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1. The Week in Ransomware - May 17th 2024 - Mailbombing is back

   By Karlston, May 18, 2024   

   • ransomware
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   • 566 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 18, 2024

2. Microsoft offers advice on avoiding another CrowdStrike-style outage

   By aum, July 29, 2024
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   • 532 views
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   • Added by aum
   • July 29, 2024

3. Russian hackers had months-long access to Denmark's central bank

   By Karlston, June 29, 2021
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   • 763 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 29, 2021

4. Samsung can remotely disable their TVs worldwide using TV Block

   By Karlston, August 24, 2021   

   • samsung
   • tv
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   • 1,206 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 24, 2021

5. Beware: Powershell Windows Toolbox that helped install Google Play on Windows 11 is malware

   By Karlston, April 15, 2022   

   • powershell
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   • 702 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 15, 2022

6. WhatsApp Announces More Upcoming Privacy Features

   By Karlston, August 10, 2022   

   • whatsapp
   • privacy
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   • 815 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 10, 2022

7. Linux devices 'increasingly' under attack from hackers, warn security researchers

   By aum, September 1, 2022
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   • 840 views
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   • Added by aum
   • September 1, 2022

8. FBI: Hive ransomware extorted $100M from over 1,300 victims

   By alf9872000, November 18, 2022
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   • 647 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • November 18, 2022

9. PayPal accounts breached in large-scale credential stuffing attack

   By alf9872000, January 19, 2023
   • 1 comment
   • 735 views
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   • Comment by andy2004
   • January 19, 2023

10. Decoy Dog malware toolkit found after analyzing 70 billion DNS queries

    By alf9872000, April 23, 2023
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • April 23, 2023

11. High-Tech Banks Grapple With a Rise in Old-Fashioned Crime: Check Fraud

    By aum, May 9, 2023
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    • Added by aum
    • May 9, 2023

12. New StackRot Linux kernel flaw allows privilege escalation

    By alf9872000, July 7, 2023
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    • 859 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • July 7, 2023

13. Microsoft Defender no longer flags Tor Browser as malware

    By Karlston, October 3, 2023   

    • microsoft defender
    • tor browser
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 3, 2023

14. Hackers stole ancestry data of 6.9 million users, 23andMe finally confirmed

    By Karlston, December 5, 2023
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 5, 2023

15. Slack users horrified to discover messages used for AI training

    By Karlston, May 18, 2024   

    • slack
    • 1 comment
    • 1,259 views
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    • Comment by SatinOverlord
    • May 20, 2024

16. Millions of Subarus could be remotely unlocked, tracked due to security flaws

    By Karlston, January 24   

    • subaru
    • security flaws
    • 0 comments
    • 429 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 24

17. LockBit ransomware now encrypts Windows domains using group policies

    By Karlston, July 28, 2021   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,263 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 28, 2021

18. Over $600 million reportedly stolen in cryptocurrency hack

    By Karlston, August 10, 2021   

    • cryptocurrency
    • stolen
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    • 1,048 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 10, 2021

19. Over 1,000 iOS apps found exposing hardcoded AWS credentials

    By alf9872000, September 1, 2022
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    • 609 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • September 1, 2022

20. VPN use soars in worldwide period of unrest and warfare

    By aum, October 6, 2022
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    • 535 views
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    • Added by aum
    • October 6, 2022

21. US-collected biometric data in Taliban’s killer hands

    By alf9872000, January 10, 2023
    • 1 comment
    • 712 views
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    • Comment by Nuclear Fallout
    • January 11, 2023

22. Ransomware profits drop 40% in 2022 as victims refuse to pay

    By alf9872000, January 19, 2023
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • January 19, 2023

23. You may soon add notes to passwords in Google Chrome

    By Karlston, February 20, 2023   

    • google chrome
    • passwords
    • 0 comments
    • 564 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 20, 2023

24. Microsoft apparently now scanning password-protected ZIP files for malware and virus

    By Karlston, May 16, 2023
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    • 846 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 16, 2023

25. Google Analytics data transfer to U.S. brings $1 million fine to Swedish firms

    By alf9872000, July 7, 2023
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    • 567 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • July 7, 2023