High-severity vulnerability in GitHub was susceptible to Repo Jacking

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Researchers on Wednesday reported they found a “high-severity” vulnerability in GitHub that could have let an attacker take control over

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5+ Things to teach your kids about Social Media

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I've had an avid interest in Computers, Technology and Security since my early teens. 20 years on, and, it's a whole lot more complicated...

I've assisted Governments, Individuals and Organizations throughout the world. Including; US DOJ, NHS UK, GOV UK.

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With children now back at school, it’s time to think about social media, and their use of it. Are they

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WordPress Plugin Testimonial Slider and Showcase 2.2.6 Stored XSS PoC

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A Stored XSS (Cross-Site-Scripting) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress Plugin – Testimonial Slider and Showcase affecting version 2.2.6. At

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Linode + Kali Linux: Added security for cloud instances

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The popular open-source Linux distribution, Kali Linux, specialized for penetration testing, ethical hacking and security auditing, can now be used

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CISA adds CVE-2022-30525 flaw in Zyxel Firewalls to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

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I've had an avid interest in Computers, Technology and Security since my early teens. 20 years on, and, it's a whole lot more complicated...

I've assisted Governments, Individuals and Organizations throughout the world. Including; US DOJ, NHS UK, GOV UK.

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US Critical Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds critical CVE-2022-30525 RCE flaw in Zyxel Firewalls to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

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Hacked Websites Threat Report 2021

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I've had an avid interest in Computers, Technology and Security since my early teens. 20 years on, and, it's a whole lot more complicated...

I've assisted Governments, Individuals and Organizations throughout the world. Including; US DOJ, NHS UK, GOV UK.

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Our 2021 Website Threat Research Report details our findings and analysis of emerging and ongoing trends and threats in the

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Anonymous Hacked Russian PSCB Commercial Bank and Companies In The Energy Sector

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I've had an avid interest in Computers, Technology and Security since my early teens. 20 years on, and, it's a whole lot more complicated...

I've assisted Governments, Individuals and Organizations throughout the world. Including; US DOJ, NHS UK, GOV UK.

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OpRussia continues, less than a week after my last update Anonymous has hacked other Russian companies and leaked their data

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Ukraine Government and Pro-Ukrainian Sites Hit by DDoS Attacks

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I've had an avid interest in Computers, Technology and Security since my early teens. 20 years on, and, it's a whole lot more complicated...

I've assisted Governments, Individuals and Organizations throughout the world. Including; US DOJ, NHS UK, GOV UK.

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The Computer Emergency Response Team in Ukraine (CERT-UA) has announced that Ukraine government web portals and pro-Ukraine sites are subjected

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Report: 70% of Breached Passwords Are Still in Use

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I've had an avid interest in Computers, Technology and Security since my early teens. 20 years on, and, it's a whole lot more complicated...

I've assisted Governments, Individuals and Organizations throughout the world. Including; US DOJ, NHS UK, GOV UK.

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SpyCloud announced a report that examines trends related to exposed data. Researchers identified 1.7 billion exposed credentials, a 15% increase from

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Firefox Vulnerability: Exploited in The Wild – Update Now!

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I've had an avid interest in Computers, Technology and Security since my early teens. 20 years on, and, it's a whole lot more complicated...

I've assisted Governments, Individuals and Organizations throughout the world. Including; US DOJ, NHS UK, GOV UK.

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Mozilla has published Firefox 97.0.2, an “out-of-band” update that closes two bugs that are officially listed as critical. Firefox Vulnerability March

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