Roundup Before letting the IT staff clock out early this week, make sure they read up on the following security notices out this week.…
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Brandon Philips, a member of the technical staff at Red Hat, has created a software tool called rget for Linux, macOS, and Windows, to make it easier to determine whether downloaded files can be trusted.…
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Black Hat If you’re heading off the Black Hat and DEF CON security conferences in Las Vegas, USA, this week, be prepared to have your hotel room searched if – for any reason – you shoo maid service away and stop staff from cleaning your room.…
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An email phisher found hiding in Kenya is facing up to two decades behind bars in America for scamming thousands of dollars from US universities.…
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Uncle Sam is testing a system that uses high-altitude balloons to conduct surveillance over American soil.…
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On Call Welcome back to On Call, a special corner of The Register where readers can share tales of their cries for help and the deaf ears on which they fall.…
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Uninspired by the stock imagery used by the media to depict cybersecurity, a graphic design group is offering cash prizes to anyone who comes up with something more original than dodgy hoodie-wearing laptop users with waterfalls of cascading 1s and 0s behind them.…
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