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Digital Security Guides & Tutorials

Practical guides for journalists and frontline activists on hardening phones, securing accounts, and countering hacking and inspection attempts.

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Slack’s GitHub repositories got hacked

The instant messaging app slack, was involved in a security incident, at the end of December 2022. Where a aspect of the application data was leaked. The hacker took advantage of the login data of some of Slack’s employees on the github website and managed to access the app’s repositories. Customer data is safe and […]

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Apple introduces “end-to-end” encryption on iCloud

Apple announced that the data of its customers on the iCloud service has become possible to encrypt end-to-end encryption by activating a new function called Advanced data protection. This type of encryption ensures that users protect their data. Data is encrypted and decrypted on the customer’s phone and encrypted before being sent to the company’s […]

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Amnesty International Canada says it was hacked

Amnesty International Canada’s digital infrastructure was hacked last October, according to the organization’s statement. Amnesty is one of the most prominent organizations supporting human rights activists and journalists. In its statement, the organization disclosed that it had hired Secureworks Cybersecurity, which after its investigation confirmed that there was no evidence of pirates’ access to member […]

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Chinese hackers attack Middle East telecom companies

The cybersecurity company Bitdefender published a report of a cyberattack on Middle East telecommunications companies by a Chinese group known as “BackdoorDiplomacy.” According to the report, the first attack took place in August 2021 and another in February 2022. The Group exploited gaps in “Microsoft Exchange Server”, the corporate email and communication services. The report […]

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Urgent update for Chrome Browser

Google has issued security updates to fix a vulnerability in Chrome browser, a vulnerability type is “Zero-day”, and tracked as  CVE-2022-4262. Users are advised to update to versions: 108.0.5359.94 for Mac and Linux operating systems, and 108.0.5359.94/95 for Windows . “Zero-day” is a broad term that describes recently discovered security vulnerabilities that hackers can use […]

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New leak of Lastpass customer data

The Lastpass app revealed unusual activity on one of the cloud storage services they use. According to the application statement, an unauthorized party, exploiting the previous leak in August 2022, had access to a portion of the customers’ data. The statement confirmed that customers’ passwords were safe and not leaked. The company did not disclose […]

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Hackers taking advantage of the TikTok challenge to hack users’ devices

A new challenge appeared on the TikTok app called ‘Invisible Challenge’. Participants filmed themselves naked and with the filter used in the challenge the body appears blurry, In return, pirates put out a “filter” that they claimed would remove the effect of hiding the body, used in the challenge. In fact, malware is proven capable […]

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5.4 million Twitter Users’ data, leaked

The data of 5.4 million Twitter accounts were leaked due to vulnerability with the API. In July 2022, a pirate offered the data for sale for $30.000 on a “deep internet” platform. Data includes general information as well as phone numbers and private email addresses. Several months later, the hacker rolled out the data for […]

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Urgent update for Chrome Browser

Google has issued security updates to fix a vulnerability in Chrome browser, a vulnerability type is “Zero-day”, and tracked as CVE-2022-4135. Users are advised to update to versions: 107.0.5304.121 for Mac and Linux operating systems, and 107.0.5304.121/122 for Windows . “Zero-day” is a broad term that describes recently discovered security vulnerabilities that hackers can use […]