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1. FakeGit campaign uses 7,600 GitHub repos to push SmartLoader malware

   By Karlston, Tuesday at 11:22 PM
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   • Added by Karlston
   • Tuesday at 11:22 PM

2. Police dismantle Kratos phishing platform, arrest developer

   By Karlston, Tuesday at 11:21 PM   

   • phishing
   • 0 comments
   • 90 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • Tuesday at 11:21 PM

3. One in six PCs still run Windows 10, and they're far less secure than Windows 11

   By Karlston, Monday at 09:28 PM   

   • windows 10
   • 0 comments
   • 99 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • Monday at 09:28 PM

4. LG’s monitors come with an unwanted addition for Windows: McAfee pop-up ads

   By Karlston, Monday at 09:22 PM   

   • lg
   • 1 comment
   • 105 views
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   • Comment by lurch234
   • Monday at 10:39 PM

5. Pay up or not? Ransomware surge has victims facing tough choices.

   By Karlston, Monday at 09:21 PM   

   • ransomware
   • 0 comments
   • 84 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • Monday at 09:21 PM

6. Update now: 7-Zip fixes RCE flaw exploitable with malicious archives

   By Karlston, Saturday at 09:31 PM   

   • 7-zip
   • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 176 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • Saturday at 09:31 PM

7. Latest Google Chrome update fixes 7 vulnerabilities, including 3 critical ones

   By Karlston, Friday at 09:20 PM   

   • google chrome
   • 0 comments
   • 208 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • Friday at 09:20 PM

8. UK government to introduce social media curfew and addictive feature ban for teens

   By Karlston, July 15   

   • social media
   • uk
   • 0 comments
   • 100 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 15

9. Windows 0-day drops the same day Microsoft releases record number of patches

   By Karlston, July 15
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   • 103 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 15

10. Windows 10/11 July Patch Tuesday fixes a colossal 570 vulnerabilities

    By Karlston, July 15   

    • windows 10
    • windows 11
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • windows 10
      • windows 11
      • patch tuesday
    • 0 comments
    • 212 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 15

11. Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now

    By Karlston, July 15
    • 0 comments
    • 135 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 15

12. LastPass, Bitwarden users targeted with fake security alerts

    By Karlston, July 14
    • 1 comment
    • 145 views
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    • Comment by Matt
    • July 15

13. Don't let an AI chatbot pick your password, ever

    By aum, July 14
    • 0 comments
    • 123 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 14

14. Microsoft Entra ID authentication getting major shakeup with default passkeys very soon

    By Karlston, July 14
    • 0 comments
    • 140 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 14

15. Japan's largest taxi operator shuts systems after cyberattack

    By Karlston, July 13   

    • cyberattack
    • japan
    • 0 comments
    • 129 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 13

16. Fake OAuth client IDs are helping attackers slip past sign-in logs

    By aum, July 13
    • 0 comments
    • 212 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 13

17. Google comes out against blocks on DNS resolvers, VPNs, and IP addresses

    By Karlston, July 13   

    • google
    • european commission
    • 0 comments
    • 146 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 13

18. Disable autoplay and infinite scroll or risk massive fines, EU tells Meta

    By Karlston, July 10   

    • meta
    • eu
    • 0 comments
    • 206 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 10

19. Using AI to detect security bugs in Windows will now be standard practice at Microsoft

    By Karlston, July 9   

    • microsoft
    • security
    • 0 comments
    • 149 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 9

20. Patch for Windows Defender 0-day could allow attackers to fill hard disk

    By Karlston, July 9   

    • windows defender
    • 0 comments
    • 132 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 9

21. DuckDuckGo browser now blocks YouTube video ads

    By Karlston, July 8   

    • duckduckgo browser
    • youtube
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • duckduckgo browser
      • youtube
      • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 154 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 8

22. Telco giant KDDI says data breach affects over 12 million people

    By Karlston, July 8   

    • data breach
    • japan
    • 0 comments
    • 143 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 8

23. Forget Google Chrome, Brave makes new official bypass to support uBlock Origin and more

    By Karlston, July 8   

    • brave browser
    • manifest v2
    • 0 comments
    • 260 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 8

24. Be careful entering one-time codes in Microsoft's login flow, you could be getting phished

    By Karlston, July 6   

    • microsoft
    • phishing
    • 0 comments
    • 126 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 6

25. Opera launches Paste Protect, a tool that protects your clipboard from attacks

    By Karlston, July 3   

    • opera
    • 0 comments
    • 134 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 3