Check out Zack Whittaker's Week in Security Volume 5, Issue 35

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• Ex-Twitter security head Mudge testifies to Congress after whistleblower report
• Iranians went on a U.S. ransomware rampage, DOJ says
• Uber investigating breach of computer systems

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I've been having a hard time getting the Uniden SDS100 serial over USB to work with my Windows virtual machine, but finally figured it out.

My virtual machine setup

Host Machine

Using VirtualBox with Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack installed. The first thing you'll want to do after installing the Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack is to enable USB via the virtual machine's settings. I selected USB 3.0, but depending on your use case, you may have to try another option.

Check out Zack Whittaker's Week in Security Volume 5, Issue 34

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• Encrypted app Signal just hired one of Big Tech's sharpest critics
• L.A. school district hit by ransomware
• Holiday Inn hotels hit by cyberattack
• Patreon lays off security team

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I'm running a variety of Ubuntu Linux distribution known as Pop_OS! and have had several issues when for some reason or another Proton VPN is not shutdown gracefully leaving me without internet but still having LAN access.

Proton VPN appears to install an IPV6 "leak" interface which seems to be the problem.

The following instructions will usually bring back an internet connection..

Check out Zack Whittaker's Week in Security Volume 5, Issue 33

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• Twitter ex-security head blows the whistle, claims reckless and negligent cyber policies
• Plex asks users to reset passwords after theft of 15+ million users' data
• Twilio breach fallout: DoorDash, Authy, Okta

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Check out Zack Whittaker's Week in Security Volume 5, Issue 32

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The HOPE conference is a biannual hacker conference that dates back to 1994. It is associated with the 2600 Hacker Quarterly magazine. The latest HOPE conference, A New HOPE, occurred July 22-24. The organizers recorded all the presentations and posted them on their YouTube channel (Channel2600).

Check out Zack Whittaker's Week in Security Volume 5, Issue 31

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• SMS phishing attack hits Twilio, Cloudflare, others
• Cisco confirms May attack by Yanluowang ransomware group
• NHS IT supplier held to ransom by hackers

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Check out Zack Whittaker's Week in Security Volume 5, Issue 30

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