A widely-used login system is still using MD5 which is bad news, miscreants took over some domains when they moved from Google to Squarespace, Linksys’ sloppy app isn’t a huge problem but is a bad sign, and why backing up an Android phone in one go is pretty much impossible without root.

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New Blast-RADIUS attack breaks 30-year-old protocol used in networks everywhere

Squarespace migration linked to DNS hijacking, claims report

Linksys Velop routers send Wi-Fi passwords in plaintext to US servers

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