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Mar 25, 2021 • 8min
Netflix's Password-Sharing Crackdown Has a Silver Lining
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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Mar 24, 2021 • 10min
How to Export Your Passwords From LastPass
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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Mar 23, 2021 • 9min
It’s Open Season for Microsoft Exchange Hacks
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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Mar 22, 2021 • 6min
Gab's CTO Introduced a Critical Vulnerability to the Site
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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Mar 19, 2021 • 11min
‘Retaliation’ for Russia's SolarWinds Spying Isn't the Answer
It will be hard pointing to a specific line the Kremlin crossed that the US hasn't crossed as well.
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Mar 18, 2021 • 8min
Chinese Hacking Spree Hit an ‘Astronomical’ Number of Victims
A single group appears to have infiltrated tens of thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers in an ongoing onslaught.
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Mar 17, 2021 • 8min
The Accellion Breach Keeps Getting Worse—and More Expensive
What started as a few vulnerabilities in firewall equipment has snowballed into a global extortion spree.
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Mar 15, 2021 • 7min
Privacy-First Browser Brave Is Launching a Search Engine
Unlike Google, Brave Search won’t track or profile people who use it.Â
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Mar 12, 2021 • 7min
Thousands of Android and iOS Apps Leak Data From the Cloud
It's the digital equivalent of leaving your windows or doors open when you leave the house—and in some cases, leaving them open all the time.
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Mar 11, 2021 • 8min
China and Russia's Spying Sprees Will Take Years to Unpack
The full extent of the Solarwinds hack and Hafnium's attack on Microsoft Exchange Server may never be known.
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