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Cryptography

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Firewalls

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A New Age in Corporate Accountability for Data Breaches
New Mirai botnet lurks in the Tor network to stay under the radar

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Don’t Kill the Password. Change the Password

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Foreign spies may be hiding in your VPN, warns DHS
TRON critical security flaw could break the entire blockchain

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#BHUSA: How GDPR Can Help Attackers Steal Identities
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Privacy

Hacking forum spills rival’s 321,000 member database
GDPR privacy can be defeated using right of access requests
Farewell, Dear Password? The Future of Identity and Authorization

SELinux

How come MCS Confinement is not working in SELinux even in enforcing mode?
libselinux is a liar!!!
Stop disabling SELinux!

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Here’s what you need to know about IBM’s new open-source Data Asset Exchange for AI
Mozilla Firefox Could Soon Get a “Tor Mode” Add-on
Following Court Decision, Amazon and Microsoft Set to Compete Over Military’s Cloud Computing Contract

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Using Zero Trust and Conditional Access Policies to Reshape Cybersecurity
AI, quantum computing and 5G could make criminals more dangerous than ever, warn police
Malicious libraries in package repositories reveal a fundamental security flaw

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All Microsoft Certified Drivers from Intel, Nvidia, AMD, Others Are Vulnerable
KDE rips out ability for KConfig to run shell code
KDE Linux Desktops Could Get Hacked Without Even Opening Malicious Files

Server Security

NCSC in DNS Warning as Hijackers Focus on Home Routers
New Brute-Force Botnet Targeting Over 1.5 Million RDP Servers Worldwide
Russian Nation-State Group Employs Custom Backdoor for Microsoft Exchange Server

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IBM To Offer Cloud-Native Software on Red Hat OpenShift
10+ million Android users installed a fake Samsung update app
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