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Eraser completely removes sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns.

eraser.heidi.ieRegistrerte seg april 2017

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The Department of Education has said it has been advised that there are now sufficient specialised school places available to accommodate all children with special educational needs this year

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Dept: Enough special educational needs school places

The Department of Education has said it has been advised that there are now sufficient specialised school places available to accommodate all children with special educational needs this year.

Eraser

@Heidi_Eraser

19. aug.

Apple warns of security flaws with iPhones, Macs

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Apple urges update over security flaws with devices

Apple is warning of a flaw that is allowing hackers to seize control of iPhones, iPads and Mac computers, and is urging users to install emergency software updates.

Eraser

@Heidi_Eraser

9. aug.

RTE news : WhatsApp to allow silent exit from group chat

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WhatsApp to allow silent exit from group chat

WhatsApp is to allow users to leave group chats without notifying others and control who can see when they are online as part of a privacy update to the messaging app.

Researchers have discovered 10 new malicious Python packages distributed via the #Python Package Index (PyPI) to harvest critical data points, such as users' passwords and API tokens. Read details: thehackernews.com/2022/08/10-cre #infosec #cybersecurity #hacking #malware

thehackernews.com

10 Credential Stealing Python Libraries Found on PyPI Repository

Researchers have discovered 10 new malicious Python packages distributed via the Python Package Index (PyPI) to harvest critical data points.

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Deleting files is not enough. Here is how to properly erase hard drives.

Make sure those old computers have been securely scrubbed before donating or recycling.

We have renamed the

Twitter account to

to reflect Proton's evolution towards a #PrivacyByDefault ecosystem. This will be our main Twitter handle, covering all things privacy, including Proton news and updates. Thanks again for your support!

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TikTok employees in China "see everything", according to leaked memos from staff, raising major concerns about the safety of US user data. More in this report from

@ebakerwhite

buzzfeednews.com

Leaked Audio From 80 Internal TikTok Meetings Shows That US User Data Has Been Repeatedly Accessed...

“I feel like with these tools, there’s some backdoor to access user data in almost all of them,” said an external auditor hired to help TikTok close off Chinese access to sensitive information, like...

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23. jun.

RTE news : Contractor loses Japanese city's data on night out

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Contractor loses Japanese city's data on night out

A Japanese city has been left with more than a headache after admitting a contractor lost a USB containing personal data on all 460,000 residents during a night out.

How to spot even the most realistic email scams

If you managed to sort out the whole thing was fraudulent and you were not tricked into...

How Everyone Can Get the Online Privacy They Want

Most people rarely read the privacy-consent requests they approve. There’s a better way.

Try not to use your debit card for online buying ⇒ Most credit cards offer some protection against identity theft and may limit the monetary amount you will be responsible for... totaldefense.com/security-blog/ #SecurityTipoftheDay

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@Heidi_Eraser

5. jun.

securityboulevard.com

This Week in Malware—Malicious Rust crate, 'colors' typosquats

This Week in Malware digest was delayed by a day in light of a significant announcement on Friday from Sonatype's CTO Brian Fox. The announcement details Sonatype's participation in an ongoing...

Eraser

@Heidi_Eraser

29. mai

securityboulevard.com

Joy Of Tech® ‘Duck Duck Ducked'

via the Comic Noggins of Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of Tech®! Permalink

Our new TV & Radio campaign, "Watching You", launches nationwide in the U.S. today🤗 We put a twist on The Police’s iconic song “Every Breath You Take” to highlight how companies like Google invade your privacy online & how easy it is to take back your privacy with DuckDuckGo.

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"How secure can you really feel that data pinning you down to specific places at precise times is being handled safely & responsibly?" asks Peter Wolinsky. Unfortunately, not very. Here's a step-by-step to disable location tracking on Android:

tomsguide.com

How to disable location tracking on Android

Want to increase your privacy? Here's how to disable location tracking on Android

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Web trackers running in the background of several of the world's most popular websites are intercepting emails and passwords of visitors even before they submit an online form. Read: thehackernews.com/2022/05/web-tr #infosec #privacy #technews #cybersecurity

thehackernews.com

Web Trackers Caught Intercepting Online Forms Even Before Users Hit Submit

Third-party online trackers are capturing visitors' email addresses and passwords even before they submit a form on several sites.

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New analysis from researchers at Mozilla revealed that mental health & prayer apps have "terrible privacy protection" and "they track, share, & capitalize on users’ most intimate personal thoughts & feelings, like moods, mental state, &biometric data.”

theverge.com

Mental health apps have terrible privacy protections, report finds

They’re responsible for deeply personal information.

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This is extremely important advice: Do not take your $3,000 MacBook Pro in a Kayak, not even if it is the Intel version. But especially not if it has an M1 chip.

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15. mai

securityboulevard.com

This Week in Malware—Malicious Rust crate, 'colors' typosquats

This Week in Malware digest was delayed by a day in light of a significant announcement on Friday from Sonatype's CTO Brian Fox. The announcement details Sonatype's participation in an ongoing...

Relay operators, it's time to put the next relay operator meetup on your calendar: Saturday, May 21 at 19:00 UTC. Hope to see you there. There are more event details and agenda in the works here on the Tor Forum:

forum.torproject.net

[tor-relays] [Event] Relay Operators Meetup - May 21, 2022 @ 1900 UTC

Hello relay operators, The next Tor relay operator meetup will happen on Saturday, May 21 @ 1900 UTC. Where: BigBlueButton - Tor Relay Operator Meetup No need for a registration or anything else,...

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What's coming next in our work to detect and remove bad relays from the Tor network? We're shipping Tor Browser with HTTPS-Only mode on by default, launching new & improved network measurement tools, + continuing to strengthen the relay operator community.

blog.torproject.org

Malicious relays and the health of the Tor network | Tor Project

In this post, we'll explain what we do to fight malicious relays in our network, how we did in the past, and what further improvements are upcoming and being worked on.

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Chinese state-sponsored "Override Panda" hackers have resurfaced in recent weeks with new #cyberespionage attacks aimed at stealing sensitive information. Read: thehackernews.com/2022/05/chines #infosec #cybersecurity #hacking

thehackernews.com

Chinese "Override Panda" Hackers Resurface With New Espionage Attacks

Chinese state-sponsored "Override Panda" hackers have resurfaced in recent weeks with new cyber espionage attacks aimed at stealing sensitive data.

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People should have more notice about the harms of data collection. April Falcon Doss says reform should "address individual & societal harms that result when corporations carry out what amounts to unregulated social science research & experimentation."

justsecurity.org

As Congress Debates Social Media Harms, Here’s How to Make Online Consent Meaningful

"Reform the law so that companies must provide more meaningful information in their privacy notices and terms of service."

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2. mai

Apple hit with EU antirust charge over pay technology

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Apple hit with EU antirust charge over pay technology

Apple faces a possible hefty fine and may have to open its mobile payment system to competitors after EU antitrust regulators charged the iPhone maker with restricting rivals' access to its technol...

Eraser

@Heidi_Eraser

29. apr.

securityboulevard.com/2022/04/hacked

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29. apr.

securityboulevard.com

Thoughts on diversity and inclusion in cybersecurity

Our other blogs and articles are primarily security-focused – this is non-technical yet relevant, one of the issues that I felt and intended to explore personally. It’s pretty hard to admit when you...

#cybersecurity #CyberSec #infosec Survey Surfaces Raft of Cloud Security Challenges

securityboulevard.com

Survey Surfaces Raft of Cloud Security Challenges

A survey of 154 North American IT and security decision-makers conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Sonrai Security and Amazon Web Services

Security teams are still struggling to patch #log4shell instances. bit.ly/3KpmbK8 #appsec #cloudsecurity

securityboulevard.com

Security Teams Still Struggling to Patch Log4Shell

A survey of 200 cloud security leaders published today by Valtix, a provider of a network security-as-a-service platform, finds more than three-quarters

NEW: our apps & extensions now protect against Google AMP tracking. When you load or share a Google AMP page anywhere from DuckDuckGo apps (iOS/Android/Mac) or extensions (Firefox/Chrome), the original publisher's webpage will be used in place of the Google AMP version.

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"...the Chrome Browser resembles a two-way mirror. You Think you are browsing the web... when in reality, Google and others are browsing you." Leah Elliott's comic is the "ultimate guide to one of the world's most used surveillance tools", Google Chrome: contrachrome.com

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