security
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GitHub Adds Code Scanning for Automatic Security-Hole Searches
GitHub, the largest host of source code in the world, has added a new feature that most of us will probably never use but could make the world wide web a safer place for everyone.
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Report: U.S. Pentagon Got $1.4 Billion to Fight Coronavirus, Bought Drones, Jet Parts, and Body Armour Instead
The Pentagon has spent the $US1 ($1.4) billion it received through the CARES Act on personal protective equipment, medical gear, and other emergency response supplies to support the nation’s teetering healthcare system.
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Enable 2FA on Zoom’s Mobile and Desktop Apps Right Now
Multi-factor authentication is one of the easiest ways to protect your accounts from unauthorised access or bad actors, but the security feature was noticeably missing on some devices in one of the most popular videoconferencing apps on the planet — and that’s a big problem.
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Can I Still Be Hacked With Two Factor Authentication Enabled?
Cybersecurity is like a game of whack-a-mole. As soon as the good guys put a stop to one type of attack, another pops up. Usernames and passwords were once good enough to keep an account secure. But before long, cybercriminals figured out how to get around this. Often they’ll use “brute force attacks”, bombarding a…