Security & Privacy News

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1. Report: Chrome among the worst browsers when it comes to user privacy

   By Karlston, December 22, 2025   

   • browsers
   • privacy
   • 1 comment
   • 587 views
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   • Comment by aum
   • December 22, 2025

2. Stealthy Gelsemium cyberspies linked to NoxPlayer supply-chain attack

   By Karlston, June 9, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 1,188 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 9, 2021

3. Lorenz ransomware decryptor recovers victims' files for free

   By Karlston, June 30, 2021   

   • ransomware
   • 0 comments
   • 1,311 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 30, 2021

4. Microsoft August 2021 Patch Tuesday fixes 3 zero-days, 44 flaws

   By Karlston, August 10, 2021   

   • windows
   • patch tuesday
   • 0 comments
   • 1,659 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 10, 2021

5. Beware: LockBit actors using Microsoft Defender to infect PCs with Cobalt Strike beacon

   By Karlston, July 30, 2022   

   • microsoft defender
   • 0 comments
   • 1,361 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 30, 2022

6. New SandStrike spyware infects Android devices via malicious VPN app

   By alf9872000, November 1, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 1,077 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • November 1, 2022

7. Vice Society ransomware gang switches to new custom encryptor

   By alf9872000, December 22, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 1,214 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • December 22, 2022

8. Hacker Lexicon: What Is a Pig Butchering Scam?

   By aum, January 2, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 1,071 views
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   • Added by aum
   • January 2, 2023

9. Spain's most dangerous and elusive hacker now in police custody

   By alf9872000, April 5, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 1,075 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • April 5, 2023

10. AV-TEST: Microsoft Defender is a serious system hog vs Avast/AVG, Kaspersky, Malwarebytes

    By Karlston, May 9, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,426 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 9, 2023

11. Ransomware gang steals data of 5.8 million PharMerica patients

    By alf9872000, May 16, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,177 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • May 16, 2023

12. Twitter Scammers Stole $1,000 From My Friend—So I Hunted Them Down

    By Karlston, July 26, 2023   

    • scammers
    • 0 comments
    • 1,357 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 26, 2023

13. Raccoon Stealer malware returns with new stealthier version

    By Karlston, August 15, 2023   

    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,511 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 15, 2023

14. Your Boss’s Spyware Could Train AI to Replace You

    By aum, September 25, 2023
    • 1 comment
    • 1,167 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • September 25, 2023

15. Apple criticizes Meta's numerous requests to access its software tools

    By Karlston, December 19, 2024   

    • apple
    • meta
    • 0 comments
    • 1,260 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 19, 2024

16. Nearly 12,000 API keys and passwords found in AI training dataset

    By Karlston, March 3, 2025   

    • ai
    • 0 comments
    • 1,181 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 3, 2025

17. Windows PCs targeted by hackers in a fake CAPTCHA scam to spread malware — Outlook account credentials are at risk

    By Karlston, February 17
    • 1 comment
    • 243 views
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    • Comment by DKT27
    • February 17

18. Australia pushes Google and Meta to pay local media outlets for their news

    By Karlston, April 28   

    • google
    • meta
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • google
      • meta
      • australia
    • 0 comments
    • 166 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 28

19. Largest password data breach in history has been leaked online

    By aum, June 9, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,265 views
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    • Added by aum
    • June 9, 2021

20. Mozilla's plan to offer a Privacy Pack

    By Karlston, August 10, 2021   

    • mozilla
    • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 1,462 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 10, 2021

21. Google ad for GIMP.org served info-stealing malware via lookalike site

    By alf9872000, November 1, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 911 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • November 1, 2022

22. Brave launches FrodoPIR, a privacy-focused database query system

    By alf9872000, December 22, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,041 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • December 22, 2022

23. WordPress Security Alert: New Linux Malware Exploiting Over Two Dozen CMS Flaws

    By alf9872000, January 2, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,232 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • January 2, 2023

24. Microsoft pushes for more women in cybersecurity

    By alf9872000, April 23, 2023
    • 2 comments
    • 1,601 views
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    • Comment by dabourzannan
    • April 24, 2023

25. Microsoft makes SMB signing mandatory with Windows 11 Canary build 25381

    By Karlston, June 3, 2023   

    • windows 11
    • canary channel
    • 0 comments
    • 1,395 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 3, 2023