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SolarWinds hack may have been much wider than first thought The scope of the SolarWinds hack keeps growing. The New York Times has conducted interviews indicating that the allegedly Russia-backed campaign was much further-reaching than initially believed. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/russia-solarwinds-hack-broader-than-expected-211046098.html

Microsoft confirms it found compromised SolarWinds code in its systems Various organizations are grappling with the impact of a massive hacking campaign that compromised networks using SolarWinds’ Orion network management tools, and now Microsoft says it found “malicious binaries” on its systems. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-solarwinds-075020280.html

Being the biggest Android OEM, Samsung and Google are generally close partners. Google’s Project Zero, though, is tasked with finding bugs and security exploits. from https://9to5google.com/2020/02/14/google-samsung-android-kernel-changes-security/ http://img.youtube.com/vi/w2_YSujD5ew/0.jpg

#Hacker breaches the US agency that certifies #voting machines https://t.co/tjFH7URaKx via @engadget — Mike (@mikezmac) December 17, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js from Twitter https://twitter.com/mikezmac