Minecraft fans beware: Players and servers at risk from BleedingPipe vulnerability

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Minecraft players interested in modding are at risk from a remote code execution vulnerability targeting both players and servers.

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How to set up computer security for your parents

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Here are some tips that you can use to set up a secure environment for your parents’ digital needs.

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Plane sailing for ticket scammers: How to keep your flight plans safe

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We take a look at several scams targeting flyers off on their holidays, and how you can keep yourself safe.

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Proposed Massachusetts law to ban sale of your mobile location data

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A proposed law would ban brokers from selling mobile location data in Massachusetts.

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

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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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Threatening rogue finance apps removed from the Apple Store

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Multiple finance apps have been removed from the App Store after making dubious charges and issuing blackmail threats and other awful behavior.

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Malwarebytes Browser Guard introduces three new features

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Malwarebytes Browser Guard introduces three new features: Content control, import & export, and historical detection statistics

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How kids pay the price for ransomware attacks on education

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Data stolen during attacks on schools can contain highly sensitive information.

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Google plans to scrape everything you post online to train its AI

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We take a look at a change to Google’s Privacy Policy which indicates the use of public data for AI training.

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Self-driving cars are a privacy issue, says security expert

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As the number of self-driving cars increases, so does the number of cameras on the roads. This creates a possible privacy issue.

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