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5 cloud security basics and best practices
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Cryptography

Why Adding Client-Side Scanning Breaks End-To-End Encryption
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US Department of Justice push for encryption backdoors might run afoul of First Amendment

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60 percent of enterprise codebases contain open-source vulnerabilities
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Firewalls

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Technology and Policymakers
Report: The Government and Tech Need to Cooperate on AI
Mozilla Urges Facebook and Google to Pause Political Ads

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Hackers Can Silently Control Your Google Home, Alexa, Siri With Laser Light
NordVPN Breached
AWS Left Reeling After Eight-Hour DDoS

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Don’t Kill the Password. Change the Password

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Memcached DDoS: This 'kill switch' can stop attacks dead in their tracks

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What is Wireguard? Secure, simple VPN still in development
VPNs' Future: Less Reliant on Users, More Transparent, And Smarter

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Intel, Mozilla, Red Hat, and Fastly partner to make WebAssembly a cross-platform runtime
We’ve got to regulate the application of AI — not the tech itself
BBC News Goes Dark with Censor-Busting Tor Site

Privacy

Virtual(ly) Private Network: NordVPN’s Breach and the Limitations of VPNs
India is going ahead with its facial recognition program despite privacy concerns
DNS-over-HTTPS will eventually roll out in all major browsers, despite ISP opposition

SELinux

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

Security Projects

GitHub launches 'Security Lab' to help secure open source ecosystem
Google launches leaked-password checker, will bake it into Chrome in December
IBM will soon launch a 53-qubit quantum computer

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5 Disruptive Trends Transforming Cybersecurity
What does an open source AI future look like?
Social engineering explained: How criminals exploit human behavior

Security Vulnerabilities

Canonical Outs Major Linux Kernel Security Updates for All Supported Ubuntu OSes
Linux vs. Zombieland v2: The security battle continues
Ring Doorbells Had Security Bug That Exposed Wi-Fi Passwords To Hackers

Server Security

Thousands of servers infected with new Lilocked (Lilu) ransomware
Do VPNs Have a Place in Container Security?
NCSC in DNS Warning as Hijackers Focus on Home Routers

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Brave 1.0 launches, extends ad-watching payouts to iOS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Debuts With Added Developer Tools, Security & Automation
Microsoft: Defender ATP is coming to Linux in 2020

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