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Accidental VirusTotal upload is a valuable reminder to double check what you share

Categories: Business

Tags: upload

Tags: download

Tags: share

Tags: data

Tags: intelligence

Tags: google

Tags: virustotal

Tags: social media

Tags: sharing

Tags: document

Tags: file

Tags: files

We take a look at reports of a document being accidentally shared to the VirusTotal service and potentially exposing names and email addresses in the security and intelligence community.

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“TootRoot” Mastodon vulnerabilities fixed: Admins, patch now!

Categories: Personal

Tags: tootroot

Tags: mastodon

Tags: server

Tags: patch

Tags: update

Tags: CVE

Tags: flaw

Tags: vulnerability

Tags: social media

Tags: network

Tags: networking

We take a look at a collection of issues (now patched) which were affecting Mastodon servers. It’s time to apply the fix for TootRoot.

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“ViLE” members posed as police officers and extorted victims

Categories: News

Tags: Doxxers

Tags: doxxing

Tags: police

Tags: social media

Tags: extortion

Tags: data breach

Two individuals have been charged with being members of ViLE, a group of doxxers that even impersonated police officers to obtain personal information about their victims.

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