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Critical Bug in WordPress Theme Plugin Opens 200,000 Sites to Hackers…

A popular WordPress theme plugin with over 200,000 active installations contains a severe but easy-to-exploit software vulnerability that, if left unpatched, could let unauthenticated remote attackers compromise a wide range of websites and blogs. The vulnerable plugin in question is ‘ThemeGrill Demo Importer’ that comes with free as well as premium themes sold by the […]

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U.S. Charges Huawei With Conspiracy to Steal Trade Secrets, Racketeering…

Federal prosecutors have charged Chinese tech giant Huawei and several subsidiaries with conspiracy to steal trade secrets and violate anti-racketeering laws, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Feb. 13. These charges are in addition to previous charges on Huawei relating to violations of U.S. sanctions on Iran in an existing indictment. The latest charge […]

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Your Phone Talks About You Behind Your Back. These Researchers Are Listening In…

When you download an app, the permissions requests and privacy policy are usually the only warnings you’ll get about the data it’s taking. Usually, you just have to take the app’s word that it’s grabbing only the data you’ve agreed to give it. Often, though, there’s more grabbing going on than you were led to […]

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Streaming TV Explodes…

Streaming now accounts for nearly 20% of television consumption for most Americans, almost doubling since 2018, a new report from Nielsen shows. Why it matters: The data shows how quickly consumers are flocking to streaming as a replacement or complement to traditional TV. Details: Per the report, Netflix accounts for a whopping 31% of streaming […]

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REPORT: Iran’s 8000-Member Cyber Battalion Wages Online Propaganda War Against US…

Iran’s cyber battalion, consisting of 8,000 members, has been relentlessly working since 2011 to wage an online propaganda war against the United States, according to a report released by the Atlantic Council. The report by council experts Emerson T. Brooking and Suzanne Kianpour was released on the 41st anniversary of the Iranian Revolution at a […]

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U.S. Officials Say Huawei Can Covertly Access Telecom Networks …

U.S. officials say Huawei Technologies Co. can covertly access mobile-phone networks around the world through “back doors” designed for use by law enforcement, as Washington tries to persuade allies to exclude the Chinese company from their networks. Intelligence shows Huawei has had this secret capability for more than a decade, U.S. officials said. Huawei rejected […]

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‘The Intelligence Coup of the Century’: For Decades, the CIA Read the Encrypted Communications of Allies and Adversaries…

For more than half a century, governments all over the world trusted a single company to keep the communications of their spies, soldiers and diplomats secret. The company, Crypto AG, got its first break with a contract to build code-making machines for U.S. troops during World War II. Flush with cash, it became a dominant […]

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China Invokes Edward Snowden in Defense Against Equifax Indictments…

Chinese officials and state media on Tuesday condemned the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday for indicting four People’s Liberation Army (PLA) military officers for the massive hacking attack on the Equifax credit reporting agency, a 2017 cybercrime that pilfered valuable corporate data and personal information about over 147 million Americans. The four individuals named in […]

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Goodbye, Sprint: U.S. Judge Approves T-Mobile’s Purchase of Competitor…

T-Mobile’s $26 billion acquisition of Sprint is basically a done deal, as a federal judge today ruled that the merger can go forward. T-Mobile said in response that “the companies are now taking final steps to complete their merger,” and that they will try to finalize the deal by April 1. Attorneys general from thirteen […]

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Netanyahu’s Likud Leaks Names, Addresses & Other Private Info of Nearly 7 Million Israeli Voters…

Israel’s Likud just made the Democratic Party look almost competent by comparison. According to Haaretz, Likud, the party of embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accidentally uploaded a complete register of Israelis registered to vote (a massive chunk of the population), including their full names, identity numbers, addresses as well as other revealing information like […]

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iPhone App Makers Questioned in Apple Antitrust Probe…

App developers for Apple, one of the four major multinational technology companies facing antitrust probes, are being questioned by the Justice Department, according to a new report. The chief executive of the app developer Mobicip told Reuters he was interviewed by a U.S. investigator in November. Suren Ramasubbu said he was asked about the company’s […]

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A New Space Race? U.S., China, Russia, and Europe All Plan for Moon Bases…

One year ago in January, a Chinese robot landed on the dark side of the moon. Since then, the Chang’e 4 probe and the Yutu-2 rover it carried onboard have been busy photographing and scanning minerals, growing yeast, hatching fruit-fly eggs, and cultivating cotton, potato, and rapeseeds in the moon’s low gravity, according to the […]

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“Far and away the most disorganized place I’ve ever been a part of”: Inside Acronym’s Disastrous Foray into the Iowa Caucuses…

Acronym, as the group’s founder and CEO Tara McGowan has told seemingly any reporter who would listen in the last year, was supposed to shake up Democratic politics. Faced with Republican opponents that now actually know how to campaign on social media, the non-profit digital strategy organization intended to offer an effective Democratic countermeasure, guided […]

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The Rise of Smart Camera Networks, and Why We Should Ban Them…

There’s widespread concern that video cameras will use facial recognition software to track our every public move. Far less remarked upon — but every bit as alarming — is the exponential expansion of “smart” video surveillance networks. Private businesses and homes are starting to plug their cameras into police networks, and rapid advances in artificial […]

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Peak Facebook, Peak Soros, Or Just Peak Globalism?…

In late 2018 I asked the question, “Have we reached peak Soros?” Because back then I realized that Soros was losing. And every issue I touched on in that article has come to pass. For more than ten years Soros and his cohort Tom Steyer, (who is now somehow presidential material?) have worked diligently to […]

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It Turns Out That 5G Might Cause Cancer After All…

The 5G technology roll out is not without controversy. All across the globe people—including consumers, parents, scientists, and engineers—are demanding answers about and educating others of the risks of 5G. In fact, nearly 200,000 people from 204 countries have signed an appeal to “stop the deployment of millions of 5G antennas on Earth and 50,000 […]

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