Well, of course, because Microsoft can never see any safe pure data file format without adding an executable hook to it that has bugger all in the way of security.
Step 1: Remove Excel as the default CSV open program.
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Pangu Lab has identified what it claims is a sophisticated backdoor that was used by the NSA to subvert highly targeted Linux systems around the world for more than a decade.
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Be careful installing Nvidia drivers.
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CAPTCHA puzzles, designed to distinguish people from computer code, are being used to separate people from their login credentials.
Security firm Avanan on Thursday published its latest analysis of a phishing technique that builds on the internet community’s familiarity with CAPTCHA challenges to amplify the effectiveness of deceptions designed to capture sensitive data.
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UK Ministry of Defence takes recruitment system offline, confirms data leak
The UK Ministry of Defence has suspended online application and support services for the British Army’s Capita-run Defence Recruitment System and confirmed to us that digital intruders compromised some data held on would-be soldiers.
The army was informed of the break-in on March 14, and “that a group of hackers was going to release Army Application Data on the dark web,” a source familiar with the matter told us.
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https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/59479.html
Wow, a “freedom phone” for “conservatives” and it’s a dumpster fire of security? Shocked!
HN discussion:
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Speaking of Google, this has been making the rounds and it’s quite terrifying.
Since it’s not oneboxing, it’s a webcomic that hacks and remixes the original viral 2008 Google Chrome comic:
… but instead it’s highlighting all the awful stuff Google does with your data.
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