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  Wesley Fryer

  

  Massive data leak may include the personal data of every person in the US, UK, and Canada

  9to5Mac - Ben Lovejoy

  A massive data leak of some 2.7 billion records may include sensitive personal data for every person in the US, UK, and Canada. For the US, the data includes social security numbers. The data is said to have come from a company known as National Public Data, which collects and sells personal data …

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  Wesley Fryer

  

  The FBI got into the Trump rally shooter’s phone in just 40 minutes

  The Verge - Gaby Del Valle

  The bureau reportedly used an unreleased Cellebrite tool to open the phone. The FBI used an unreleased tool from the Israeli mobile forensics company Cellebrite to unlock the Trump rally shooter’s phone — and opened it in less than an hour, according to reports from Bloomberg and The Washington …

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  Wesley Fryer

  

  Highlights from the global tech outage: Airlines, businesses and border crossings hit by global tech disruption

  Associated Press

  Today’s live coverage has ended. See what you missed below and find the latest on apnews.com. A global technology outage caused by a faulty software update grounded flights, knocked media outlets offline, and disrupted hospitals, small businesses and government offices on Friday, highlighting the …

• Police allege ‘evil twin’ of in-flight Wi-Fi used to steal passenger’s credentials

  

  Wesley Fryer

  

  Police allege ‘evil twin’ of in-flight Wi-Fi used to steal passenger’s credentials

  theregister.com - Simon Sharwood

  Australia's Federal Police (AFP) has charged a man with running a fake Wi-Fi network on at least one commercial flight and using it to harvest flier …

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  Wesley Fryer

  

  Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud

  krebsonsecurity.com - BrianKrebs

  The homepage of Stark Industries Solutions.Two weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, a large, mysterious new Internet hosting firm …

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  Wesley Fryer

  

  How often should you turn off your phone? Here's what the NSA advises

  PCWorld - Laura Pippig

  How often should you turn off your mobile phone completely? This question is not just about saving the battery. It also contributes to the safety of …