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I've noticed a concerning trend and legislation coming up in some countries that will require government ID to access certain social media websites. The issue stems from child safety, which is a worthy cause, but it will end up not only putting children at risk, but everyone else as well.


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Usually data breaches happen from an attacker breaking in, but sometimes an organization inadvertently leaks their own data, PayPal did just this with the most sensitive data about small business owners and it sat on the internet for 6 months.

Sources: https://pastebin.com/hxqJeJey


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Outlook add ins can really improve the user experience of the application, allowing for extended capabilities. However if a developer abandons an add in project and leaves it without updates without properly removing it or discontinuing support it could lead to threat actors hijacking a trusted add in and using it to steal information.

 

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They say never to pay a ransomware, but this one you should especially never pay because you will definitely not get anything back if you do. As it turns out vibe coding can lead to mistakes that end up with threat actors losing the keys to their own ransomware.

Sources: https://pastebin.com/VuSZpJKQ


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