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Republicans push to pair border security with Ukraine aid
Republicans push to pair border security with Ukraine aid – CBS News Watch CBS News The clock is ticking for…
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Microsoft releases 98 security fixes, including 11 critical vulnerabilities and one for an actively exploited privilege escalation zero-day flaw in Windows ALPC (Jai Vijayan/Dark Reading)
Jai Vijayan / Dark Reading: Microsoft releases 98 security fixes, including 11 critical vulnerabilities and one for an actively exploited…
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Three years after ending mainstream support for Windows 7, Microsoft ends premium extended security support for the OS and support for Windows 8.1 (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Three years after ending mainstream support for Windows 7, Microsoft ends premium extended security support for…
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Up until late December 2022 hackers were using a flaw on Experian’s site to get people’s entire credit reports using only their name, SSN, address, and birthday (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)
A quick recap of Zoho Assist in 2022 — For those of us at Zoho Assist, 2022 was a game…
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Cybersecurity company Rapid7 hires Peiter "Mudge" Zatko, the former Twitter security chief and whistleblower, to advise consulting clients (Joseph Menn/Washington Post)
Joseph Menn / Washington Post: Cybersecurity company Rapid7 hires Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, the former Twitter security chief and whistleblower, to…
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Leaked screener copies of big movies tend to surface at year's end, but didn't in 2022, probably due to more security, streaming, and shorter release windows (Ernesto Van der Sar/TorrentFreak)
Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: Leaked screener copies of big movies tend to surface at year’s end, but didn’t…
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Accounting software maker Sage threatens to turn off UK customers' long-term licenses, citing security issues to push them to buy costly monthly subscriptions (Ian Johnston/Financial Times)
Ian Johnston / Financial Times: Accounting software maker Sage threatens to turn off UK customers’ long-term licenses, citing security issues…
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After a hacker demanded $200K to delete data on 400M Twitter accounts, Ireland's DPC plans to examine "that security issue"; Twitter has not yet commented (Chris Vallance/BBC)
Chris Vallance / BBC: After a hacker demanded $200K to delete data on 400M Twitter accounts, Ireland’s DPC plans to…
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The US House bans TikTok on all House-managed devices, citing a "high risk due to a number of security issues", following similar bans for US government devices (Moira Warburton/Reuters)
Moira Warburton / Reuters: The US House bans TikTok on all House-managed devices, citing a “high risk due to a…
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A look at Tel Aviv-based Toka, which helps clients in government and intelligence agencies hack security cameras and alter live feeds and past recordings (Omer Benjakob/Haaretz)
Omer Benjakob / Haaretz: A look at Tel Aviv-based Toka, which helps clients in government and intelligence agencies hack security…
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