Bleeping Computer Plex has patched and mitigated three vulnerabilities affecting Plex Media Server for Windows that could enable attackers to take full control of the underlying system when chained together. Plex Media Server is a desktop …
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Bleeping Computer VideoLan has released VLC Media Player 3.0.11, and it is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. In addition to bug fixes and improvements, this release also fixes a security vulnerability that could …
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WIRED The Internet Research Agency is infamous for flooding mainstream social media platforms with compelling disinformation campaigns. The GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, deploys strategic data leaks and destabilizing cyberattacks. But in the recent history …
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Cybersecurity Insiders What would we do without Bluetooth these days? Our earbuds and headphones would have to use annoying wires. We would have one less way to transfer files between your laptop and your phone. …
The New York Times Zoom, the video-chat app that leapt to fame during the coronavirus outbreak, briefly blocked the account of a Chinese human-rights leader who used the platform to organize a commemoration of the …
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The Hacker News You might not believe it, but it’s possible to spy on secret conversations happening in a room from a nearby remote location just by observing a light bulb hanging in there—visible from …
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It is time to update WordPress to version 5.4.2 released on June 10th, 2020. Five security issues are fixed in the new version together with twenty-two bug and regression fixes. The security issues affect WordPress …
Cybersecurity Insiders A class-action lawsuit was filed in San Jose, California against internet juggernaut Google for foxing users through Incognito mode. The lawsuit defines clearly that the web search giant was fooling its users by …
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Naked Security We don’t know whether lockdown has anything to do with it, but how time flies! We couldn’t believe it either – it’s four weeks since Firefox’s last regular security update. If you want …
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Naked Security Amtrak, the national rail service for the US, has suffered a data breach that may have exposed some customers’ logins and other personally identifiable information (PII), the service has disclosed. Full article
Nitrokey The introduction today of passwordless authentication support in Nextcloud Hub is a big step forward for organizations that want to reduce or even eliminate the use of passwords. In addition to Windows Hello, Nextcloud …
Electronic Frontier Foundation The inaptly named Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship (EO) is a mess on many levels: it’s likely unconstitutional on several grounds, built on false premises, and bad policy to boot. We …