Internet censorship index reveals Russia’s lead and widespread content blocking
2026-04-29T20:51:56Z•5a77f96bf834b7a1ecc68d02f89e0060d4673ac4f7d0e5a810ffdb38a4161ca1
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What happened
Multiple high-impact security and privacy stories: the Global Internet Censorship Index 2026 finds widespread government blocking (Russia highest; VPNs, news and adult content commonly blocked). cPanel patched a critical authentication vulnerability affecting all supported versions. CISA added Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws (including CVE-2024-02-21 path traversal) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. A critical GitHub flaw (CVE-2026-3854) enables remote code execution via a git push. Microsoft fixed an Entra ID privilege-escalation issue involving the Agent ID-‑-
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