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The Indian government has banned 59 Chinese mobile applications in response to rising tensions along the Line of Actual Control. The ban includes popular apps such as TikTok, WeChat, and UC Browser. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has justified the move by saying these apps are “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state, and public order.”

A researcher at security firm Check Point has found a new multi-platform malware called “FreakOut” that targets Linux systems and has the potential to ensnare routers and IoT devices. FreakOut uses several methods to spread, including brute-forcing SSH credentials, exploiting known vulnerabilities like the recent Zerologon flaw, and infecting a critical VMware product. Once infecting

A popular password manager, LastPass, has recently fixed a bug that could have enabled malicious websites to steal users’ passwords or even execute arbitrary code on their computers. The bug was first discovered by Tavis Ormandy, a security researcher from Google’s Project Zero. Ormandy found that the vulnerability existed in the Google Chrome and Firefox extensions for the password manager.