Security & Privacy News

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1. Hacker breaks into US woman's Snapchat account, sends nude photos to friends, family

   By aum, July 29, 2022
   • 1 comment
   • 648 views
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   • Comment by andy2004
   • July 29, 2022

2. New VPN Crackdown Underway in Russia, Government Confirms

   By Karlston, June 3, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 573 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 3, 2022

3. Discord heightens ad focus by introducing video ads to mobile apps in June

   By Karlston, March 21   

   • discord
   • ads
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • discord
     • ads
     • enshittification
   • 1 comment
   • 186 views
   • 
   • Comment by Karlston
   • March 21

4. Google Password Manager finally syncs to iOS [and iPadOS]—here’s how

   By Karlston, February 26   

   • google password manager
   • ios & ipados
   • 0 comments
   • 177 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 26

5. How North Korea pulled off a $1.5 billion crypto heist—the biggest in history

   By Karlston, February 25
   • 0 comments
   • 270 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 25

6. Millions of Subarus could be remotely unlocked, tracked due to security flaws

   By Karlston, January 24   

   • subaru
   • security flaws
   • 0 comments
   • 269 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 24

7. Time to check if you ran any of these 33 malicious Chrome extensions

   By Karlston, January 3   

   • google chrome
   • extenstions
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • google chrome
     • extenstions
     • malware
   • 0 comments
   • 1,011 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 3

8. Researchers say new attack could take down the European power grid

   By Karlston, January 23
   • 0 comments
   • 279 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 23

9. Passkey technology is elegant, but it’s most definitely not usable security

   By Karlston, December 30, 2024   

   • passkeys
   • 0 comments
   • 707 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • December 30, 2024

10. Back where it started: “Do Not Track” removed from Firefox after 13 years

    By Karlston, December 12, 2024   

    • mozilla firefox
    • do not track
    • 0 comments
    • 780 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 12, 2024

11. An ad giant wants to run your next TV’s operating system

    By Karlston, November 22, 2024   

    • tv
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 846 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 22, 2024

12. 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
    • 8,303 views
    • 
    • Comment by dabourzannan
    • October 4, 2024

13. Thousands of Linux systems infected by stealthy malware since 2021

    By Karlston, October 4, 2024   

    • linux
    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,012 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 4, 2024

14. YubiKeys are vulnerable to cloning attacks thanks to newly discovered side channel

    By Karlston, September 4, 2024   

    • yubikeys
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 977 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 4, 2024

15. Rogue WHOIS server gives researcher superpowers no one should ever have

    By Karlston, September 11, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 596 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 11, 2024

16. Hacker plants false memories in ChatGPT to steal user data in perpetuity

    By Karlston, September 25, 2024   

    • chatgpt
    • vulnerability
    • 2 comments
    • 1,191 views
    • 
    • Comment by DKT27
    • September 25, 2024

17. LG TVs start showing ads on screensavers

    By Karlston, September 26, 2024   

    • lg
    • tvs
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • lg
      • tvs
      • ads
    • 1 comment
    • 874 views
    • 
    • Comment by cyberloner
    • September 26, 2024

18. New Reddit controls let you block your most-hated advertisers for a year

    By Karlston, March 14   

    • reddit
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 174 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 14

19. Flaw in Kia’s web portal let researchers track, hack cars

    By Karlston, September 27, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 647 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 27, 2024

20. Google and Meta ignored their own rules in secret teen-targeting ad deals

    By Karlston, August 8, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 441 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 8, 2024

21. Google loses in court, faces trial for collecting data on users who opted out

    By Karlston, January 10   

    • google
    • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 311 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 10

22. Chrome’s Manifest V3, and its changes for ad blocking, are coming real soon

    By Karlston, August 5, 2024   

    • google chrome
    • manifest v3
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • google chrome
      • manifest v3
      • ad blockers
    • 1 comment
    • 2,250 views
    • 
    • Comment by Karlston
    • August 5, 2024

23. Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.

    By Karlston, August 19, 2024   

    • smart tv
    • ads
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • smart tv
      • ads
      • privacy
    • 2 comments
    • 1,369 views
    • 
    • Comment by meohmy
    • August 27, 2024

24. “Everything’s frozen”: Ransomware locks credit union users out of bank accounts

    By Karlston, July 3, 2024   

    • ransomware
    • 1 comment
    • 786 views
    • 
    • Comment by Karlston
    • July 3, 2024

25. Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28

    By Karlston, March 15   

    • amazon
    • alexa
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • amazon
      • alexa
      • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 281 views
    • 
    • Added by Karlston
    • March 15