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How to download a backup copy of your Twitter data (or deactivate your account)
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How to download a backup copy of your Twitter data (or deactivate your account)

Enlarge / Whatever happens, it’s nice to know your data options. (credit: Benj Edwards) Big changes are underway at Twitter as we speak—including new leadership—and some people are nervous about what the future might bring for the social network. Things may end up completely fine, but even in tranquil times, it’s good to know how...

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VMware patches vulnerability with 9.8/10 severity rating in Cloud Foundation

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Exploit code was released this week for a just-patched vulnerability in VMware Cloud Foundation and NSX Manager appliances that allows hackers with no authentication to execute malicious code with the highest system privileges. VMware patched the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-39144, on Tuesday and issued it a severity rating of 9.8 out...

Meet the Windows servers that have been fueling massive DDoSes for months
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Meet the Windows servers that have been fueling massive DDoSes for months

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty) A small retail business in North Africa, a North American telecommunications provider, and two separate religious organizations: What do they have in common? They’re all running poorly configured Microsoft servers that for months or years have been spraying the Internet with gigabytes-per-second of junk data in distributed-denial-of-service attacks designed...