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Amazing!
Zack is amazing! I have gone to him with computer issues for the past few years now and he always finds a way to fix… Read more “Amazing!”
Professional, smart & sensitive
Cannot say enough good things about Zack Rahhal and his team. Professional, smart, sensitive to small biz budgets and a helluva good guy. Could not… Read more “Professional, smart & sensitive”
AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL STAFF
stars indeed. So reliable and helpful and kind and smart. We call Al and he is “on it” immediately and such a FABULOUS teacher, patient… Read more “AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL STAFF”
Whatever my need, unfailingly helpful
I’ve been a customer of the staff at Advantage for many years now. They have never let me down! Whatever my need, however big or… Read more “Whatever my need, unfailingly helpful”
Best Kept Secret
I’ve known the Advantage Team for years. They are the absolute best techs in the field, bar none. I couldn’t tell you how many tens… Read more “Best Kept Secret”
Excellent Experience
I had an excellent experience with Advantage. Aside from being extremely professional and pleasant generally, Zack was incredibly responsive and helpful, even before and after… Read more “Excellent Experience”
Simply The Best!
Simply The Best! Our company has been working with Advantage Computer Solutions for a few years, Zack and his Team are AWESOME! They are super… Read more “Simply The Best!”
Awesome
The engineering team at Advantage Computers is the best in the business. They are nothing short of technical… Read more “Awesome”
It’s like having a cousin in the business.
Al, Nasser and Zack have been keeping our operations going for over a decade, taking care of our regular upgrades and our emergency system problems.… Read more “It’s like having a cousin in the business.”
Exceptional People
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Highly Recommended
I became a customer about 6-7 months and I can say nothing but great things about this business. Zack takes care of me. I am… Read more “Highly Recommended”
Life Savers
THANK GOD for this local computer repair business who saved me hundreds, my hard drive was messed up, i called the company with warranty they… Read more “Life Savers”
I don’t have enough words to express my appreciation
I don’t have enough words to express my appreciation for Nassar and Paul, and the other members of Advantage Computer Solutions. I live in Bergen… Read more “I don’t have enough words to express my appreciation”
Minuteman Press Newark
Advantage Computer Solutions is absolutely great. They show up, do what they say they are going to, complete the job without issues (my other computer… Read more “Minuteman Press Newark”
Knowledgeable, Reliable, Reasonable
Knowledgeable, Reliable, Reasonable Working with Advantage Computers since 1997 for both personal and business tech support has been a rewarding and enjoyable experience. Rewarding, in… Read more “Knowledgeable, Reliable, Reasonable”
Excellent service!
Excellent service! I am the administrator for a busy medical office which relies heavily on our computer system. We have used Advantage Computer Solutions for… Read more “Excellent service!”
Great Advice and Service
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Great Service, Support and Sales
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Extremely Professional and Passionate
Our company has been working with Advantage since the 1990’s and have been a loyal client ever since. Advantage does not make it very difficult… Read more “Extremely Professional and Passionate”
Handles all our Office IT
Advantage Computer Solutions has handled all of our computer and IT needs for the past 2 years. The staff is always professional and the service… Read more “Handles all our Office IT”
Passaic Housing Authority
Since 1996 the Housing Authority of the City of Passaic has been a client of Advantage Computer Solutions. Our Agency has utilized their outstanding services… Read more “Passaic Housing Authority”
They made sure EVERYTHING was working
“When the computer I use to run my photography business started acting erratically and kept shutting down, I was in a panic. I depend on… Read more “They made sure EVERYTHING was working”
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
What’s it like working as a malware researcher? – ProtonMail and the battle for email privacy – Man charged with hacking, trying to extort US sports leagues
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Week in security with Tony Anscombe
What’s it like working as a malware researcher? – ProtonMail and the battle for email privacy – Man charged with hacking, trying to extort US sports leagues
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Google squashes Android zero‑day bug exploited in targeted attacks
Beyond the vulnerability in the Android kernel, the monthly round of security patches plugs another 38 security loopholes
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Win one for privacy – Swiss providers don’t have to talk
Security and privacy get a leg up in Proton’s legal challenge against data retention and disclosure obligations
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What’s it like to work as a malware researcher? 10 questions answered
Three ESET malware researchers describe what their job involves and what it takes to embark on a successful career in this field
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Man charged with hacking major US sports leagues to illegally stream games
On top of illegally streaming sports games for profit, the man is also believed to have attempted to extort MLB for $150,000
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Trick & Treat! 🎃 Paying Leets and Sweets for Linux Kernel privescs and k8s escapes
Posted by Eduardo Vela, Google Bug Hunters Team
Starting today and for the next 3 months (until January 31 2022), we will pay 31,337 USD to security researchers that exploit privilege escalation in our lab environment with a patched vulnerability, and 50,337 USD to those that use a previously unpatched vulnerability, or a new exploit technique.
We are constantly investing in the security of the Linux Kernel because much of the internet, and Google—from the devices in our pockets, to the services running on Kubernetes in the cloud—depend on the security of it. We research its vulnerabilities and attacks, as well as study and develop its defenses.
But we know that there is more work to do. That’s why we have decided to build on top of our kCTF VRP from last year and triple our previous reward amounts (for at least the next 3 months).
Our base rewards for each publicly patched vulnerability is 31,337 USD (at most one exploit per vulnerability), but the reward can go up to 50,337 USD in two cases:
We hope the new rewards will encourage the security community to explore new Kernel exploitation techniques to achieve privilege escalation and drive quicker fixes for these vulnerabilities. It is important to note, that the easiest exploitation primitives are not available in our lab environment due to the hardening done on Container-Optimized OS. Note this program complements Android’s VRP rewards, so exploits that work on Android could also be eligible for up to 250,000 USD (that’s in addition to this program).
The mechanics are:
Reports will be triaged on a weekly basis. If anyone has problems with the lab environment (if it’s unavailable, technical issues or other questions), contact us on Discord in #kctf. You can read more details about the program here. Happy hunting!
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
ESET discovers Wslink – Why secure-by-design is a must – Staying cybersecure this Halloween and beyond – Operation Dark HunTOR
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Week in security with Tony Anscombe
ESET discovers Wslink – Why secure-by-design is a must – Staying cybersecure this Halloween and beyond – Operation Dark HunTOR
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Protecting your device information with Private Set Membership
Posted by Kevin Yeo and Sarvar Patel, Private Computing Team
Another example is Private Join and Compute, an open source protocol which enables organizations to work together and draw insights from confidential data sets. Two parties are able to encrypt their data sets, join them, and compute statistics over the joint data. By leveraging secure multi-party computation, Private Join and Compute is designed to ensure that the plaintext data sets are concealed from all parties.
In this post, we introduce the next iteration of our research, Private Set Membership, as well as its open-source availability. At a high level, Private Set Membership considers the scenario in which Google holds a database of items, and user devices need to contact Google to check whether a specific item is found in the database. As an example, users may want to check membership of a computer program on a block list consisting of known malicious software before executing the program. Often, the set’s contents and the queried items are sensitive, so we designed Private Set Membership to perform this task while preserving the privacy of our users.
Protecting your device information during enrollment
Beginning in Chrome 94, Private Set Membership will enable Chrome OS devices to complete the enrollment process in a privacy-preserving manner. Device enrollment is an integral part of the out-of-box experience that welcomes you when getting started with a Chrome OS device.
The device enrollment process requires checking membership of device information in encrypted Google databases, including checking if a device is enterprise enrolled or determining if a device was pre-packaged with a license. The correct end state of your Chrome OS device is determined using the results of these membership checks.
During the enrollment process, we protect your Chrome OS devices by ensuring no information ever leaves the device that may be decrypted by anyone else when using Private Set Membership. Google will never learn any device information and devices will not learn any unnecessary information about other devices. To our knowledge, this is the first instance of advanced cryptographic tools being leveraged to protect device information during the enrollment process.
A deeper look at Private Set Membership
Private Set Membership is built upon two cryptographic tools:
Take a look at how Private Set Membership utilizes homomorphic encryption and oblivious hashing to protect data below:
For a deeper look into the technology behind Private Set Membership, you can also access our open source code.
Privacy properties
By using Private Set Membership, the following privacy properties are obtained:
Using Private Set Membership to solve more problems
Private Set Membership is a powerful tool that solves a fundamental problem in a privacy-preserving manner. This is just the beginning of what’s possible using this technology. Private Set Membership can help preserve user privacy across a wide array of applications. For example:
We still have a ways to go before Private Set Membership is used for general membership checks by devices. At Google, we are exploring a number of potential use cases to protect your privacy using Private Set Membership. We are excited to continue advancing the state-of-the-art cryptographic research to keep you safe.
Acknowledgements
The work in this post is the result of a collaboration between a large group of current and former Google engineers, research scientists and others including: Amr Aboelkher, Asra Ali, Ghous Amjad, Yves Arrouye, Roland Bock, Xi Chen, Maksim Ivanov, Dennis Kalinichenko, Nirdhar Khazanie, Dawon Lee, Tancrède Lepoint, Lawrence Lui, Pavol Marko, Thiemo Nagel, Mariana Raykova, Aaron Segal, Joon Young Seo, Karn Seth, and Jason Wong.