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1. Aisuru botnet sets new record with 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack

   By Karlston, January 29   

   • ddos
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   • 284 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 29

2. Experts Believe Chinese Hackers Are Behind Several Attacks Targeting Israel

   By aum, August 10, 2021
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   • 1,156 views
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   • Added by aum
   • August 10, 2021

3. Bandwidth.com is latest victim of DDoS attacks against VoIP providers

   By Karlston, September 28, 2021   

   • ddos
   • voip
   • 0 comments
   • 2,053 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 28, 2021

4. AV-Comparatives finds Microsoft Defender has one of the poorest offline detection rates

   By Karlston, April 15, 2022   

   • microsoft defender
   • 0 comments
   • 1,285 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 15, 2022

5. Beware: Magniber ransomware now spreading via fake malicious Windows updates

   By Karlston, April 30, 2022
   • 1 comment
   • 1,227 views
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   • Comment by andy2004
   • May 1, 2022

6. FTC fines Twitter $150M for using 2FA info for targeted advertising

   By Karlston, May 25, 2022   

   • twitter
   • privacy
   • 0 comments
   • 1,221 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 25, 2022

7. Google Search results poisoned with torrent sites via Data Studio

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

8. Microsoft enables LSA protection by default in Windows Canary build

   By alf9872000, March 9, 2023
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   • 1,071 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • March 9, 2023

9. Android app from China executed 0-day exploit on millions of devices

   By alf9872000, March 27, 2023
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   • 1,481 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • March 27, 2023

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

    By aum, May 9, 2023
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    • 1,023 views
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    • Added by aum
    • May 9, 2023

11. Microsoft adds passkey support for all consumer accounts as part of World Password Day

    By Karlston, May 2, 2024
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    • 1,225 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 2, 2024

12. Microsoft admits 8.5 million CrowdStruck machines estimate was lowballed

    By aum, July 29, 2024
    • 1 comment
    • 976 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • July 29, 2024

13. Bitcoin Depot breach exposes data of nearly 27,000 crypto users

    By Karlston, July 9, 2025   

    • data breach
    • 0 comments
    • 529 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 9, 2025

14. Windows 11 and Microsoft Edge hacked at Pwn2Own Berlin 2026

    By Karlston, May 14   

    • pwn2own
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    • 259 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 14

15. REvil ransomware's new Linux encryptor targets ESXi virtual machines

    By Karlston, June 29, 2021   

    • ransomware
    • linux
    • 0 comments
    • 2,265 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 29, 2021

16. Gmail update will go some way to eliminating phishing once and for all

    By Karlston, July 14, 2021   

    • gmail
    • phishing
    • 1 comment
    • 3,111 views
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    • Comment by funkyy
    • July 16, 2021

17. REvil ransomware is back in full attack mode and leaking data

    By Karlston, September 11, 2021   

    • revil
    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,511 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 11, 2021

18. Booby-trapped sites delivered potent new backdoor trojan to macOS users

    By Karlston, January 26, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,199 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 26, 2022

19. First look at NordVPN's Threat Protection feature

    By Karlston, April 30, 2022   

    • nordvpn
    • 0 comments
    • 1,184 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 30, 2022

20. Phishing kit impersonates well-known brands to target US shoppers

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

21. Apps with 1.5M installs on Google Play send your data to China

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

22. Security researchers uncover network of malicious Firefox extensions

    By Karlston, July 9, 2025   

    • mozilla firefox
    • extensions
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • mozilla firefox
      • extensions
      • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 528 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 9, 2025

23. UK digital ID plans will no longer be mandatory

    By Karlston, January 14
    • 1 comment
    • 242 views
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    • Comment by andy2004
    • January 14

24. Is Gmail’s New AI Watching You? What Gemini Really Does - and How to Turn It Off

    By Karlston, January 29
    • 0 comments
    • 290 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 29

25. DoubleVPN servers, logs, and account info seized by law enforcement

    By Karlston, June 29, 2021   

    • vpn
    • 1 comment
    • 1,320 views
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    • Comment by vissha
    • June 29, 2021