looks to revive the economy that was severely-hit amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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How to See What Data Google Has on You (and Delete It)
There are a few companies that people seem to have trust issues with. Google is one of them, and it’s no mystery that the company collects a lot of data about you. But just how much does it have? Let’s check.
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Windows 10X comes with a clever security feature
Windows 10X is part of Microsoft’s ambitious Windows Core OS project and it is projected to power the next-gen hardware. The software giant is planning to launch Windows 10X on single-screen PCs with a new Start Menu, Action Center, Taskbar, and a clever security feature later this year. One of the new features in Windows …
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Windows 10: Vulnerability allows to destroy NTFS media content | Born's Tech and Windows World
[German]There is a previously unpatched vulnerability in the implementation of the NTFS file system used by Windows 10. Via this vulnerability, it is possible for attackers to destroy the contents of an NTFS volume used under Windows 10. It is enough to place an appropriately crafted file on an NTFS volume to trigger the flaw. A security researcher has now pointed this out for the umpteenth time.
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How Parler's Data Was Harvested
Donk_enby had earlier reversed engineered part of the Parler iOS client, which had been written in Python. Using its API, a jail-broken iPad, and Ghidra, a National Security Agency (NSA) open-source reverse-engineering tool, donk_enby exploited weaknesses in Parler's design.
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Hackers leak stolen Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine data online
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) today revealed that some of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine data stolen from its servers in December was leaked online.
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GOP lawmakers dodge metal detectors added after Capitol riots, blast them as an ‘atrocity’
A group of GOP lawmakers in the House, angered by new security rules, bypassed the magnetometers or pushed past security despite setting off the alarm.
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SolarWinds: The more we learn, the worse it looks
While you've been distracted by the holidays, coronavirus, and politics, the more we learn about the SolarWinds security fiasco, the worse it looks.
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A Major Wireless Network Flaw Is Still Being Exploited To Track User Locations
In 2017, hackers and security researchers highlighted long-standing vulnerabilities in Signaling System 7 (SS7, or Common Channel Signalling System 7 in the US), a series of protocols first built in 1975 to help connect phone carriers around the...
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Cyber technology shares soar as security attacks pile up
Shares in cyber security companies climbed rapidly on Friday as investors bet that a spate of cyber attack disclosures from entities such as Microsoft Corp would boost demand for security technology. Shares in FireEye Inc, Palo Alto Networks and Crowdstrike Holdings all raced ahead after Microsoft said on Thursday that it found malicious software in its systems related to a massive hacking campaign disclosed by U.S. officials this week, adding the software giant to a growing list of attacked government agencies.
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Firefox to ship 'network partitioning' as a new anti-tracking defense
Firefox 85, to be released next month, in January 2021, will ship with a feature named Network Partitioning as a new form of anti-tracking protection.
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Hackers last year conducted a 'dry run' of SolarWinds breach
Hackers who breached federal agency networks through software made by SolarWinds appear to have conducted a test run of their broad espionage campaign last year, sources with knowledge of the operation said.
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U.S. cybersecurity agency warns of 'grave' threat from hack
The federal government’s top cybersecurity agency issued its most urgent warning yet about a sophisticated and extensive computer breach, saying Thursday that it posed a “grave risk” to networks maintained by governments, utilities and the private sector and could be difficult to purge.
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Samsung rolls out December security patches to international Galaxy S9
Samsung has been near the front of the pack when it comes to releasing monthly security updates for a while now. The December 2020 update has rolled out to several of the company's phones in the United States, and a similar schedule is now taking place with Samsung's international models.
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Privacy Tools
You are being watched. Private and state-sponsored organizations are monitoring and recording your online activities. PrivacyTools provides services, tools and knowledge to protect your privacy against global mass surveillance.
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Microsoft urges users to stop using phone-based multi-factor authentication
Microsoft recommends using app-based authenticators and security keys instead.
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FBI Says ‘Boogaloo Boys’ Bought 3D-Printed Machine Gun Parts
A criminal complaint alleges that a West Virginia man disguised the plastic components as wall hangers and sold hundreds of them online.
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