An article our New Zealand politicians should read as they contemplate building an LNG terminal. #energy #security #solar https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/17/pakistan-people-led-solar-boom-middle-east-energy-crisis
Lifehacker: How to Stop Social Media Platforms From Tracking You When You Share Posts. “When you hit the share button on social media apps such as Instagram, Facebook, or Threads, these sites tack on a tracker to the link you’re sharing. This tracker means that Instagram can tell who you’ve shared the link with, and it likely uses this information to further optimize its algorithm for ads. […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/17/lifehacker-how-to-stop-social-media-platforms-from-tracking-you-when-you-share-posts/DoS-Attacken auf IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services möglich
IBMs Analyse- und Automationssoftware SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services ist verwundbar. Sicherheitspatches sind verfügbar.
Betrugsmasche: Sextortion-Mails nennen echte Passwörter
IT-Forscher haben in sogenannten Sextortion-Betrugsmails echte Passwörter gefunden. Die stammen aus Wegwerf-E-Mail-Diensten.
" Don’t ‘blackmail’ us: #Europe rejects #Trump demand to help clean up #Hormuz mess
“This is not Europe’s war,” the #EU tells Washington in a bruising rebuke on Iran even as oil prices rise. "
#Russia #India #China #USA #Economy #Finance #Technology #Security #Hybrid #Iraq #News #Iran #Israel #War
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-donald-trump-strait-of-hormuz-war-iran/?reg-wall=true
Stetig patchen: KI-Agent OpenClaw erhält wöchentlich mehrmals Sicherheitsupdates
Vor allem, weil OpenClaw andere Anwendungen und Systemdienste steuern kann, ergeben sich immer wieder neue Sicherheitsrisiken.
CISA warnt vor Angriffen auf Wing FTP
Die US-amerikanische IT-Sicherheitsbehörde CISA warnt vor Angriffen auf ein Sicherheitsleck in Wing FTP.
Schuldaten im Darknet veröffentlicht: Betroffener reicht Beschwerde ein
Bereits Anfang 2025 haben Kriminelle mittels der Ransomware Lockbit Daten von über 40 Schulen in Rheinland-Pfalz abgegriffen. Diese sind nun öffentlich.
"Echter Geheimdienst": Verfassungsschutz soll mehr Informationen austauschen
Der Verfassungsschutz soll vom Datensammler zu einem aktiven Geheimdienst werden. Dazu muss der Informationsaustausch mit anderen Behörden verbessert werden.
#Geheimdienste #Security #Verfassungsschutz #Wirtschaft #news
Add Your Name: "We Demand #Republicans Stop Blocking #Airport #Security Funds!"
https://leftaction.salsalabs.org/4hourlinesatairportthankyourepublicans5?wvpId=588a8e97-c178-4de6-917a-a5acde571b4d
"Free and Open Source Software (#FOSS) runs the world's internet. It relies on policies against requiring anyone to do anything in particular to their own computers; policies that make FOSS development possible. Monopoly-tech companies support age verification. That is their revenue source; collecting user data to sell to advertizers and military. That is NOT a safety feature."
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🔐 Introducing: Unified Attestation
An open-source project for verifying the integrity of Android apps—as an alternative to Google's Play Integrity. The goal is to make apps such as banking and payment apps usable on independent Android systems without relying on Google services.
We invite developers, ROM projects, and app providers to get involved.
#Volla #VollaOS #OpenSource #software #hardware #Privacy #Security #DeGoogle
Google: 17,1 Millionen US-Dollar im Bug-Bounty-Programm 2025 ausgezahlt
Google hat beim Bug-Bounty-Programm „VRP“ im Jahr 2025 mehr als 17 Millionen US-Dollar Belohnung an IT-Forscher ausgezahlt.
Spam-Warnung: Betrüger ködern mit angeblichen Spritspar-Dongles
Durch den Iran-Krieg bleiben die Kraftstoffpreise hoch. Spammer missbrauchen das und wollen Opfern nutzlose OBD2-Dongles andrehen.
#Benzin #Kriminalität #IT #Mobilität #Security #Spam #Kraftstoff #news
Samsung-Computer: Probleme vermeintlich nach Windows-Updates
Microsoft berichtet von Nutzerreports, wonach es durch Windows-Updates auf einigen Samsung-Geräten Probleme gibt. Die Ursache liegt woanders.
customer sent a CVE code claimed to be from tar… it’s CVE-2026-26969 and it does not even exist
already having a meltdown from an insurance company with three letters because their scanner is caching old images for some reason and today I have to generate SBOM to prove (for the third time) that we fixed them
#security #thisshitissoass
FBI sucht Opfer infizierter Steam-Spiele für eigene Ermittlungen
Das FBI ruft Nutzer von acht bei Steam angebotenen, aber infizierten Games zu Hilfe. Durch ein Formular sollen Spieler die Ermittlungen unterstützen.
#Entertainment #FBI #Malware #Security #Spiele #Steam #ValveSoftware #news
A new European consortium led by Volla is creating UnifiedAttestation, an open-source alternative to Google's Play Integrity API 📱.
This would enable secure payments and sensitive apps on Google-free custom ROMs, reducing dependency on proprietary US infrastructure and advancing user sovereignty 🔒.
#TechNews #Android #Privacy #OpenSource #Google #Security #Payments #FOSS #Mobile #Linux #UserFreedom #DigitalSovereignty #Software #Technology #Innovation #Europe #ROM
Instagram will remove end‑to‑end encrypted chats on May 8, 2026 🔓.
Without E2EE, private messages could become accessible for data analysis or AI training, raising serious privacy and user‑trust concerns 🤔.
🔗 https://proton.me/blog/instagram-end-to-end-encryption
#TechNews #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #Privacy #Encryption #Security #DataProtection #SocialMedia #Chat #Policy #AI #Surveillance #UserRights #FOSS #DigitalRights #Technology #E2EE
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@AnnaAnthro/116233569224750601
Should be using something like Signal any because #Meta ... ew.
#technology #socialmedia #Instagram #pricacy #security #chat #encryption
Vernetzte Fabriken im Visier: Cyberangriffe kosten Autobranche Milliarden
Ein Weißbuch der Denkfabrik CAM und von Cisco zeigt: Die Schadenskosten sind explodiert, wobei vor allem die Zulieferer als schwächstes Glied der Kette gelten.
#Auto #Cybercrime #InternetderDinge #IT #Security #Wirtschaft #news
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