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Credit to Author: SSD / Maor Schwartz| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 09:23:50 +0000

Vulnerability Summary The following advisory describes a password reset vulnerability found in Ametys CMS version 4.0.2 Ametys is “a free and open source content management system (CMS) written in Java. It is based on JSR-170 for content storage, Open Social for gadget rendering and a XML oriented framework.” Credit An independent security researcher, Jose Luis, … Continue reading SSD Advisory – Ametys CMS Unauthenticated Password Reset

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Nearly All of Wikipedia Is Written By Just 1 Percent of Its Editors

Credit to Author: Daniel Oberhaus| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 20:13:04 +0000

Researchers found that 77 percent of Wikipedia articles are written by 1 percent of Wikipedia editors, and they think this is probably for the best.

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The US Just Approved ‘Killer’ Lab-Grown Mosquitoes to Help Fight Disease

Credit to Author: Kaleigh Rogers| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 19:11:08 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency has given the green light to biotech startup MosquitoMate.

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This Company Wants to ‘Disrupt’ Alcoholism with an App

Credit to Author: Laura Feinstein| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 17:00:00 +0000

I don’t suffer from alcoholism, but I was worried this app would undermine the struggle of those who do.

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When Google Play Protect fails

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 08:34:00 -0800

I’ve written a lot about Android security over the years — and more often than not, it’s the same ol’ story time and time again:

A company that sells mobile security software finds some theoretical threat — something that (a) hasn’t affected any actual users in the real world and (b) couldn’t affect any actual users in the real world, outside of a highly improbable scenario in which all native security measures are disabled and the user goes out of his way to download a questionable-looking app from some shady porn forum.

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