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How Tom Parker and Reclaim The Net Are Trying to Reclaim Your Search Privacy With DuckDuckGo Russianparker

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DuckDuckGo founder and CEO Gabriel Weinberg says the search engine has “down-positioned” Russian disinformation-related websites in its query results.

In the wake of news reports and search privacy concerns, Tom Parker and Reclaim The Net have joined forces to create DuckDuckGo Russianparker – a project trying to bring back user control of search engine data. By offering a free alternative to popular search engines that doesn’t track user information or use personalized results, this project is looking to give users back the power of online anonymity. Find out more about this movement and how it could make searching the web safer for you.

A data war is being waged on the internet as Russia’s crisis in Ukraine continues to rage. DuckDuckGo is the most advanced stage in this data war.

Introduction to Tom Parker and Reclaim the Net

 Tom Parker is the CEO and founder of Reclaim the Net, a website that is dedicated to fighting for online privacy and freedom. He is also the creator of DuckDuckGo Russianparker, a search engine that does not track you or sell your data. Tom has been involved in the fight for online privacy for over 10 years, and he is passionate about helping people reclaim their right to privacy.

Overview of DuckDuckGo Russianparker

When you search the web, your search engine knows a lot about you. They know your location, what you’ve searched for in the past, and can even track your clicks to see what kind of ads you’re interested in. DuckDuckGo Russianparker is working to change that by giving users a private search experience that doesn’t track them.

DuckDuckGo Russianparker is a fork of the popular privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo. The main difference between the two is that DuckDuckGo Russianparker encrypts your searches with AES-256 encryption, making it impossible for your ISP or anyone else to see what you’re searching for. DuckDuckGo Russianparker is also open source, so anyone can audit the code to make sure there are no tracking or security vulnerabilities.

Tom Parker is the creator of DuckDuckGo Russianparker and the CEO of Reclaim The Net, a news and advocacy site dedicated to fighting for internet freedom and privacy. We sat down with Tom to learn more about why he created DuckDuckGo Russianparker and how it’s helping to reclaim people’s search privacy.

Why did you create DuckDuckGo Russianparker?

I created DuckDuckGo Russianparker because I believe that everyone has a right to search the web privately without being tracked. When we use traditional search engines like Google

Benefits of DuckDuckGo Russianparker

When you use DuckDuckGo Russianparker, your search queries are not stored or shared with any third-party. This means that your search history is completely private – something that is not the case with mainstream search engines like Google.

In addition, because DuckDuckGo does not track you, it is able to show you more relevant results and ads. This is because it doesn’t have a profile of your interests and searches that it can sell to advertisers.

Overall, using DuckDuckGo Russianparker can help you reclaim your privacy online and get more relevant search results.

How it Compares to Other Search Engines

 When it comes to search engines, there are a lot of options out there. But when it comes to privacy, there are only a handful of options that don’t track you. One of those is DuckDuckGo, and it’s the engine Tom Parker is using to try and take back your search privacy.

 Here’s how it works: DuckDuckGo doesn’t collect or share any personal information about its users. That means no logging of IP addresses, no tracking cookies, and no linking of searches to other sites you visit. It also doesn’t show different results based on your location or personal browsing history like some other engines do.

 So how does DuckDuckGo compare to the other big names in search? Google is obviously the biggest player in the game, but it also collects the most data on its users. If privacy is your main concern, then DuckDuckGo is a better option. However, if you’re looking for features like personalized results or integration with other Google products, then you might want to stick with the search giant.

Microsoft’s Bing is another option that offers some privacy features, but not as many as DuckDuckGo. Bing does allow you to opt out of certain types of data collection, but it still tracks your searches and uses that information to target ads at you. So if privacy is your top priority, DuckDuckGo is still the

Examples of How It Can Protect a User’s Privacy

There are many ways in which DuckDuckGo can protect a user’s privacy. One example is that DuckDuckGo does not collect or share any personal information about its users. This means that your searches are completely private and cannot be used to target you with ads or other content. Additionally, DuckDuckGo encrypts your search queries so that your ISP cannot snoop on your search activity. Finally, DuckDuckGo includes features that allow you to customize your privacy settings, such as enabling Do Not Track and disabling cookies.

Common Misconceptions About DuckDuckGo Russianparker

 Most people are under the impression that DuckDuckGo is a new search engine. It’s actually been around since 2008, but it only started gaining popularity in recent years.

Another common misconception is that DuckDuckGo is only available in English. This isn’t true either – there are actually over 100 different language versions of the site.

Finally, some people believe that DuckDuckGo doesn’t track your searches or personal information. While this is mostly true, they do collect some anonymous data about usage patterns and trends.

Tips on Getting Started With DuckDuckGo Russianparker

If you’re looking for an alternative to Google search that respects your privacy, Tom Parker and Reclaim The Net recommend DuckDuckGo. Here are some tips on getting started with this privacy-focused search engine:

  1. Go to DuckDuckGo.com and enter your query in the search bar.

  1. DuckDuckGo will return results from the web, as well as from its own directory of websites.

  1. When you click on a result, DuckDuckGo will take you to the website without tracking you or sharing your information with the site.

  1. You can also use DuckDuckGo’s !bang feature to quickly search specific websites (e.g., !google for Google Search).

  1. To get even more out of DuckDuckGo, install the browser extension or mobile app. This will give you additional features like tracker blocking and instant results when youSearch privately with DuckDuckGo Russianparker !!!

Conclusion

 It’s clear that privacy is a major concern for many people, especially when it comes to search engines. Thanks to the efforts of Tom Parker and Reclaim The Net, we now have access to DuckDuckGo Russianparker, a private and secure search engine with no tracking or profiling to worry about. With this new tool, you can freely browse the web without worrying about compromising your digital security or having your data collected by malicious third parties. If privacy is important to you online, then using DuckDuckGo Russianparker should be on top of your list.

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Microsoft fumbles supply chain and acknowledges signing rootkit malware.

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Microsoft fumbles supply chain and acknowledges signing rootkit malware.

As of right now, Microsoft has admitted to signing a malicious driver that is disseminated in gaming contexts.

This “Netfilter”-named driver is actually a rootkit that has been seen interacting with Chinese C2 IP addresses.

Last week, the whole infosec. community joined G Data malware specialist Karsten Hahn in tracking down and analysing the malicious drivers that bore the Microsoft logo.

This incident exposed vulnerabilities to software supply-chain security once more, but this time it was caused by a flaw in the code-signing procedure used by Microsoft.

Rootkit “Netfilter” driver is Microsoft-signed.
A Microsoft signed driver dubbed “Netfilter” was detected last week by G Data’s cybersecurity alert systems as what at first glance appeared to be a false positive, but wasn’t.

The driver in question was observed interacting with C&C IPs based in China, which had no valid functionality and raised red flags.

This is when Karsten Hahn, a malware analyst at G Data, disclosed this publicly and contacted Microsoft at the same time:

Since Windows Vista, all code that operates in kernel mode must be tested and certified before being made available to the public in order to maintain the stability of the operating system.

According to Hahn, “Drivers without a Microsoft certificate cannot be deployed by default.”

At that time, BleepingComputer started tracking C2 URL behaviour and approached Microsoft for a comment.

A list of further routes (URLs), denoted by the pipe (“|”) symbol, are returned by the first C2 URL:

Each of these, in Hahn’s opinion, has a function:

The URL that ends in “/p” refers to proxy settings, “/s” offers encoded redirection IPs, “/h?” is for getting CPU-ID, “/c” offered a root certificate, and “/v?” refers to the malware’s self-updating capabilities.
For instance, as observed by BleepingComputer, the malicious Netfilter driver in question (residing at “/d3”) was accessible via the “/v?” path at the following URL:

After thoroughly examining the driver, the G Data researcher came to the conclusion that it was malware.

In a thorough blog post, the researcher examined the driver, its ability to self-update, and Indicators of Compromise (IOCs).

According to Hahn, the sample features a self-update routine that transmits its own MD5 hash to the server via the URL hxxp:/110.42.4.180:2081/v?v=6&m=.

An illustration of a request would be as follows:

hxxp:/110.42.4.180:2081/v?v=6&m=921fa8a5442e9bf3fe727e770cded4ab
“The server then replies with either ‘OK’ if the sample is current or the URL for the most recent sample, such as hxxp:/110.42.4.180:2081/d6. As a result, the malware replaces its own file “further information from the researcher

Other malware specialists like Johann Aydinbas, Takahiro Haruyama, and Florian Roth worked with Hahn during his analysis.

Roth has offered YARA rules for recognising them in your network environments after being able to compile the list of samples in a spreadsheet.

Microsoft is looking at a bad actor who spreads harmful drivers inside of gaming environments.

“In order to be certified by the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program, the actor supplied drivers. A third party created the drivers.”

Microsoft stated yesterday, “We have stopped the account and checked their uploads for additional indicators of malware.”

Microsoft claims that the threat actor primarily targeted the gaming industry in China with these malicious drivers and that there is currently no evidence that enterprise environments have been impacted.

Microsoft is waiting before blaming nation-state actors for this incident.

Sophisticated threat actors may take advantage of falsely signed binaries to help launch extensive software supply-chain attacks.

A well-known event in which code-signing certificates were taken from Realtek and JMicron to assist the comprehensive Stuxnet attack on Iran’s nuclear programme.

However, this specific instance has shown flaws in a reliable code-signing procedure, which threat actors have exploited to obtain Microsoft-signed code without jeopardising any certifications.

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FlexBooker reports a data breach, affecting more than 3.7 million accounts.

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FlexBooker reports a data breach, affecting more than 3.7 million accounts.

In an attack just before the holidays, the accounts of over three million customers of the American appointment scheduling service FlexBooker were taken, and they are now being exchanged on hacker forums.

The same hackers are also selling databases they claim to be from two other organisations: the Australian case management system rediCASE and the racing media outlet Racing.com.

Holiday breaches before
A few days before Christmas, there were supposedly three breaches, and the intruder posted the information on a hacking forum.

A popular programme for booking appointments and syncing employee calendars, FlexBooker, appears to be the source of the most recent data dump.

Owners of any company that needs to plan appointments, such as accountants, barbers, doctors, mechanics, lawyers, dentists, gyms, salons, therapists, trainers, spas, and the list goes on, are among FlexBooker’s clients.

The group claiming responsibility for the attack appears to go by the name of Uawrongteam, and they published links to files and archives containing personal information, including pictures, driver’s licences, and other IDs.

The database, according to Uawrongteam, has a table with 10 million lines of client data, including everything from payment forms and charges to pictures taken for driver’s licences.

Names, emails, phone numbers, password salt, and hashed passwords are among the database’s “juicy columns,” according to the actor.

Customers of FlexBooker have received a data breach notification that confirms the attack and that data on the service’s Amazon cloud storage system was “accessed and downloaded” by the intruders.

The letter states that “our account on Amazon’s AWS servers was compromised on December 23, 2021, starting at 4:05 PM EST,” adding that the attackers did not obtain “any credit card or other payment card information.”

FlexBooker advised consumers to be on the lookout for strange or fraudulent activities, and to monitor account statements and credit reports.

For further information, the developer also directed users to a report on a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. It was then determined that some customers’ personal information had been obtained by the hackers.

The FlexBooker assault exposed email addresses, names, partial credit card information, passwords, and phone numbers for more than 3.7 million users, according to the data breach reporting service Have I Been Pwned.

Prior to FlexBooker, the threat actor known as Uawrongteam distributed links to material that was purportedly taken from Racing.com, a digital television station that broadcasts horse racing and offers news, stats, and event calendars associated with the sport.

The data from the Redbourne Gang’s rediCASE Case Management Software, which is utilised by numerous enterprises in addition to health and community agencies, looks to be another target of the same group.

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Rapyd, a “fintech-as-a-service” provider, to acquire Iceland-based Valitor, which establishes in-store and on the internet payments technologies, for $100M (Omar Faridi/Crowdfund Expert).

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Rapyd, a “fintech-as-a-service” provider, to acquire Iceland-based Valitor, which develops in-store and online payments technologies, for $100M (Omar Faridi/Crowdfund Insider)

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