Cybersecurity firm Check Point discovered that hackers may take advantage of Android apps that wrongly use external storage such as SD cards. Here’s how “man-in-the-disk” attacks work, and how to protect yourself against them. ( Pixabay ) A newly discovered Android exploit takes advantage of apps that make poor use of external storage such as…
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WASHINGTON — President Trump turned aside the advice of party officials and intervened in the Kansas Republican primary for governor Monday, throwing his support behind the polarizing secretary of state, Kris Kobach, one day before voters go to the polls there. In a tweet that Republican governors and some of his own aides had sought…
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ISTANBUL — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said Saturday that he was ordering reciprocal sanctions against two American officials in retaliation for United States measures against two of his ministers, escalating a diplomatic wrangle between the NATO allies. “Those who think that they can make Turkey take a step back with ridiculous sanctions have…
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It was at the end of the unclassified hearing for President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency that Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), the chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, switched gears. Having spent much of his time extolling Gina Haspel’s professional credentials, the North Carolina Republican abruptly noted that she was also…
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Joy Reid, whose MSNBC presence has expanded in recent years amid a well-received weekend program on the network, is pressing back against new allegations that she penned a cache of newly discovered blog posts that carry homophobic remarks. The blog posts, discovered by a Twitter user with the handle @Jamie_Maz, show Reid taking offense at…
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Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens failed in his attempt to have the case against him dismissed. He appears here in a police booking photo from February, provided by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. Reuters hide caption toggle caption Reuters Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens failed in his attempt to have the case against him dismissed. He…
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The report made no recommendations on the governor’s political future. The investigative committee will continue its work and will probably not make any recommendations on how to proceed until after the regular session ends next month, the speaker of the House, Todd Richardson, said. Republicans solidly control both the House and the Senate. It is…
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