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security advisory vulnerability GNOME is officially shortening its standard vulnerability disclosure window from 90 days to 30 days, a change that impacts upstream maintainers, downstream Linux distributions, and system administrators in how they handle software vulnerabilities. The policy shift, announced by long-time security coordinator Michael Catanzaro , addresses modern software patching realities and a growing influx of automated submissions. . Because GNOME is the default desktop environment on several major Linux...
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security advisory moderate For organizations that run a self-hosted Git platform, it’s no longer just about hosting static code repositories. Today, Git servers are responsible for deployment pipelines, API tokens, SSH keys, package repositories, and the automation scripts that push code directly. Confirm that the upgrade addresses known vulnerabilities but also provides production environments. . That makes them trusted systems within the development environment and attractive targets for attackers looking to move...
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data privacy automation Every system admin has lived through the same Monday morning ritual. A queue of forty tickets, half of them password resets, permission errors, or disk space warnings that any experienced technician could resolve in under two minutes. The other half require actual judgment. For years, automation promised that software would eventually sort the two apart on its own. That promise is now being tested in production Linux environments. . Early results are reshaping how IT teams think about tier-1...
Jul 17, 2026
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data collection automation You're running a web scraping project to collect pricing data from e-commerce sites. You set up a pool of datacenter proxies, launch your scripts, and within minutes — banned . CAPTCHAs everywhere. Your data pipeline stops before it really begins. . It's a frustrating scenario that plays out daily in ad verification, market research, and multi-account management. The website doesn't know you're doing legitimate research or monitoring. It just sees traffic coming from IP ranges it recognizes as...
Jul 17, 2026
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security advisory social engineering Business Email Compromise used to be a numbers game — mass-blasted emails, broken English, an obvious "URGENT WIRE TRANSFER" subject line. That era is over. Generative AI has turned BEC into a tailored, low-noise operation that mimics writing style, voice, and even video presence. This piece looks at what's actually changed under the hood, what defenders are testing in response, and why so many organizations are still structurally unprepared for it. . The Infrastructure Problem Nobody Wants to...
Jul 17, 2026
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online threatscybersecurity risksaccount breachNonprofit Animal Shelter Faces Potential Facebook Security Breach
As the founder and director of a nonprofit animal shelter on the East Coast, Alana has spent most of the past decade caring for pets that might otherwise be euthanized. Her work also resonates with people online—the Facebook page for the shelter has more than 1.3 million followers. . But in August, she noticed something strange: A series of unfamiliar posts began appearing on the page, and no one at the shelter could say where they were coming from. For several days, Alana and her staff simply deleted them. It didn’t initially occur to Alana that her account may have been breached. The link for this article located at Wired is no longer available. . Strange messages flooded the Twitter account of a charity organization, suggesting a possible security compromise that could threaten safety.. Nonprofit Security, Social Media Vulnerabilities, Online Threats. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 04, 2018
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security advisorydata leakaccount breachQuora Hack: 100 Million Accounts Exposed Details Impacting User Privacy
It’s not a site that I use often, but I woke up this morning to discover that overnight I had received two emails from Quora.. Turns out that over the years I have created two accounts on the Quora question & answer website, which means that I received two email notifications from them that they had been hacked. The link for this article located at Graham Cluley is no longer available. . Turns out that over the years I have created two accounts on the Quora question & answer website, wh. often, morning, discover, overnight. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 04, 2018
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security threatsthreat reportattack trendsUnderstanding Attack Trends Against Privileged Accounts in 2023
We all like to write and talk about flashy zero-day vulnerabilities. However, a new threat report cautions enterprises not to flatter themselves, because the majority of criminals are not using valuable zero-days exploits to penetrate corporate networks: they. . A recent analysis indicates that the majority of breaches take advantage of high-level permissions rather than undisclosed software flaws.. Privileged Accounts, Attack Vectors, Account Breach. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 21, 2014
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cyber threatsphishingemployee securityDocuments Linked To Law Enforcement Stolen In Microsoft Phishing Attack
Documents linked with law enforcement inquiries appear to have been stolen in recent phishing attacks on certain employee email accounts, Microsoft said.. The technology giant said earlier this month that a small number of Microsoft employee social media and email accounts had been impacted in a phishing attack. The accounts were reset and no customer information was compromised, Microsoft said. The link for this article located at Network World is no longer available. . Sensitive files pertinent to the police were reportedly compromised following phishing schemes targeting email accounts of Microsoft personnel.. Microsoft Security, Phishing Risks, Cyber Threat Management. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 27, 2014
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security advisoryunauthorized accesssecurity incidentDrupal.org User Data Breach Investigation: Unauthorized Access Revealed
The Drupal.org security team says it has discovered unauthorised access to Drupal.org and groups.drupal.org account information which has exposed user names, country, and email addresses along with hashed passwords. . No credit card information was stored on the servers, but the investigation is ongoing and the team says it "may learn about other types of information compromised". The link for this article located at H Security is no longer available. . No credit card information was stored on the servers, but the investigation is ongoing and the team . drupal, security, unauthorised, groups. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 30, 2013
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data protectionsecurity best practicescybersecurity tips60 Minutes to Secure Your Digital Identity Against Hacks
How's this for a digital nightmare? Your Twitter account hijacked; racist and homophobic tweets posted in your name. Your Apple account breached; data wiped from your iPhone, iPad and Mac laptop. Your Gmail password reset by hackers and your Google account deleted. . That's what happened to Wired journalist Mat Honan recently. And while news coverage of his "epic hack" may be easing, you can bet there's an army of would-be imitators who, as you read this, are trying to duplicate that attack.. Prevent online disasters such as data leaks. Discover methods to bolster your digital security in merely an hour.. Online Safety, Digital Identity Protection, Cybersecurity Strategies. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 23, 2012
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security riskhacker attacksecurity awareness600,000 Daily Hack Attempts on Facebook Accounts Raise Security Concerns
Hackers are breaking into hundreds of thousands of Facebook accounts every day, the social network has admitted. Out of more than a billion logins to the website every 24 hours, 600,000 are impostors attempting to access users. The figure is the first time that Facebook has revealed how it is bombarded by hackers on a daily basis. The link for this article located at The Telegraph is no longer available. . Twitter reveals cybercriminals try to infiltrate accounts over 500,000 occasions each day, heightening safety concerns for its members.. Facebook Account Security, Hacker Breaches, User Security Awareness. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 01, 2011
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security issuecyber threathacker groupUSA Today Twitter Account Breach: Script Kiddies Cyber Attack
USA Today's Twitter account was hacked, apparently by the same group that breached the Twitter accounts of NBC and Fox News. . The newspaper acknowledged the hack late Sunday, and the group that claimed credit for it, "The Script Kiddies" did so on USA Today's Twitter account, said Sophos Security on its Naked Security blog. "The Script Kiddies" are an off-shoot of the hacker group known as Anonymous. "Fortunately, USA Today was able to regain control of the account (with some assistance from Twitter) before any serious harm could be caused," wrote Graham Cluley, Sophos' senior technology consultant. "The newspaper tweeted an apology to its followers." The link for this article located at MSNBC is no longer available. . A prominent news outlet's social media account was breached by a faction that took responsibility for the incident. Promptly, they reclaimed access, preventing significant fallout.. Twitter Attack, Cyber Threat, Social Media Security. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 27, 2011
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