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1. Intel, AMD CPUs on Linux impacted by newly disclosed Spectre bypass

   By Karlston, October 18, 2024   

   • linux
   • spectre
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   • 747 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 18, 2024

2. No, Microsoft doesn't have dirt on you, it's just a sextortion scam

   By Karlston, November 18, 2024
   • 1 comment
   • 968 views
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   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • November 18, 2024

3. Experts Shed Light On New Russian Malware-as-a-Service Written in Rust

   By aum, August 12, 2021
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   • 659 views
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   • Added by aum
   • August 12, 2021

4. Researchers discover 14 new data-stealing web browser attacks

   By Karlston, December 3, 2021
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   • 777 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • December 3, 2021

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

   By Karlston, January 6, 2022
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   • 759 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 6, 2022

6. Microsoft Defender finally falters as it fails to woo AV-TEST in the latest rankings

   By Karlston, June 8, 2022   

   • microsoft defender
   • av-test
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   • 979 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 8, 2022

7. GitHub's new privacy policy sparks backlash over tracking cookies

   By Karlston, August 11, 2022   

   • github
   • tracking cookies
   • 0 comments
   • 816 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 11, 2022

8. Hive ransomware hits Damart clothing store with $2 million ransom

   By alf9872000, September 2, 2022
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   • 633 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • September 2, 2022

9. Intel CPUs vulnerable to new transient execution side-channel attack

   By alf9872000, April 24, 2023
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   • 776 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • April 24, 2023

10. How malicious extensions hide running arbitrary code

    By aum, June 4, 2023
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    • 998 views
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    • Added by aum
    • June 4, 2023

11. Google reaches $93 million privacy settlement with California

    By aum, September 15, 2023
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    • 517 views
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    • Added by aum
    • September 15, 2023

12. JPMorgan's UK bank Chase to ban crypto transactions

    By aum, September 26, 2023
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    • 716 views
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    • Added by aum
    • September 26, 2023

13. Gmail is working to cut down on spam at the source from 2024

    By Karlston, October 4, 2023   

    • gmail
    • spam
    • 0 comments
    • 941 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 4, 2023

14. Chrome sends AI history search data to Google

    By Karlston, June 17, 2024   

    • google chrome
    • 0 comments
    • 567 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 17, 2024

15. Tinder spam campaign hides "handwritten" links in profile images

    By Karlston, June 19, 2021   

    • tinder
    • spam
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    • 1,228 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 19, 2021

16. Israeli spyware firm targeted Apple devices via iMessage, researchers say

    By aum, September 14, 2021
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    • 669 views
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    • Added by aum
    • September 14, 2021

17. Some top 100,000 websites collect everything you type—before you hit submit

    By Karlston, May 14, 2022
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    • 768 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 14, 2022

18. New Chinese policy mandates reviewing every comment on all websites before publishing

    By aum, June 21, 2022
    • 1 comment
    • 860 views
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    • Comment by funkyy
    • June 21, 2022

19. Samsung discloses data breach after July hack

    By alf9872000, September 2, 2022
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    • 609 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • September 2, 2022

20. 5 Simple cybersecurity tips you can practice in 2023

    By alf9872000, January 3, 2023
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    • 782 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • January 3, 2023

21. Over 12% of analyzed online stores expose private data, backups

    By alf9872000, February 7, 2023
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    • 780 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • February 7, 2023

22. Microsoft says state-sponsored China actor targeting critical infrastructure in the US

    By aum, May 24, 2023
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    • 762 views
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    • Added by aum
    • May 24, 2023

23. Multiple Microsoft 365 services are facing another outage

    By aum, July 30, 2024
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    • 499 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 30, 2024

24. Google force installs Massachusetts MassNotify app on Android phones

    By Karlston, June 19, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 712 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 19, 2021

25. Microsoft pats itself on the back as it thanks AV-Comparatives for helping improve Defender

    By Karlston, October 7, 2022   

    • microsoft defender
    • 0 comments
    • 815 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 7, 2022