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When a quarter of polluting facilities ignore the law, who’s left to enforce it?

“What we all care about is, what’s the on-the-ground impact on people? We have tens of millions of Americans who can’t drink their tap water,” Stacey Geis said. The post When a quarter of polluting facilities ignore the law, who’s left to enforce it? first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Trump administration finalizes updating federal employee records

Agencies wrongly asserted that employees’ terminations were connected to their performance. The post Trump administration finalizes updating federal employee records first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Trump administration finalizes updating federal employee records

Agencies wrongly asserted that employees’ terminations were connected to their performance. The post Trump administration finalizes updating federal employee records first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Popular code formatting sites are exposing credentials and other secrets

Widely used code formatting sites JSONFormatter and CodeBeautify are exposing sensitive credentials, API keys, private keys, configuration files and other secrets, watchTowr researchers discovered. The findings JSONFormatter and CodeBeautify are free, web-based tools/services used by developers to make messy code easily readable, to validate it, or convert it. Users can also save the output code, so they can share it with others. (If you use JSON Formatter without logging in and save the output, it … More → The post Popular code formatting sites are exposing credentials and other secrets appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Tor Project is rolling out Counter Galois Onion encryption

People who rely on Tor expect their traffic to move through the network without giving away who they are. That trust depends on the strength of the encryption that protects each hop. Tor developers are preparing a major upgrade called Counter Galois Onion, or CGO, which replaces the long-standing relay encryption method used across the network. Why Tor is changing how relays handle encryption The older tor1 relay encryption scheme has been in use for … More → The post Tor Project is rolling out Counter Galois Onion encryption appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Fake “Windows Update” screens fuels new wave of ClickFix attacks

A convincing (but fake) “Windows Update” screen can be the perfect lure for tricking users into infecting their computers with malware. Add a multi-stage delivery chain with some offbeat techniques, and infostealer operators have everything they need to slip past defenses. The malware delivery campaigns “Since the beginning of October, Huntress has identified multiple ClickFix lure sites that trick victims into running a malicious command, following a consistent format and leading to a unique execution … More → The post Fake “Windows Update” screens fuels new wave of ClickFix attacks appeared first on Help Net Security.
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