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Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills security service
Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum vehicle.
Charter is killing its home-security service and telling customers that security devices they’ve purchased will stop working once the service is shut down on …
WeLeakInfo gets pwned by FBI; Dutch, Irish police arrest alleged breach brokers
Enlarge / The seizure notice for WeLeakInfo even included the site’s logo. Fancy.
On Wednesday, police in the Netherlands and Northern Ireland arrested two 22-year-old men believed to be connected …
Researchers find serious flaws in WordPress plugins used on 400k sites
Serious vulnerabilities have recently come to light in three WordPress plugins that have been installed on a combined 400,000 websites, researchers said. InfiniteWP, WP Time Capsule, and WP Database Reset …
Another reason to hurry with Windows server patches: A new RDP vulnerability
Enlarge / A crafted request is like a skeleton key for gaining access to unpatched Windows Remote Desktop servers.
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While much of the attention around …
Critical Windows 10 vulnerability used to Rickroll the NSA and Github
Enlarge / Chrome on Windows 10 as it Rickrolls the NSA.
Less than a day after Microsoft disclosed one of the most critical Windows vulnerabilities ever, a security researcher has …
The broken record of breaking encryption skips again in Florida shooter case
Enlarge / US President Donald Trump speaks about the impeachment inquiry during a tour of the Flextronics computer manufacturing facility where Apple’s Mac Pros are assembled in Austin, Texas, on November 20, 2019. Now, he’s ranting about Apple being unpatriotic.
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US may subsidize Huawei alternatives with proposed $1.25 billion fund
Enlarge / Huawei sign displayed at CES 2020 in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020.
The US government should spend at least $1.25 billion “to invest in Western-based alternatives …