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Libera Chat is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) network that supports connecting via Tor using their Onion Service, this provides a layer of anonymity and security.

IRC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat
Tor: https://www.torproject.org/about/history
Tor Onion Service: https://community.torproject.org/onion-services

Website: https://libera.chat
Mastodon: @liberachat

#Libera #LiberaChat #IRC #Tor #Encryption #Anonymity #Security #OpenSource #InfoSec


LibreOffice supports symmetric and asymmetric encryption for OpenDocument Format (ODF) files.

Select File > Save/Save As

The "Save with password" option encrypts the file with AES-256.
The "Encrypt with GPG key" option encrypts the file with a public key.

Symmetric encryption: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetric-key_algorithm
Asymmetric encryption: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography

Website: https://www.libreoffice.org
Mastodon: @libreoffice

#LibreOffice #Encryption #OpenSource #OpenPGP #PGP #GnuPG #GPG #InfoSec #Privacy #Security


Couldn't be me, though

Ransomware attack leaks nearly every Maine resident's data - Desk Chair Analysts

https://dcanalysts.net/ransomware-attack-leaks-nearly-every-maine-residents-data/

#InfoSec #Maine #MOVEit #Ransomware #Security #TechNews


Security researcher Gergely Kalman has published a technical write-up on BatSignal (CVE-2022-26704), an unprivileged user to root elevation of privilege vulnerability in macOS.

https://gergelykalman.com/no-CVE-batsignal-a-macos-lpe.html #infosec #cybersecurity #security #apple #macos #vulnerability


On my desktop #Firefox, 99% of those malicious requests are blocked. On my mobile Firefox 97%.

Does your browser protect you and your data? Test yourself:
https://d3ward.github.io/toolz/adblock.html

#privacy #security #adblocker #malware


On the #CyberResilienceAct #CRA the @fsfe has already proposed a solution that will lead to more #security while safeguarding #FreeSoftware (#OpenSource):

* Liability should be shifted to those *deploying* Free Software instead of those *developing* Free Software and

* Those who significantly financially benefit from this deployment should make sure the software becomes CE-compliant

https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20230719-01.en.html


Get ready; Google Adsense, which is used by the majority of websites out there, is introducing a beta feature called Offerwall (Ad gate). https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/11913007 Once the threshold of 4 page views has been reached for any given user, the ad gate will appear everywhere. How generous of them and the website operators? Currently, this is optional, but it may become a permanent feature unless you turn off the ad blocker. #privacy #security

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