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Nokia beats Google again in delivering September security patches – Deccan Chronicle

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Nokia beats Google again in delivering September security patches
Deccan Chronicle
We had already seen HMD Global delivering on their promise of rolling the latest updates to their smartphones as soon as possible by releasing the July security patch for the Nokia 6 before Google's Pixel got it (read here). With the September security …
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Office Zero Day Delivering FINSPY Spyware to Victims in Russia – Threatpost

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Office Zero Day Delivering FINSPY Spyware to Victims in Russia
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Since at least January, unidentified state-sponsored attackers have been targeting victims in Russia with FINSPY spyware delivered in exploits for an Office and WordPad zero-day vulnerability patched on Tuesday by Microsoft. Separately, the same zero …

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Tor Project flags Russian ‘exit node’ server for delivering malware

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The Tor Project has flagged a server in Russia after a security researcher found it slipped in malware when users were downloading files.

Tor is short for The Onion Router, which is software that offers users a greater degree of privacy when browsing the Internet by routing traffic through a network of worldwide servers. The system is widely used by people who want to conceal their real IP address and mask their web browsing.

The suspicious server was an “exit node” for Tor, which is the last server in the winding chain used to direct web browsing traffic to its destination.

Roger Dingledine, Tor Project’s project leader and director, wrote the Russian server has been labeled a bad exit node, which should mean Tor clients will avoid using the server.

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Naughty or nice? Verizon DVR will see and hear you to find out before delivering ads

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The recent extra-creepy patents by Microsoft and Verizon are meant to detect TV viewers and then take specific actions depending upon what is seen or heard. Why the heck would anybody embrace surveillance technology that could potentially be on the lookout for “thought crime” via the TV?
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