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We understand Journalism is a field of dedication & sacrifice to inform the public, to fight for the poor, oppressed, to act as a bridge between the ordinary people around the world and those in authority. However, we are faced with numerous challenges including among others; 1. Lack of facilitations in terms of financial resources. 2. Inadequate equipments like Digital Cameras, Computers and Drone Cameras to ease our work. 3. Lack of proper server to host and run all our journalism programs. Therefore, we are kindly asking for your material  and financial assistance that will boost our work in helping the communities by holding leaders accountable, serve justice for the vulnerable / poor and bridge the information  gaps between people & the governments or organizations or institutions that are governing them in Uganda, Africa and around the World. To support, please send the money on this account Number  01041154757063  DFCU Bank Uganda and the Account name ...

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Google on Friday announced that its client-side encryption for Gmail is in beta for Workspace and education customers as part of its efforts to secure emails sent using the web version of the platform. This development comes at a time when concerns about online privacy and data security are at an all-time high, making it a welcome change for users who value the protection of their personal data. To that end, Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Education Standard customers can apply to sign up for the beta until January 20, 2023. It's not available to personal Google Accounts. "Using client-side encryption in Gmail ensures sensitive data in the email body and attachments are indecipherable to Google servers," the company said in a post. "Customers retain control over encryption keys and the identity service to access those keys." It is important to know that the latest safeguards offered by Gmail is different from end-to-end encryption. CyberSec...

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Microsoft has revised the severity of a security vulnerability it originally patched in September 2022, upgrading it to "Critical" after it emerged that it could be exploited to achieve remote code execution. Tracked as CVE-2022-37958 (CVSS score: 8.1), the flaw was previously described as an information disclosure vulnerability in SPNEGO Extended Negotiation (NEGOEX) Security Mechanism. SPNEGO, short for Simple and Protected GSSAPI Negotiation Mechanism (SPNEGO), is a scheme that allows a client and remote server to arrive at a consensus on the choice of the protocol to be used (e.g., Kerberos or NTLM) for authentication. But a further analysis of the flaw by IBM Security X-Force researcher Valentina Palmiotti found that it could allow remote execution of arbitrary code, prompting Microsoft to reclassify its severity. "This vulnerability is a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability impacting a wide range of protocols," IBM said this week. "It ha...