Category: Class Posts
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PyPI Hacked, Teenager in Custody
I did my usual search for computer security news and The Hacker News came up with this article: PyPI Repository Under Attack: User Sign-Ups and Package Uploads Temporarily Halted PyPI, if you’re not familiar, is an online repository (THE online repository) for Python packages. This week they shut down new user signups and new package…
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Now Pegasus and the NSO Group Have a Competitor, Quadream
Ever heard of the NSO Group and Pegasus? They’ve been in the news and not usually in a good way, Now they have a competitor, QuaDream. Despite being banned in the US, these spyware companies are doing a thriving business out of Israel. Here’s an article by Haaretz about the Citizen Lab report on QuaDream.…
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Welcome to Security News Weekly
Welcome to the unofficial blog for the weekly posts for GA Tech’s OMS-CS CS 6035, Introduction to Information Security, by James the TA. Why is Information Security important to study? Information security is a critical aspect of modern-day computing, and it deals with safeguarding sensitive information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.…