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    Snapchat internal tools abused to spy on users and pillage data
    Snapchat internal tools abused to spy on users and pillage data
    Date24 May 2019
    CategoryPrivacy
    Author Posted By Brittany Day

    Snapchat has internal tools dedicated to accessing consumer data and these same tools have been subject to abuse by employees.

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    2016 election hacking in Florida: Russian emails, hidden tracks
    2016 election hacking in Florida: Russian emails, hidden tracks
    Date24 May 2019
    CategoryGovernment
    Author Posted By Brittany Day

    Since early April when Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was released, a storm of confusion and con ...

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    Tor Browser for Android 8.5 offers mobile users privacy boost
    Tor Browser for Android 8.5 offers mobile users privacy boost
    Date23 May 2019
    CategorySecurity Projects
    Author Posted By Brittany Day

    After nine months of alpha testing, a stable release of the Tor browser for Android can now be downloaded from Google’s Play store or direct from the Project’s website.

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    Huawei Linux Laptop Driver Improvements On The Way
    Huawei Linux Laptop Driver Improvements On The Way
    Date23 May 2019
    CategoryVendors/Products
    Author Posted By Brittany Day

    While Microsoft is severing its relationship with Huawei, those with Huawei laptops may find a better experience on Linux.

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    Google stored some G Suite passwords in unhashed form for 14 years
    Google stored some G Suite passwords in unhashed form for 14 years
    Date22 May 2019
    CategoryPrivacy
    Author Posted By Brittany Day

    Google revealed that it recently discovered a bug that caused a subset of its enterprise G Suite customers to have their passwords stored in an unhashed — albeit encrypted — form for about 14 y ...

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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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    Tor Browser for Android 8.5 offers mobile users privacy boost
    Tor Browser for Android 8.5 offers mobile users privacy boost
    Date23 May 2019
    CategorySecurity Projects

    After nine months of alpha testing, a stable release of the Tor browser for Android can now be downloaded from Google’s Play store or direct from the Project’s website....

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    Huawei Linux Laptop Driver Improvements On The Way
    Huawei Linux Laptop Driver Improvements On The Way
    Date23 May 2019
    CategoryVendors/Products

    ...

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    2016 election hacking in Florida: Russian emails, hidden tracks
    2016 election hacking in Florida: Russian emails, hidden tracks
    Date24 May 2019
    CategoryGovernment

    Since early April when Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was released, a storm of confusion and controversy has raged ...

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    Snapchat internal tools abused to spy on users and pillage data
    Snapchat internal tools abused to spy on users and pillage data
    Date24 May 2019
    CategoryPrivacy

    ...

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    Tor Browser for Android 8.5 offers mobile users privacy boost
    Tor Browser for Android 8.5 offers mobile users privacy boost
    Date23 May 2019
    CategorySecurity Projects

    After nine months of alpha testing, a stable release of the Tor browser for Android can now be downloaded from Google’s Play store or direct from the Project’s website....

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    Huawei Linux Laptop Driver Improvements On The Way
    Huawei Linux Laptop Driver Improvements On The Way
    Date23 May 2019
    CategoryVendors/Products

    ...

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    2016 election hacking in Florida: Russian emails, hidden tracks
    2016 election hacking in Florida: Russian emails, hidden tracks
    Date24 May 2019
    CategoryGovernment

    Since early April when Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was released, a storm of confusion and controversy has raged ...

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    Snapchat internal tools abused to spy on users and pillage data
    Snapchat internal tools abused to spy on users and pillage data
    Date24 May 2019
    CategoryPrivacy

    ...

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    SUSE: 2019:1345-1 important: java-1_7_1-ibm
    SUSE: 2019:1345-1 important: java-1_7_1-ibm
    Date24 May 2019
    CategorySuSE
    Author Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

    An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.

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    Debian: DSA-4450-1: wpa security update
    Debian: DSA-4450-1: wpa security update
    Date24 May 2019
    CategoryDebian
    Author Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

    A vulnerability was found in the WPA protocol implementation found in wpa_supplication (station) and hostapd (access point). The EAP-pwd implementation in hostapd (EAP server) and wpa_supplicant (EAP ...

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    SUSE: 2019:14063-1 important: xen
    SUSE: 2019:14063-1 important: xen
    Date24 May 2019
    CategorySuSE
    Author Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

    An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.

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    SUSE: 2019:14064-1 important: curl
    SUSE: 2019:14064-1 important: curl
    Date24 May 2019
    CategorySuSE
    Author Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

    An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

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    SciLinux: Critical: firefox on SL6.x i386/x86_64
    SciLinux: Critical: firefox on SL6.x i386/x86_64
    Date24 May 2019
    CategoryScientific Linux
    Author Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

    Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 67 and Firefox ESR 60.7 (CVE-2019-9800) * Mozilla: Cross-origin theft of images with createImageBitmap (CVE-2019-9797) * Mozilla: Type confusion with objec ...

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