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Engineer Reports Data Leak To Nonprofit, Hears From The Police A security engineer and ex-contributor to an open systems non-profit organization recently reported a data leak to the organization. In return, he first got thanked for his responsible reporting, but later heard from their lawyers and the police. Apperta Foundation is a UK-based non-profit, supported by NHS England and NHS Digital, that promotes
Microsoft Improves Windows Sandbox In Latest Windows 10 Build The Windows Sandbox and the Microsoft Defender Application Guard (WDAG) now launch faster in Windows 10 after installing the Insider Preview Build 21343 for Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. Windows Sandbox helps Windows 10 users safely run apps in an isolated desktop environment. MDAG blocks
Facebook Blocks Chinese State Hackers Targeting Uyghur Activists Facebook took down accounts used by a Chinese-sponsored hacking group to deploy surveillance malware on devices used by Uyghurs activists, journalists, and dissidents living outside China. “They targeted activists, journalists, and dissidents, predominantly among Uyghurs from Xinjiang in China primarily living abroad in Turkey, Kazakhstan, the United States,
Microsoft Fixes Windows PSExec Privilege Elevation Vulnerability Microsoft has fixed a vulnerability in the PsExec utility that allows local users to gain elevated privileges on Windows devices. PsExec is a Sysinternals utility designed to allow administrators to perform various activities on remote computers, such as launching executables and displaying the output on the local computer