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1. The Comedy of Errors That Let China-Backed Hackers Steal Microsoft’s Signing Key

   By aum, September 7, 2023
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   • September 7, 2023

2. A New Supply Chain Attack Hit Close to 100 Victims—and Clues Point to China

   By aum, August 22, 2023
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   • 1,343 views
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   • August 22, 2023

3. The Plan to Better Protect US Hospitals From Ransomware

   By aum, August 17, 2023
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   • 1,113 views
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   • August 17, 2023

4. Teens Hacked Boston Subway Cards to Get Infinite Free Rides—and This Time, Nobody Got Sued

   By aum, August 11, 2023
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   • 1,044 views
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   • August 11, 2023

5. Leaked Yandex Code Breaks Open the Creepy Black Box of Online Advertising

   By aum, August 10, 2023
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   • 967 views
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   • August 10, 2023

6. A Clever Honeypot Tricked Hackers Into Revealing Their Secrets

   By Karlston, August 10, 2023   

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   • 1,537 views
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   • August 10, 2023

7. Twitter Scammers Stole $1,000 From My Friend—So I Hunted Them Down

   By Karlston, July 26, 2023   

   • scammers
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   • 1,358 views
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   • July 26, 2023

8. Your Boss’s Spyware Could Train AI to Replace You

   By aum, September 25, 2023
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   • 1,170 views
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   • Comment by Karlston
   • September 25, 2023

9. Millions of PC Motherboards Were Sold With a Firmware Backdoor

   By Karlston, May 31, 2023   

   • gigabyte
   • motherboards
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     • motherboards
     • backdoor
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 31, 2023

10. The Team of Sleuths Quietly Hunting Cyberattack-for-Hire Services

    By aum, May 9, 2023
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    • May 9, 2023

11. The Untold Story of the Boldest Supply-Chain Hack Ever

    By aum, May 2, 2023
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    • 1,246 views
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    • May 2, 2023

12. Hacker Group Names Are Now Absurdly Out of Control

    By Karlston, April 23, 2023
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    • 1,409 views
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    • April 23, 2023

13. How ChatGPT—and Bots Like It—Can Spread Malware

    By Karlston, April 19, 2023   

    • chatgpt
    • malware
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    • April 19, 2023

14. ChatGPT Has a Big Privacy Problem

    By Karlston, April 4, 2023   

    • chatgpt
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    • April 4, 2023

15. The Best Password Managers to Secure Your Digital Life

    By Karlston, March 26, 2025   

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    • March 26, 2025

16. Ransomware Attacks Have Entered a ‘Heinous’ New Phase

    By Karlston, March 13, 2023   

    • ransomware
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    • 1,120 views
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    • March 13, 2023

17. WhatsApp Has Started a Fight With the UK About Encryption

    By Karlston, March 10, 2023   

    • whatsapp
    • uk
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      • uk
      • encryption
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    • 1,540 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 10, 2023

18. This Algorithm Could Ruin Your Life

    By Karlston, March 6, 2023
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    • 1,010 views
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    • March 6, 2023

19. How to Make Sure You’re Not Accidentally Sharing Your Location

    By Karlston, February 12, 2023
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    • February 12, 2023

20. Most Criminal Cryptocurrency Funnels Through Just 5 Exchanges

    By Karlston, January 26, 2023   

    • cryptocurrency
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    • 1,238 views
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    • January 26, 2023

21. All the Data Apple Collects About You—and How to Limit It

    By Karlston, January 16, 2023   

    • apple
    • data collection
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    • 1,667 views
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    • January 16, 2023

22. I Think My Face Was Deepfaked Into a Chinese Camping Stove Ad

    By Karlston, January 11, 2023
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    • 1,096 views
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    • January 11, 2023

23. No, You Haven’t Won a Yeti Cooler From Dick’s Sporting Goods

    By Karlston, December 23, 2022   

    • spam
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    • December 23, 2022

24. Scammers Are Scamming Other Scammers Out of Millions of Dollars

    By Karlston, December 7, 2022   

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    • 1,508 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 7, 2022

25. Drop What You're Doing and Update iOS, Android, and Windows

    By Karlston, November 30, 2022   

    • security patches
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    • 1,823 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 30, 2022