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Virtually All VPNs Are Vulnerable to Novel TunnelVision Attack

A novel attack called TunnelVision has been discovered. It compromises the security of virtually all VPN apps, rendering their purpose useless. The attack manipulates the DHCP server to divert VPN traffic to the attacker, allowing them to read, drop,...
May 13, 2024
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Tails 6.2 Improves Security, Expands Multilingual Support

Tails 6.2 is a new Linux distribution release that expa...
Apr 24, 2024
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Tails 6.0 Released with Critical Security Updates, Big Improvements

The release of Tails 6.0 brings many improvements that ...
Mar 01, 2024
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Privacy? Who Cares.

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More and more Web-enabled gadgets collect data on customers. That makes privacy advocates mad, but the resulting furor doesn't last long. During the annual Computers Freedom and Privacy 2001 conference last March, privacy activist Richard Smith held up the SportBrain exercise . . .

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The Case Against Privacy

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Scott McNealy, once vexed privacy activists by claiming that "you have zero privacy anyway -- get over it."Now the Sun Microsystems CEO is saying that "absolute privacy is a disaster waiting to happen."In an opinionated article published in The Washington . . .

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Identity Thieves Thrive in Information Age

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Rise of Online Data Brokers Makes Criminal Impersonation Easier. The identity thieves began their scam the old-fashioned way, stealing credit card statements, new bank checks and other documents from mailboxes. Using an America Online e-mail account and one of the stolen . . .

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Privacy becomes a strategic asset

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The Privacy Amendment Act was put forward at the end of last year to ensure that the personal information kept by the private sector was both secure and accessible to individuals. But with a deadline of December this year, are companies . . .

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Attorney general complains about Net anonymity

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Online anonymity makes it more difficult for law enforcement to successfully catch and prosecute Internet-based criminals, and the U.S. government needs more help from the business community to overcome the unique challenges that online crime presents, Attorney General John Ashcroft said. . . .

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