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'In accordance with our Acceptable Use Policies, we disabled the gist following reports that it contains proof of concept code for a recently disclosed vulnerability that is being actively exploited.We learned last week that a group of hackers gained access to cameras installed by a surveillance camera company, and said they were able to access live feeds from 150,000 cameras inside schools, hospitals, gyms, police stations, prisons, offices, and women’s health clinics. 'We understand that the publication and distribution of proof-of-concept exploit code has educational and research value to the security community, and our goal is to balance that benefit with keeping the broader ecosystem safe,' a Github spokesperson told Motherboard on Thursday.

The idea that a corporate overlord might police content on Github, or otherwise encroach on the open source community, caused major controversy during Microsoft's acquisition of the service. The incident stoked controversy within the security community, because Microsoft owns both Github and Exchange Server. Within hours, Github had removed the post. On Wednesday, independent security researcher Nguyen Jang uploaded one such exploit on the code repository platform Github. Security researchers warned this week that a full, public proof-of-concept exploit for recently-patched Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities would further roil a hacking frenzy that had already escalated in recent days. Microsoft-Owned GitHub Takes Down Exchange Server Exploit Now's a good time to brush up on them, especially given that Netflix may be cracking down on sharing passwords.

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And we took another look at the five best password managers to use right now. The privacy-focused Brave browser launched its own search engine this week that's meant to give Google a run for its money without vacuuming up so much user data.

And Google researchers developed a proof-of-concept browser exploit to raise awareness about the threat that speculative execution attacks, like those exploiting the infamous “Spectre” vulnerability, still pose to the web three years later. The world of digital chess is in an uproar, and stooping to digital harassment, over accusations from a Twitch and YouTube chess star that an upstart challenger cheated in a match the master lost. For the Biden administration, the risk is that too strong a retaliation could erode norms and be seen as hypocritical given that the US and virtually every government engages in digital espionage.Ĭriminal hackers have also continued their extortion rampage related to a breach of the network equipment and firewall maker Accellion. Meanwhile, the White House is mulling a response to Russia's recent, high-profile SolarWinds espionage campaign that compromised data at numerous United States government agencies and private companies around the world. Now that Microsoft's patches have been out for a while, an array of nation-state and criminal actors are getting more aggressive about exploiting a set of Microsoft Exchange Server bugs that were already under active attack by the Chinese group Hafnium.

Widespread hacking continued to be on everyone's minds this week as countless companies and organizations continued to struggle with a slew of major hacks.

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