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NSA’s Top Hacker Downplays Significance Of Zero-Day Exploits – Immortal News


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NSA's Top Hacker Downplays Significance Of Zero-Day Exploits
Immortal News
In an appearance earlier this week at the Usenix Enigma security conference in San Francisco, the National Security Agency's top hacker, Rob Joyce, downplayed the significance of zero-day exploits while noting that there are “many more vectors” that
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MOFA downplays security measure connection to cellphone spy claim – China Post

MOFA downplays security measure connection to cellphone spy claim
China Post
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday defended its counter-espionage efforts, following claims that it launched a new security measure after discovering that Chinese hackers had gained access to the cellphones of a senior

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Microsoft downplays privacy risk from IE bug as Steal from IE Users game launches

Does tracking the position of your mouse cursor pose a privacy risk? A UK company said some advertisements are setup with JavaScript to determine the mouse position and thereby determine if an ad was displayed in the browser window. Advertising analytics company Spider.io claimed that two companies were exploiting this via a flaw in Microsoft IE 6 – 10. Microsoft said Spider.io has exaggerated the…
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