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    Google pulls Huawei’s Android license, forcing it to use open source version
    Google pulls Huawei’s Android license, forcing it to use open source version
    Date20 May 2019
    CategoryVendors/Products
    Author Posted By Brittany Day

    Following the US crackdown on Chinese technology companies, Google has cut off Huawei’s Android license, dealing a huge blow to the besieged phonemaker. Reuters first reported the news, and The V ...

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    South Korea eyes Linux as Windows 7 end of support nears
    South Korea eyes Linux as Windows 7 end of support nears
    Date20 May 2019
    CategoryGovernment
    Author Posted By Brittany Day

    Rather than pay hefty fees to Microsoft once Windows 7 becomes unsupported, the South Korean government is looking to roll out more Linux systems.

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    Cyber Security NSW to boost state capabilities
    Cyber Security NSW to boost state capabilities
    Date20 May 2019
    CategoryGovernment
    Author Posted By Brittany Day

    The New South Wales government has launched Cyber Security NSW in a bid to consolidate and lift the cyber capability of state entities.

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    GDPR adtech complaints keep stacking up in Europe
    GDPR adtech complaints keep stacking up in Europe
    Date20 May 2019
    CategoryPrivacy
    Author Posted By Brittany Day

    It’s a year since Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force and leaky adtech is now facing privacy complaints in four more European Union markets. This ups the tally to ...

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    Linux Security Week: April 22nd, 2019
    Linux Security Week: April 22nd, 2019
    Date22 Apr 2019
    CategoryLinux Security Week
    Author Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

    Thank you for reading the LinuxSecurity.com weekly security newsletter. The purpose of this document is to provide our readers with a quick summary of each week's most relevant Linux security ...

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    Android phones transformed into anti-phishing security tokens
    Android phones transformed into anti-phishing security tokens
    Date12 Apr 2019
    CategorySecurity Projects
    Author Posted By Brittany Day

    ...

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    Round 4: Hacker returns and puts 26Mil user records for sale on the Dark Web
    Round 4: Hacker returns and puts 26Mil user records for sale on the Dark Web
    Date18 Mar 2019
    CategoryHacks/Cracks
    Author Posted By Brittany Day

    A hacker who has previously put up for sale over 840 million user records in the past month, has returned with a fourth round of hacked data that he's selling on ...

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    Cryptographic crumpling: The encryption 'middle ground' for government surveillance
    Cryptographic crumpling: The encryption 'middle ground' for government surveillance
    Date19 Mar 2018
    CategoryCryptography
    Author Posted By Alex

    ...

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    Why the Firewall is Increasingly Irrelevant
    Why the Firewall is Increasingly Irrelevant
    Date17 Jun 2015
    CategoryFirewalls
    Author Posted By Anthony Pell

    ...

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    Google pulls Huawei’s Android license, forcing it to use open source version
    Google pulls Huawei’s Android license, forcing it to use open source version
    Date20 May 2019
    CategoryVendors/Products

    Following the US crackdown on Chinese technology companies, Google has cut off Huawei’s Android license, dealing a huge blow to the besieged phonemaker. Reuters first reported the news, and The ...

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    South Korea eyes Linux as Windows 7 end of support nears
    South Korea eyes Linux as Windows 7 end of support nears
    Date20 May 2019
    CategoryGovernment

    ...

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    Cyber Security NSW to boost state capabilities
    Cyber Security NSW to boost state capabilities
    Date20 May 2019
    CategoryGovernment

    ...

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    GDPR adtech complaints keep stacking up in Europe
    GDPR adtech complaints keep stacking up in Europe
    Date20 May 2019
    CategoryPrivacy

    It’s a year since Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force and leaky adtech is now facing privacy complaints in four more European Union markets. This ups ...

    Read more
    Google pulls Huawei’s Android license, forcing it to use open source version
    Google pulls Huawei’s Android license, forcing it to use open source version
    Date20 May 2019
    CategoryVendors/Products

    Following the US crackdown on Chinese technology companies, Google has cut off Huawei’s Android license, dealing a huge blow to the besieged phonemaker. Reuters first reported the news, and The ...

    Read more
    South Korea eyes Linux as Windows 7 end of support nears
    South Korea eyes Linux as Windows 7 end of support nears
    Date20 May 2019
    CategoryGovernment

    ...

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    Cyber Security NSW to boost state capabilities
    Cyber Security NSW to boost state capabilities
    Date20 May 2019
    CategoryGovernment

    ...

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    GDPR adtech complaints keep stacking up in Europe
    GDPR adtech complaints keep stacking up in Europe
    Date20 May 2019
    CategoryPrivacy

    It’s a year since Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force and leaky adtech is now facing privacy complaints in four more European Union markets. This ups ...

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    Debian LTS: DLA-1796-1: jruby security update
    Debian LTS: DLA-1796-1: jruby security update
    Date20 May 2019
    CategoryDebian LTS
    Author Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in jruby, Java implementation of the Ruby programming language.

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    Debian LTS: DLA-1797-1: drupal7 security update
    Debian LTS: DLA-1797-1: drupal7 security update
    Date20 May 2019
    CategoryDebian LTS
    Author Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

    Several security vulnerabilities have been discovered in drupal7, a PHP web site platform. The vulnerabilities affect the embedded versions of the jQuery JavaScript library and the Typo3 Phar Stream W ...

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    SUSE: 2019:1291-1 transfig
    SUSE: 2019:1291-1 transfig
    Date20 May 2019
    CategorySuSE
    Author Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

    An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

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    SUSE: 2019:1290-1 moderate: nmap
    SUSE: 2019:1290-1 moderate: nmap
    Date20 May 2019
    CategorySuSE
    Author Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

    An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.

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    RedHat: RHSA-2019-1245:01 Moderate: Red Hat Quay 3.0.2 security and bug fix
    RedHat: RHSA-2019-1245:01 Moderate: Red Hat Quay 3.0.2 security and bug fix
    Date20 May 2019
    CategoryRed Hat
    Author Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

    An update is now available for Red Hat Quay 3. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gi ...

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