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1. Police seize Netwire RAT malware infrastructure, arrest admin

   By alf9872000, March 10, 2023
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   • 1,083 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • March 10, 2023

2. Police Use of Face Recognition Is Sweeping the UK

   By Karlston, November 9, 2023   

   • facial recognition
   • uk
   • 1 comment
   • 1,846 views
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   • Comment by lurch234
   • November 9, 2023

3. Poll: Has YouTube taken its war on ad blockers too far?

   By Karlston, June 17, 2025   

   • google
   • youtube
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • google
     • youtube
     • ads
   • 0 comments
   • 657 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 17, 2025

4. Polling the Internet: Disinformation or Not?

   By aum, April 8, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 1,108 views
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   • Added by aum
   • April 8, 2023

5. Pornhub will block new users in the UK next month

   By Karlston, January 27   

   • pornhub
   • 0 comments
   • 206 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 27

6. Portland City Officials Accidentally Send Hacker $1.4 Million

   By aum, August 22, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 949 views
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   • Added by aum
   • August 22, 2022

7. Post SMTP plugin flaw exposes 200K WordPress sites to hijacking attacks

   By Karlston, July 27, 2025   

   • wordpress
   • plugin
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • wordpress
     • plugin
     • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 470 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 27, 2025

8. Post-quantum encryption contender is taken out by single-core PC and 1 hour

   By Karlston, August 2, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 1,970 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 2, 2022

9. Previously unidentified ARCrypter ransomware expands worldwide

   By alf9872000, November 18, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 950 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • November 18, 2022

10. Priest outed via Grindr app highlights rampant data tracking

    By aum, July 23, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,105 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 23, 2021

11. PrintNightmare: In statement Microsoft denies patch bypass is a real threat

    By Karlston, July 8, 2021
    • 1 comment
    • 1,383 views
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    • Comment by x3r0
    • July 9, 2021

12. Privacy is now the most important factor when picking a browser

    By Karlston, August 9, 2021   

    • browsers
    • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 1,517 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 9, 2021

13. Privacy is Sexy: custom privacy scripts for Windows, Linux and macOS

    By Karlston, August 22, 2023   

    • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 2,304 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 22, 2023

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

    By Karlston, December 26, 2021   

    • duckduckgo
    • 0 comments
    • 2,363 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 26, 2021

15. Privacy-focused web browsers are stuck in a rut, but why?

    By aum, October 2, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,118 views
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    • Added by aum
    • October 2, 2022

16. PrivacyTests reveals how your web browser does privacy-wise

    By Karlston, June 15, 2022   

    • browsers
    • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 1,736 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 15, 2022

17. Pro-Russian hacktivists take down EU Parliament site in DDoS attack

    By alf9872000, November 23, 2022
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    • 1,035 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • November 23, 2022

18. Probe reveals previously secret Israeli spyware that infects targets via ads

    By aum, September 18, 2023
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    • 1,226 views
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    • Added by aum
    • September 18, 2023

19. Professor sues Meta to allow release of feed-killing tool for Facebook

    By Karlston, May 9, 2024   

    • facebook
    • 0 comments
    • 1,507 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 9, 2024

20. PromptSpy is the first known Android malware to use generative AI at runtime

    By Karlston, February 20   

    • malware
    • generative ai
    • 0 comments
    • 233 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 20

21. Protect your eBay account with Authenticator apps

    By Karlston, November 18, 2023   

    • ebay
    • authentication
    • 0 comments
    • 1,394 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 18, 2023

22. Protecting privacy online begins with tackling 'digital resignation,' say researchers

    By aum, March 3, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 989 views
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    • Added by aum
    • March 3, 2023

23. Protecting privacy: Google settles for $39.9 million with Washington

    By alf9872000, May 23, 2023
    • 1 comment
    • 1,037 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • May 23, 2023

24. Protocol vulnerability allows launching malicious Windows Search by just opening Word file

    By aum, June 2, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,136 views
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    • Added by aum
    • June 2, 2022

25. Proton acquires Standard Notes to expand its service ecosystem

    By Karlston, April 10, 2024   

    • proton
    • 0 comments
    • 1,570 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 10, 2024