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Month: November 2022

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  • November 28, 2022

Researchers Detail AppSync Cross-Tenant Vulnerability in Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has resolved a cross-tenant vulnerability in its platform that could be weaponized by an attacker to gain unauthorized access to resources. The issue relates to a confused deputy problem, a type of privilege escalation where a program that doesn’t have permission to perform an action can coerce a more-privileged entity to perform […]

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McAfee Personal Data Cleanup: Your Partner in Living a More Private Online Life

Do yourself a favor: Open a new browser tab and head to your search engine of choice. Type in your full name and home address. Then, see what pops up.  Are the results sparking an ember of unease in the back of your brain? Whether you’re a private person online or you’re comfortable sharing your […]

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Belgian Police Under Fire After Major Ransomware Leak

Crime reports dating back 15 years are made public

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Top 5 confidential computing uses in healthcare

Big data meets private data in a perfect storm for healthcare. Confidential computing providers say they’ll make the cloud safer for medical data. The post Top 5 confidential computing uses in healthcare appeared first on TechRepublic.

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African Police Bust $800K Fraud Schemes

International operation lasted four months

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Russian Sandworm Hackers Linked to New Ransomware Blitz

Ukrainian targets are on the receiving end of RansomBoggs variant

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  • November 28, 2022

Elon Musk Confirms Twitter 2.0 will Bring End-to-End Encryption to Direct Messages

Twitter chief executive Elon Musk confirmed plans for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for direct messages on the platform. The feature is part of Musk’s vision for Twitter 2.0, which is expected to be what’s called an “everything app.” Other functionalities include longform tweets and payments, according to a slide deck shared by Musk over the weekend. The company’s […]

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  • November 28, 2022

Amazon Chime is PAINFUL.

The last time I used Amazon Chime it worked. Now it doesn’t. The last time I used Amazon Chime it started failing in the middle of a six week class. The problem was that I had signed up for a Pro account but at some point the free trial ended. I had to jump through a […]

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  • November 28, 2022

Can’t connect to Internet after updating to Ventura

Little Snitch causes a problem with networking after update After updating one of my laptops to Apple’s latest MacOS version — Ventura — I couldn’t connect to the Internet. Oddly I rebooted and could connect for a minute but then I was blocked again. I also noticed that I could not turn on Little Snitch, my Mac firewall. Ultimately the problem […]

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