ZDNet Microsoft has suffered a rare cyber-security lapse earlier this month when the company’s IT staff accidentally left one of Bing’s backend servers exposed online. The server was discovered by Ata Hakcil, a security researcher …
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Bleeping Computer Popular search engines and browsers do a great job at finding and browsing content on the web, but can do a better job at protecting your privacy while doing so. With your data …
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WIRED If you’re drowning in website logins and constantly using Forgot My Password prompts to get into random accounts, a “Log In With Google” or “Log In With Facebook” button can look a lot like …
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ZDNet The FBI and NSA have published today a joint security alert containing details about a new strain of Linux malware that the two agencies say was developed and deployed in real-world attacks by Russia’s …
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ZDNet Mozilla has fixed a bug that can be abused to hijack all the Firefox for Android browsers on the same WiFi network and force users to access malicious sites, such as phishing pages. The …
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ZDNet The owner of controversial video-sharing app TikTok has a September 15 deadline to either sell to a US company or see the service banned from the US market, following President Donald Trump’s executive order that …
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The Register Most online attacks could be easily avoided by following basic cyber security advice, Australia’s national cyber security bureau has said – even as it warned that the impact and severity of things like …
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Bleeping Computer Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), the 10th largest school division in the US, was recently hit by ransomware according to an official statement published on Friday evening. The school district is also the largest in …
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Bleeping Computer The Development Bank of Seychelles (DBS) was hit by ransomware according to a press statement published earlier today by the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS). DBS was founded in 1977 as a joint venture …
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WIRED The Russian military intelligence hackers known as Fancy Bear or APT28 wreaked havoc on the 2016 election, breaking into the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign to publicly leak their secrets. Ever since, …
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ZDNet Microsoft said today that Chinese, Iranian, and Russian state-sponsored hackers had tried to breach email accounts belonging to people associated with the Biden and Trump election campaigns. The “majority of these attacks” were detected …
ZDNet “I have nothing to hide” was once the standard response to surveillance programs utilizing cameras, border checks, and casual questioning by law enforcement. Privacy used to be considered a concept generally respected in many …
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