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Top Open Source Security Tools

eSecurity Planet

It has more than 70 extensions, and a knowledge base with more than 14 million open source components. VeraCrypt is free, open source disk encryption software for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. It was created by Idrix and is based on TrueCrypt 7.1a. Encryption is automatic and is done in real time. John the Ripper.

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Hacked Data Broker Accounts Fueled Phony COVID Loans, Unemployment Claims

Krebs on Security

In June, KrebsOnSecurity was contacted by a cybersecurity researcher who discovered that a group of scammers was sharing highly detailed personal and financial records on Americans via a free web-based email service that allows anyone who knows an account’s username to view all email sent to that account — without the need of a password.

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