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The New Oil 43 mins ago

North Korean infiltrator caught working in #Amazon #IT department thanks to lag

Tom

North Korean infiltrator caught working in Amazon IT department thanks to lag — 110ms keystroke input raises red flags over true location

A barely perceptible keystroke delay was the smoking gun that led to the uncovering of a malign imposter.

#NorthKorea #cybersecurity

The New Oil 1 hour ago

#AgeAssurance Methods Explained

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Age Assurance Methods Explained

This blog also appears in our Age Verification Resource Hub: our one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what age-gating laws actually do, wh...

#AgeVerification #privacy #IDVerification #IdentityVerifcation #politics

The New Oil 2 hours ago

#CodeAudit for the #TorProject completed by #7aSecurity

Code audit for the Tor Project completed by 7aSecurity | Tor Project

7aSecurity conducted a comprehensive code audit for several tools we use to monitor the health of the Tor network. This blog post outlines key reco...

#cybersecurity #FOSS #privacy #anonymity #Tor

The New Oil 3 hours ago

#UniversityOfSydney suffers #DataBreach exposing student and staff info

BleepingComputer

University of Sydney suffers data breach exposing student and staff info

Hackers gained access to an online coding repository belonging to the University of Sydney and stole files with personal information of staff and s...

#privacy #cybersecurity #Australia #Sydney #education

The New Oil 4 hours ago

#ICE Seeks Cyber Upgrade to Better Surveil and Investigate Its Employees

WIRED

ICE Seeks Cyber Upgrade to Better Surveil and Investigate Its Employees

The agency plans to renew a sweeping cybersecurity contract that includes expanded employee monitoring as the government escalates leak investigati...

#bossware #privacy #politics

The New Oil 5 hours ago

#Clop #ransomware targets #Gladinet #CentreStack in data theft attacks

BleepingComputer

Clop ransomware targets Gladinet CentreStack in data theft attacks

The Clop ransomware gang is targeting Internet-exposed Gladinet CentreStack file servers in a new data theft extortion campaign.

#cybersecurity

The New Oil 6 hours ago

#LinkedIn’s profile verification push is accelerating — and #India is leading the charge in 2025

TechCrunch

LinkedIn's profile verification push is accelerating — and India is leading the charge in 2025 | TechCrunch

LinkedIn profile verification adoption in India has risen about 80% in the past 12 months.

#IDVerification #IdentityVerification #privacy #Microsoft

The New Oil 7 hours ago

New password spraying attacks target #Cisco, #PAN #VPN gateways

BleepingComputer

New password spraying attacks target Cisco, PAN VPN gateways

An automated campaign is targeting multiple VPN platforms, with credential-based attacks being observed on Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect and Cis...

#cybersecurity #PaloAltoNetworks #PaloAlto

The New Oil 8 hours ago

#Proton: Join the 2025 Lifetime account fundraiser for online freedom

Proton

Join the 2025 Proton Lifetime account fundraiser for online freedom | Proton

Enter the 2025 Proton Lifetime Account Charity Fundraiser to support privacy and free speech. Win access to every Proton product, forever.

#privacy #cybersecurity

The New Oil 9 hours ago

#Tech provider for #NHS #England confirms #DataBreach

TechCrunch

Tech provider for NHS England confirms data breach | TechCrunch

U.K.-based healthcare tech provider DXS International said it discovered and contained a data breach on Sunday. A ransomware gang took credit for t...

#privacy #cybersecurity #healthcare #Europe #DXS

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