Mozilla this week released Firefox Focus for iOS, a privacy-focused web browser that gives users an increased level of privacy when browsing the Internet from their smartphones and tablets.
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Details of 133,000 Three Customers Stolen by Hackers
Hackers managed to obtain information from 133,000 user accounts after breaching the system used by U.K. telecommunications company Three to identify which customers are eligible for a device upgrade.
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400,000 Records Exposed in Michigan State University Breach
Hackers attempted to extort Michigan State University after gaining access to a database containing 400,000 student and employee records. The organization believes that only a few hundred records have actually been stolen by the attackers.
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Palo Alto Networks Patches Flaws Found by Google Researcher
Project Zero researcher Tavis Ormandy has identified several vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS operating system. An attacker can combine the flaws to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
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US Pentagon, Intelligence Sought NSA Chief’s Removal: Reports
The Defense Department and broader US government intelligence community have urged President Barack Obama to fire National Security Agency chief Admiral Michael Rogers, US media reported Saturday.
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Pentagon, Intelligence Leaders Seek NSA Chief’s Removal: Reports
Top US military and intelligence leaders are pushing President Barack Obama to fire National Security Agency chief Admiral Michael Rogers, US media reported Saturday, even as Rogers is apparently being considered for a senior position in the Trump administration.
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iPhone Call Logs Quietly Synced to iCloud, Forensics Firm Warns
A log of all phone calls made from iPhone devices running iOS 8 or newer may be automatically synchronized to iCloud and susceptible to third-party access, digital forensics and IT security solutions provider Elcomsoft has warned.
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Moxa, Vanderbilt Surveillance Products Affected by Serious Flaws
Surveillance products from Moxa and Vanderbilt are affected by several critical and high severity flaws that can be exploited by remote hackers to take control of vulnerable systems.
Moxa SoftCMS vulnerabilities
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Over-the-Air Update Mechanism Exposes Millions of Android Devices
The insecure implementation of the OTA (Over-the-air) update mechanism used by numerous Android phone models exposes nearly 3 million phones to Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks and allows adversaries to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
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