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1. No, You Haven’t Won a Yeti Cooler From Dick’s Sporting Goods

   By Karlston, December 23, 2022   

   • spam
   • 0 comments
   • 815 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • December 23, 2022

2. New QBot Banking Trojan Campaign Hijacks Business Emails to Spread Malware

   By aum, April 17, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 615 views
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   • Added by aum
   • April 17, 2023

3. Medical Transcription Hack Affects 1.2 Million Chicagoans

   By aum, November 8, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 650 views
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   • Added by aum
   • November 8, 2023

4. Bitwarden makes it harder to hack password vaults without MFA

   By Karlston, January 28   

   • bitwarden
   • mfa
   • 0 comments
   • 451 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 28

5. Hackers now testing ClickFix attacks against Linux targets

   By Karlston, May 12   

   • linux
   • 0 comments
   • 105 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 12

6. Google patches 8th Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild this year

   By Karlston, July 16, 2021   

   • chrome
   • zero-day
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • chrome
     • zero-day
     • patch
   • 0 comments
   • 839 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 16, 2021

7. New PHP information-stealing malware targets Facebook accounts

   By alf9872000, October 16, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 594 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • October 16, 2022

8. India's telco authority plans to implement AI and ML-based solutions to curb SMS spam

   By Karlston, November 29, 2022   

   • india
   • sms spam
   • 0 comments
   • 753 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • November 29, 2022

9. Windows-based ransomware now infects Linux devices as well

   By aum, March 10, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 602 views
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   • Added by aum
   • March 10, 2023

10. DeepSeek halts new signups amid "large-scale" cyberattack

    By Karlston, January 28   

    • deepseek
    • cyberattack
    • 0 comments
    • 470 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 28

11. Google to pay $1.375 billion to settle Texas data privacy violations

    By Karlston, May 12   

    • google
    • data privacy violations
    • 0 comments
    • 82 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 12

12. D-Link issues hotfix for hard-coded password router vulnerabilities

    By Karlston, July 16, 2021   

    • d-link
    • router security
    • (and 1 more)

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      • d-link
      • router security
      • hotfix
    • 0 comments
    • 1,336 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 16, 2021

13. Amazon ad verification program buys access to your phone’s soul for $2 a month

    By Karlston, December 7, 2022   

    • amazon
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 686 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 7, 2022

14. Police operation 'SpecTor' arrests 288 dark web drug vendors and buyers

    By alf9872000, May 2, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 630 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • May 2, 2023

15. Hackers increasingly abuse Cloudflare Tunnels for stealthy connections

    By Karlston, August 8, 2023   

    • cloudflare
    • 0 comments
    • 1,119 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 8, 2023

16. Amazon adds passkey support as new passwordless login option

    By Karlston, October 18, 2023   

    • amazon
    • passkeys
    • 0 comments
    • 966 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 18, 2023

17. Microsoft: New critical Exchange bug exploited as zero-day

    By Karlston, February 15, 2024   

    • microsoft exchange server
    • zero-day
    • 0 comments
    • 861 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 15, 2024

18. Man Puzzled When Meta's AI Keeps Giving Out His Phone Number to Strangers

    By aum, August 8, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 532 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 8, 2024

19. Microsoft’s new “Copilot Vision” AI experiment can see what you browse

    By Karlston, October 4, 2024   

    • microsoft
    • copilot vision
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • microsoft
      • copilot vision
      • privacy
    • 1 comment
    • 8,470 views
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    • Comment by dabourzannan
    • October 4, 2024

20. Deepfakes, Scams, and the Age of Paranoia

    By Karlston, May 12
    • 0 comments
    • 140 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 12

21. CD Projekt: Data stolen in ransomware attack now circulating online

    By Karlston, June 11, 2021   

    • ransomware
    • cd projekt
    • 0 comments
    • 1,139 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 11, 2021

22. US govt offers $10 million reward for tips on nation-state hackers

    By Karlston, July 16, 2021   

    • ransomware
    • us
    • 0 comments
    • 1,027 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 16, 2021

23. A hacker stole more than $55 million in crypto after a bZx developer fell for a phishing attack

    By aum, November 7, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,095 views
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    • Added by aum
    • November 7, 2021

24. Google makes ‘Privacy Sandbox' for Android stringent but changes could take multiple years

    By Karlston, February 17, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 597 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 17, 2022

25. Botnet that hid for 18 months boasted some of the coolest tradecraft ever

    By Karlston, May 3, 2022   

    • botnet
    • 0 comments
    • 851 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 3, 2022