How the top VPNs compare: Plus, should you try a free VPN? We tested the best VPN services -- focusing on the number of servers, ability to unlock streaming services, and more -- to determine a No. 1 overall. Plus, we tell you whether free VPNs are worth trying. Read now The Chinese government has deployed an update to its national censorship tool, known as the Great Firewall (GFW), to block encry

It's been an interesting month for enterprise administrators and security staff with Microsoft's Patch Tuesday including fixes for 123 vulnerabilities across 13 products. In particular, warnings were issued over SigRed (CVE-2020-1350), a 17-year-old critical bug that can be used to hijack Microsoft Windows Server builds. Adobe, SAP, VMware, and Oracle have also released their own security updates.

Cyber security 101: Protect your privacy from hackers, spies, and the government Simple steps can make the difference between losing your online accounts or maintaining what is now a precious commodity: Your privacy. Read now A hacker claims to have breached the backend servers belonging to a US cyber-security firm and stolen information from the company's "data leak detection" service. The hacker

The code-hosting portal is just the latest in a long line of tech companies and open source projects that have expressed support for removing terms that may be offensive to developers in the black community. This includes dropping terms like "master" and "slave" for alternatives like "main/default/primary" and "secondary;" but also terms like "blacklist" and "whitelist" for "allow list" and "deny/

The agreement was finalized Sunday and the parties will be in power until 2026. "We will adhere to the principle of 'public money, public code'. That means that as long as there is no confidential or personal data involved, the source code of the city's software will also be made public," the agreement states. SEE: 20 quick tips to make Linux networking easier (free PDF) The decision is being hail

LineageOS source code, OS builds, and signing keys were unaffected, developers said. Hackers have gained access to the core infrastructure of LineageOS, a mobile operating system based on Android, used for smartphones, tablets, and set-top boxes. The intrusion took place last night, on Saturday, at around 8 pm (US Pacific coast), and was detected before the attackers could do any harm, the Lineage

Ghost blogging platform servers hacked and infected with crypto-miner Ghost platform got hacked via the same vulnerability that allowed hackers to breach LineageOS servers hours before. Image: GhostA serious hacking campaign is currently underway, and tens of companies have been hacked already, ZDNet has learned from security researchers keeping an eye on the attacks. For the past 24 hours, hacker