Security & Privacy News

3550 news in this category

1. Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon

   By Karlston, October 14, 2024   

   • google chrome
   • adblockers
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • google chrome
     • adblockers
     • banned
   • 13 comments
   • 1,125 views
   • 
   • Comment by vide
   • October 17, 2024

2. YouTube showing ads with uBlock Origin enabled? Here is a fix!

   By Karlston, September 3, 2023   

   • youtube
   • ads
   • 10 comments
   • 4,629 views
   • 
   • Comment by jayballs
   • October 1, 2023

3. WinRAR 7.10 boosts Windows privacy by stripping MoTW data

   By Karlston, February 19   

   • winrar
   • privacy
   • 9 comments
   • 791 views
   • 
   • Comment by mp68terr
   • March 3

4. Google is killing uBlock Origin. Here are your options.

   By Karlston, February 26   

   • google chrome
   • ublock origin
   • 6 comments
   • 692 views
   • 
   • Comment by TheEmpathicEar
   • March 3

5. Google wants to make it impossible to block YouTube ads as they may be inside videos

   By Karlston, June 13, 2024   

   • youtube
   • ads
   • 5 comments
   • 702 views
   • 
   • Comment by UberGeek
   • June 15, 2024

6. Should you protect your Google Account with a passkey instead of a password?

   By alf9872000, May 11, 2023
   • 4 comments
   • 814 views
   • 
   • Comment by Karlston
   • May 11, 2023

7. Hackers are using phishing emails from PayPal

   By IMTHEGRAY, July 24, 2022   

   • management
   • cyber
   • (and 5 more)

     Tagged with:

     • management
     • cyber
     • phising
     • paypal
     • email
     • security
     • logical security
   • 4 comments
   • 1,657 views
   • 
   • Comment by Mutton
   • July 27, 2024

8. The Week in Ransomware - January 27th 2023 - 'We hacked the hackers'

   By Karlston, January 28, 2023   

   • ransomware
   • 4 comments
   • 1,626 views
   • 
   • Comment by Dark Monkey
   • January 29, 2023

9. BitRAT malware now spreading as a Windows 10 license activator

   By Karlston, March 22, 2022   

   • malware
   • 3 comments
   • 2,193 views
   • 
   • Comment by vissha
   • March 23, 2022

10. Exclusive: Biden to ban US sales of Kaspersky software over Russia ties, source says

    By aum, June 20, 2024
    • 3 comments
    • 813 views
    • 
    • Comment by andy2004
    • June 22, 2024

11. Undocumented "backdoor" found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices

    By Karlston, March 9   

    • bluetooth
    • backdoor
    • 3 comments
    • 697 views
    • 
    • Comment by Mutton
    • March 9

12. Facebook is now showing subscribe or continue with ads prompts to EU users

    By Karlston, November 10, 2023   

    • facebook
    • eu
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • facebook
      • eu
      • ads
    • 3 comments
    • 1,550 views
    • 
    • Comment by Kalju
    • November 11, 2023

13. Over 15,000 WordPress Sites Compromised in Malicious SEO Campaign

    By alf9872000, November 15, 2022
    • 3 comments
    • 4,896 views
    • 
    • Comment by tggenamho
    • March 15, 2023

14. YouTube is cracking down on ad blockers more aggressively, here's how to bypass it

    By Karlston, October 10, 2023   

    • youtube
    • adblockers
    • 3 comments
    • 3,085 views
    • 
    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • October 13, 2023

15. uBlock Origin alternative AdGuard fixes Windows-induced BSOD, promises dark mode everywhere

    By Karlston, October 25, 2024   

    • adguard
    • update
    • 3 comments
    • 2,070 views
    • 
    • Comment by UberGeek
    • October 25, 2024

16. Telegram says CEO has ‘nothing to hide’ after being arrested in France

    By Karlston, August 26, 2024   

    • telegram
    • 3 comments
    • 1,222 views
    • 
    • Comment by aeri
    • August 30, 2024

17. OpenSubtitles Hacked, 7 Million Subscribers’ Details Leaked Online

    By Karlston, January 19, 2022
    • 3 comments
    • 1,246 views
    • 
    • Comment by xxvv
    • February 5, 2022

18. Ongoing antitrust evidence reveals Google's strategy to 'crush' its competition in ads

    By Karlston, September 12, 2024   

    • google
    • antitrust trial
    • 3 comments
    • 683 views
    • 
    • Comment by aeri
    • September 15, 2024

19. Password-stealing Linux malware served for 3 years and no one noticed

    By aum, September 13, 2023
    • 3 comments
    • 1,185 views
    • 
    • Comment by Kalju
    • September 21, 2023

20. NSA Employee Tried to Email US Secrets to Russia

    By aum, October 24, 2023
    • 3 comments
    • 999 views
    • 
    • Comment by Mutton
    • October 26, 2023

21. Elon Musk is silently training his Grok AI on your X data, but you can stop him

    By Karlston, July 27, 2024   

    • twitter/x
    • 3 comments
    • 892 views
    • 
    • Comment by Akaneharuka
    • July 28, 2024

22. Netgear leaves vulnerabilities unpatched in Nighthawk router

    By Karlston, December 31, 2021   

    • netgear
    • vulnerabilities
    • 3 comments
    • 1,794 views
    • 
    • Comment by RobrPatty
    • January 1, 2022

23. ExpressVPN sells to Kape Technologies for $936 million

    By MagicSahar, September 14, 2021
    • 3 comments
    • 1,164 views
    • 
    • Comment by Radpop
    • September 21, 2021

24. As Google Chrome disables uBlock Origin, Brave assures it won't, flaunts its default adblock

    By Karlston, October 18, 2024   

    • brave browser
    • manifest v3
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • brave browser
      • manifest v3
      • adblockers
    • 3 comments
    • 623 views
    • 
    • Comment by noeh
    • October 20, 2024

25. If you use an adblocker, you need to read this!

    By Karlston, June 18, 2024   

    • adblockers
    • 3 comments
    • 1,263 views
    • 
    • Comment by Karlston
    • June 24, 2024