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1. 'Criminals are preying on Windows users': Software subject of CISA, cybersecurity warnings

   By aum, August 7, 2024
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   • August 7, 2024

2. 'Fortune 50' Company Made Record-Breaking $75M Ransomware Payment

   By aum, July 30, 2024
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   • 1,306 views
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   • July 30, 2024

3. 'Hack DHS' bug hunters find 122 security flaws in DHS systems

   By Karlston, April 23, 2022   

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   • April 23, 2022

4. 'iSpoof' service dismantled, main operator and 145 users arrested

   By alf9872000, November 25, 2022
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   • November 25, 2022

5. 'Mylobot' botnet infecting 50,000 devices per day worldwide

   By Karlston, February 22, 2023   

   • botnet
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   • 1,624 views
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   • February 22, 2023

6. 'Scattered Spider' teens plead not guilty to UK transport hack

   By Karlston, November 21, 2025
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   • 304 views
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   • November 21, 2025

7. 'This Is Really, Really Bad': Lapsus$ Gang Claims Okta Hack

   By Karlston, March 22, 2022
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   • 1,363 views
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   • March 22, 2022

8. ‘Ad Blocking is Not Piracy’ Decision Overturned By Top German Court

   By Karlston, August 19, 2025   

   • ad blockers
   • germany
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   • 600 views
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   • August 19, 2025

9. ‘All Of Sony Systems’ Allegedly Hacked By New Ransomware Group

   By aum, September 26, 2023
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   • September 26, 2023

10. ‘Dangerous’ YouTube videos struck down for bypassing Windows 11 account setup

    By aum, October 31, 2025
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    • 394 views
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    • October 31, 2025

11. ‘Data poisoning’ that leverage machine learning may be the next big attack vector

    By mood, May 21, 2021   

    • machine learning
    • data poisoning attacks
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    • May 21, 2021

12. ‘Defender-Pretender’: How Researchers Undermined Windows Malware Security

    By aum, August 10, 2023
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    • 1,422 views
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    • August 10, 2023

13. ‘Nightmare’—Microsoft Update Breaks Windows For Millions

    By aum, January 21
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    • 399 views
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    • January 21

14. ‘Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed By Mozilla — Including Ford, Volkswagen and Toyota — Flunks Privacy Test

    By aum, September 9, 2023
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    • 1,614 views
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    • September 9, 2023

15. ‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections

    By aum, August 9, 2024
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    • August 9, 2024

16. ‘Sophisticated’ new Chinese hacking tool found, spurring US warning to allies

    By aum, March 1, 2022
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    • March 1, 2022

17. ‘Supercookies’ Have Privacy Experts Sounding the Alarm

    By Karlston, June 28, 2022   

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    • 1,423 views
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    • June 28, 2022

18. ‘TeamTNT’ Has a New Credential Harvester Targeting Cloud Services on the Loose

    By mood, May 19, 2021   

    • malware
    • credential stealer
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    • 1,998 views
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    • May 19, 2021

19. ‘Trojan Source’ Bug Threatens the Security of All Code

    By Karlston, November 1, 2021
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    • 1,709 views
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    • November 1, 2021

20. "About any type of account imaginable" — 149 million usernames and passwords exposed, and it's way more than just Outlook, OnlyFans, and Gmail

    By Karlston, January 27
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    • January 27

21. "As Nasty as Dirty Pipe" — 8 Year Old Linux Kernel Vulnerability Uncovered

    By aum, August 22, 2022
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    • August 22, 2022

22. "Browser extensions are a blind spot for EDR/XDR, and SWGs have no way to infer their presence": Google Chrome's new Manifest V3 framework, touted as private and secure, might be a breeding ground for phishing scams

    By Karlston, November 11, 2024   

    • google
    • manifest v3
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      • manifest v3
      • phishing
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    • 1,240 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 11, 2024

23. "Disturbing" new detail emerges about DeepSeek and what it does with your data

    By Karlston, February 6, 2025   

    • deepseek
    • privacy
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    • 1,167 views
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    • February 6, 2025

24. "DogWalk", another Microsoft-ignored MSDT vulnerability like Follina gets unofficial patch

    By aum, June 8, 2022
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    • 1,372 views
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    • June 8, 2022

25. "It just looks wrong" — YouTube admits it's altering videos without consent, sparking blowback from creators

    By Karlston, August 25, 2025   

    • google
    • youtube
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    • 526 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 25, 2025