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The Hacker News Daily Updates EMA Report Summary: Security Awareness Training Are We Getting Any Better at Organizational and Internet Security? Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Jun 21, 2017 WebSites Found Collecting Data from Online Forms Even Before You Click Submit 'Do I really need to give this website so much about me?' That's exactly what I usually think after filling but before submitting a web form online asking for my personal details to continue. I am sure most of you would either close the whole tab or would edit already typed details (or filled up ... Read More NSA Opens Github Account — Lists 32 Projects Developed by the Agency The National Security Agency (NSA) — the United States intelligence agency which is known for its secrecy and working in the dark — has finally joined GitHub and launched an official GitHub page. The NSA employs genius-level coders and brightest mathematicians, who continually work to break codes, ... Read More Next Windows 10 Version May Have Built-in EMET Anti-Exploit Program It seems Microsoft is planning to build its EMET anti-exploit tool into the kernel of Windows 10 Creator Update (also known as RedStone 3), which is expected to release in September/October 2017. So you may not have to separately download and install EMET in the upcoming version of the Windows 10. ... Read More Microsoft to Remove SMBv1 Protocol in Next Windows 10 Version (RedStone 3) The Server Message Block version 1 (SMBv1) — a 30-year-old file sharing protocol which came to light last month after the devastating WannaCry outbreak — will be removed from the upcoming Windows 10 (1709) Redstone 3 Update. The SMBv1 is one of the internet's most ancient networking protocols that ... Read More A Decade Old Unix/Linux/BSD Root Privilege-Escalation Bug Discovered Security researchers have discovered more than a decade-old vulnerability in several Unix-based operating systems — including Linux, OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD and Solaris — which can be exploited by attackers to escalate their privileges to root, potentially leading to a full system takeover. ... Read More EMA Report Summary: Security Awareness Training Are We Getting Any Better at Organizational and Internet Security? Download Now Sponsored This email was sent to balvistudio4.raaj@blogger.com. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from The Hacker News. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please click here. Contact The Hacker News: info@thehackernews.com Unsubscribe The Hacker News | Pearls Omaxe, Netaji Subash Place, Pitampura, Delhi 110034 India