Collaborate Disseminate
A Huawei employee submitted a large, buggy patch to the Linux kernel—apparently it contained a “trivially exploitable” security hole.
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We’re told DEF CON 28 is canceled. But obviously we’re not stupid enough to fall for that old trick.
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This just gets weirder: Xiaomi was caught out by security researchers, who found its devices phoning home.
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A researcher has figured out how to get a PC’s power supply to make noises. Why’s that interesting? Because it could be used to transmit data.
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Hundreds of millions of people might have had their email addresses given to advertising and analytics companies. According to a new report, brands such as the Washington Post and Mailchimp have been quietly leaking the personal data—often for years. I… Continue reading Quibi, JetBlue, Others Leaked Millions of Emails
Governments are introducing apps to help trace contacts of newly-infected individuals. But questions remain about how they will preserve privacy.
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The Chinese Communist Party wants to remake the internet in its own image,supported by such transparent regimes as Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran.
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A pair of unpatched RCE vulnerabilities in iOS have been quietly exploited for months—possibly years.
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Bad people are feeding off our fears by using novel-coronavirus themes in their phishing campaigns.
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Another day, another Zoom infosec dumpster fire.
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