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1. Over 1.5 billion Facebook records possibly for sale on a hacker forum

   By aum, October 5, 2021
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   • October 5, 2021

2. Latest .NET 6.0.9 fixes stack overflow denial of service in .NET Core and Visual Studio

   By Karlston, September 14, 2022   

   • .net
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   • September 14, 2022

3. Google no longer allows username and passwords on third-party email applications

   By Karlston, June 20, 2022
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   • 876 views
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   • Comment by hip2b2
   • May 2, 2023

4. IRS To Ditch Biometric Requirement for Online Access

   By Karlston, February 8, 2022
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   • February 8, 2022

5. Google's plan to phase out third-party cookies by late 2023, pushed back to late 2024

   By Karlston, July 27, 2022   

   • google
   • cookies
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 27, 2022

6. Denuvo is now going after DLC pirates with its new DRM solution

   By Karlston, July 2, 2022   

   • denuvo
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 2, 2022

7. Nvidia issues driver security update for unsupported systems with Windows 7 and 8

   By Karlston, August 2, 2022   

   • nvidia
   • windows 7
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     • nvidia
     • windows 7
     • windows 8
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   • 916 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 2, 2022

8. Nvidia releases emergency security driver update for Kepler GTX 700 and 600 series GPUs

   By Karlston, January 31, 2022   

   • nvidia
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 31, 2022

9. EU Digital Services Act tries to block profiling for targeted ads and seeks transparency

   By Karlston, April 23, 2022   

   • eu
   • ads
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 23, 2022

10. Beware: Apple M1 and many AMD Ryzen chips found vulnerable to side-channel SQUIP attacks

    By Karlston, August 11, 2022
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    • August 11, 2022

11. Google Chrome emergency update patches 0-day vulnerability

    By Karlston, April 16, 2022   

    • google chrome
    • 0-day
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    • April 16, 2022

12. Chrome’s “Topics” advertising system is here, whether you want it or not

    By Karlston, March 31, 2022
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    • March 31, 2022

13. Google discloses new Rowhammer technique that alters memory contents of newer DRAM chips

    By mood, May 26, 2021   

    • rowhammer attack
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    • May 26, 2021

14. Even modern Intel CPUs are losing up to 36% performance with the new Spectre BHI patch

    By Karlston, March 11, 2022
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    • March 11, 2022

15. Beware: Intel 10th, 11th, 12th Gen CPUs have ÆPIC flaw that does not need side channels

    By Karlston, August 11, 2022
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    • August 11, 2022

16. The UK government wants you to use passwords made of three random words

    By Karlston, August 8, 2021   

    • passwords
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 8, 2021

17. Apple VP on iCloud Photos scanning: We know people have misunderstandings and are worried

    By aum, August 7, 2021
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    • Added by aum
    • August 7, 2021

18. Hackers are exploiting Microsoft's MFA to gain access to cloud services and networks

    By aum, August 22, 2022
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    • Added by aum
    • August 22, 2022

19. Microsoft announces a new Security Experts service

    By aum, May 9, 2022
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    • May 9, 2022

20. Microsoft will halt sale of emotion-reading tech and limit access to face recognition tools

    By Karlston, June 21, 2022   

    • microsoft
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 21, 2022

21. Linux is safer than its competitors because developers race to fix security flaws

    By Karlston, February 19, 2022   

    • linux
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    • February 19, 2022

22. Microsoft provides further mitigations for PrintNightmare exploit, awards it "high" severity

    By Karlston, July 4, 2021
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 4, 2021

23. Google exposes Windows privilege escalation bug following botched fix

    By Karlston, June 25, 2021
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 25, 2021

24. Microsoft issues warning about human-operated ransomware

    By aum, May 9, 2022
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    • Added by aum
    • May 9, 2022

25. Microsoft is reportedly acquiring cybersecurity firm RiskIQ for over $500 million

    By Karlston, July 12, 2021   

    • microsoft
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 12, 2021