Security, Spoken

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The UK Is Secretly Testing a Controversial Web Snooping Tool Mar 26, 2021

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The country passed its Investigatory Powers Act in 2016. Now, it's building what could be the most powerful data collection system used by any democratic nation.Â

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Netflix's Password-Sharing Crackdown Has a Silver Lining Mar 25, 2021

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The streaming service is making account owners enter two-factor codes in a limited test. That's … actually not so bad.

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How to Export Your Passwords From LastPass Mar 24, 2021

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The popular security service is severely limiting its free tier starting March 16. If you’d like to move your passwords to another manager, here’s how.

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It’s Open Season for Microsoft Exchange Hacks Mar 23, 2021

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A patch for the vulnerabilities China exploited has been released. Now, criminal groups are going to reverse engineer it—if they haven’t already.

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Gab's CTO Introduced a Critical Vulnerability to the Site Mar 22, 2021

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A review of the open source code shows an account under the executive's name made a mistake that could lead to the kind of breach reported this weekend.Â

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‘Retaliation’ for Russia's SolarWinds Spying Isn't the Answer Mar 19, 2021

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It will be hard pointing to a specific line the Kremlin crossed that the US hasn't crossed as well.

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Chinese Hacking Spree Hit an ‘Astronomical’ Number of Victims Mar 18, 2021

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A single group appears to have infiltrated tens of thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers in an ongoing onslaught.

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The Accellion Breach Keeps Getting Worse—and More Expensive Mar 17, 2021

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What started as a few vulnerabilities in firewall equipment has snowballed into a global extortion spree.