General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

Blacked-out text is readable, revealing 952,000 potential network problems.
Publish Date: 4/9/2020
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Organization is latest to warn over data security worries on videoconferencing platform.
Publish Date: 4/9/2020
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Newly discovered botnet could be coming to a network-connected device near you.
Publish Date: 4/9/2020
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Does the power to serve include serving up desktops? Let's find out.
Publish Date: 4/9/2020
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Pandemic-related broadband surge is hitting a plateau, data suggests.
Publish Date: 4/8/2020
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Company is playing catch-up as pandemic magnifies every flaw.
Publish Date: 4/8/2020
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Fingerprint-based authentication is fine for most people, but it's hardly foolproof.
Publish Date: 4/8/2020
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Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal dings Zoom for false end-to-end crypto claim.
Publish Date: 4/7/2020
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Verizon sows confusion, says November install dates are just "placeholders."
Publish Date: 4/7/2020
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Comcast impresses, but deals from Verizon, Charter, and others have problems.
Publish Date: 4/7/2020
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Space agency report suggests employees are falling for online scams.
Publish Date: 4/6/2020
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Navy Secretary: "We... expect more from the Commanding Officers of our aircraft carriers."
Publish Date: 4/6/2020
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Here's how one researcher bypassed stringent restrictions Apple puts on webcam access.
Publish Date: 4/3/2020
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FCC proposes $6M fine, says TracFone “fabricate[d] enrollment data” to get cash.
Publish Date: 4/3/2020
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With Zoom-bombing a cultural phenomenon, here's how to protect your meetings.
Publish Date: 4/2/2020
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California agency says merger must stop—carriers say the state has no authority.
Publish Date: 4/2/2020
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The new spectrum will make extremely low-latency, high-throughput Wi-Fi possible.
Publish Date: 4/2/2020
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Frontier said it lost customers due to "significant under-investment in fiber."
Publish Date: 4/1/2020
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Zoom for Windows converts network locations into clickable links. What could go wrong?
Publish Date: 4/1/2020
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The US now has three major wireless carriers instead of four.
Publish Date: 4/1/2020
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