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Quantum Threats and How to Protect Your Data

SecureWorld News

Despite media hype suggesting potential for "cracking military-grade encryption," experts clarify that these achievements neither target nor compromise robust methods like AES, TLS, or other military-grade algorithms. Quantum computing brings both opportunities for advancement and significant security challenges.

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Your Brother printer might have a critical security flaw - how to check and what to do next

Zero Day

Of those eight flaws, seven can be fully patched with firmware updates. Rapid7's zero-day research has revealed eight security holes across 689 Brother printer, scanner, and label-maker models -- and an additional 59 devices from Fujifilm, Toshiba Tec, Ricoh, and Konica Minolta. CVE-2024-51978 carries a CVSS score of 9.8

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Mercedes-Benz Head Unit security research report

SecureList

This setup allowed us to establish communication over DoIP (Diagnostic Over Internet Protocol): Communication between diagnostic software and hardware The TCP communication between the diagnostic tool and the diagnostic hardware device is performed over Ethernet using custom protocols (Protocol Data Unit, PDU). SMR-F files, but uncompressed.

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Wyze wants to keep prying eyes away from your cameras with this new feature

Zero Day

How it works When you set up a Wyze camera , your user ID will be digitally stamped onto the camera's firmware. It will be rolled out through an update, so if your Wyze app and camera firmware stay up to date, you'll receive the feature. The camera then digitally stamps that same ID onto every photo, video, and livestream.

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Privacy Roundup: Week 11 of Year 2025

Security Boulevard

Data Broker Brags About Having Highly Detailed Personal Information on Nearly All Internet Users Gizmodo An owner of a data broker business brags and showcases his company's ability to deliver "personalized messaging at scale." Of course, personalized in this context means leveraging extensive amounts of data collected on people.

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Will your Mac or Windows PC still get security updates in 2026? Check this chart

Zero Day

But every PC that was sold with Windows preinstalled after mid-2016 was required to have a TPM, so that's a simple matter of flipping a switch in the firmware menu.

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Your TV's USB port has an underrated feature that can revitalize an old system for free

Zero Day

In this article, I'm focusing on one particular important use: installing firmware updates using a USB device. Most smart TVs are designed to automatically check for and install updates over Wi-Fi -- as long as they're connected to the internet and the automatic update feature is enabled.