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1. Extortion DDoS attacks grow stronger and more common

   By Karlston, January 11, 2022   

   • ddos
   • 0 comments
   • 1,355 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 11, 2022

2. Avira is adding a crypto miner to its products as well

   By Karlston, January 10, 2022   

   • avira
   • cryptominer
   • 1 comment
   • 1,154 views
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   • Comment by DKT27
   • January 14, 2022

3. Linux Mint 20.3 released promising security updates until 2025

   By Karlston, January 10, 2022   

   • linux mint
   • security updates
   • 0 comments
   • 1,307 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 10, 2022

4. WordPress 5.8.3 security update fixes SQL injection, XSS flaws

   By Karlston, January 10, 2022   

   • wordpress
   • security update
   • 0 comments
   • 1,226 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 10, 2022

5. 5 months on, Apple has yet to fix iOS bug that sends devices into a crash spiral

   By Karlston, January 6, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 700 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 6, 2022

6. Researchers Uncover Hacker Group Behind Organized Financial-Theft Operation

   By aum, January 5, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 739 views
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   • Added by aum
   • January 5, 2022

7. Uber ignores vulnerability that lets you send any email from Uber.com

   By Karlston, January 2, 2022   

   • uber
   • 0 comments
   • 1,123 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 2, 2022

8. Netgear leaves vulnerabilities unpatched in Nighthawk router

   By Karlston, December 31, 2021   

   • netgear
   • vulnerabilities
   • 3 comments
   • 1,698 views
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   • Comment by RobrPatty
   • January 1, 2022

9. The hacker-for-hire industry is now too big to fail

   By aum, December 31, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 852 views
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   • Added by aum
   • December 31, 2021

10. Ransomware gang coughs up decryptor after realizing they hit the police

    By Karlston, December 30, 2021   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 908 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 30, 2021

11. LastPass says no passwords were compromised following breach scare

    By Karlston, December 29, 2021   

    • lastpass
    • 2 comments
    • 2,926 views
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    • Comment by DKT27
    • January 1, 2022

12. Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo grew by 46% in 2021

    By Karlston, December 26, 2021   

    • duckduckgo
    • 0 comments
    • 1,775 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 26, 2021

13. uBlock Origin 1.40 Update introduces a workaround to block YouTube ads that were loaded at Chrome startup

    By Karlston, December 24, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,872 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 24, 2021

14. Honeypot experiment reveals what hackers want from IoT devices

    By Karlston, December 23, 2021   

    • iot devices
    • 0 comments
    • 909 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 23, 2021

15. Microsoft Edge may be sending search results to Microsoft! Here is how you turn that off

    By Karlston, December 22, 2021   

    • microsoft edge
    • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 1,578 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 22, 2021

16. Windows 10 21H2 adds ransomware protection to security baseline

    By Karlston, December 21, 2021   

    • windows 10
    • 21h2
    • (and 1 more)

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      • windows 10
      • 21h2
      • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,725 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 21, 2021

17. Western Digital warns customers to update their My Cloud devices

    By Karlston, December 19, 2021   

    • western digital
    • 0 comments
    • 1,162 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 19, 2021

18. Cyber Ratings report: Microsoft Edge offers better malware and phishing protection

    By Karlston, December 17, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,119 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 17, 2021

19. NY Man Pleads Guilty in $20 Million SIM Swap Theft

    By Karlston, December 16, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 844 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 16, 2021

20. Ransomware Attack May Leave Many Americans Without Pay This Christmas

    By aum, December 16, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 809 views
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    • Added by aum
    • December 16, 2021

21. Hackers Begin Exploiting Second Log4j Vulnerability as a Third Flaw Emerges

    By aum, December 16, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 901 views
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    • Added by aum
    • December 16, 2021

22. New ransomware now being deployed in Log4Shell attacks

    By Karlston, December 15, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 998 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 15, 2021

23. Google pushes emergency Chrome update to fix zero-day used in attacks

    By Karlston, December 14, 2021   

    • google chrome
    • 0 comments
    • 650 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 14, 2021

24. The Log4J Vulnerability Will Haunt the Internet for Years

    By Karlston, December 14, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,198 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 14, 2021

25. Microsoft: These are the building blocks of QBot malware attacks

    By Karlston, December 12, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,006 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 12, 2021