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GitHub Moves to Guard Open Source Against Supply Chain Attacks

August 9, 2022 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 23:19:54 +0000

The popular Microsoft-owned code repository plans to roll out code signing, which will help beef up the security of open source projects.

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The US Emergency Alert System Has Dangerous Flaws

August 6, 2022 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Privacy, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Plus: A crypto-heist extravaganza, a peek at an NSO spyware dashboard, and more.

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A Slack Bug Exposed Some Users’ Hashed Passwords for 5 Years

August 6, 2022 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 22:09:22 +0000

The exposure of cryptographically scrambled passwords isn’t a worst-case scenario—but it isn’t great, either.

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An Attack on Albanian Government Suggests New Iranian Aggression

August 5, 2022 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 21:30:27 +0000

A Tehran-linked hack of a NATO member marks a significant escalation against the backdrop of US-Iran nuclear talks.

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The Microsoft Team Racing to Catch Bugs Before They Happen

August 4, 2022 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:43:50 +0000

What’s it like to be responsible for a billion people’s digital security? Just ask the company’s Morse researchers.

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A New Attack Easily Knocked Out a Potential Encryption Algorithm

August 3, 2022 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000

SIKE was a contender for post-quantum-computing encryption. It took researchers an hour and a single PC to break it.

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The January 6 Secret Service Text Scandal Turns Criminal

July 23, 2022 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Plus: The FCC cracks down on car warranty robocalls, Thai activists get targeted by NSO’s Pegasus, and the Russia-Ukraine cyberwar continues.

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The 2022 US Midterm Elections’ Top Security Issue: Death Threats

July 21, 2022 0 Comments business / national affairs, Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / National Security

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 14:52:03 +0000

While cybersecurity and foreign meddling remain priorities, domestic threats against election workers have risen to the top of the list.

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Security Wired 

Instagram Slow to Tackle Bots Targeting Iranian Women’s Groups

July 20, 2022 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 19:40:13 +0000

Despite alerting Meta months ago, feminist groups say tens of thousands of fake accounts continue to bombard them on the platform.

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Security Wired 

Amazon Handed Ring Videos to Cops Without Warrants

July 16, 2022 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks, Security / Privacy

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Plus: A wild Indian cricket scam, an elite CIA hacker is found guilty of passing secrets to WikiLeaks, and more of the week’s top security news.

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