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1. Hackers try to exploit WordPress plugin vulnerability that’s as severe as it gets

   By Karlston, April 27, 2024   

   • wordpress
   • plugin
   • (and 1 more)

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     • wordpress
     • plugin
     • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 936 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 27, 2024

2. FCC closing loophole that gave robocallers easy access to US phone numbers

   By Karlston, September 23, 2023   

   • robocallers
   • fcc
   • 0 comments
   • 661 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 23, 2023

3. Inner workings revealed for “Predator,” the Android malware that exploited 5 0-days

   By aum, May 28, 2023
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   • 723 views
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   • Added by aum
   • May 28, 2023

4. Google Workspace users can now log in without a password, thanks to passkeys

   By Karlston, June 7, 2023   

   • google workspace
   • passkeys
   • 0 comments
   • 581 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 7, 2023

5. Google passkeys are a no-brainer. You’ve turned them on, right?

   By Karlston, May 8, 2023   

   • google
   • passkeys
   • 1 comment
   • 613 views
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   • Comment by Kalju
   • May 8, 2023

6. Passkeys may not be for you, but they are safe and easy—here’s why

   By alf9872000, May 13, 2023
   • 2 comments
   • 830 views
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   • Comment by Edion Gecos
   • May 14, 2023

7. Copilot exposes private GitHub pages, some removed by Microsoft

   By Karlston, February 28   

   • microsoft copilot
   • privacy
   • 0 comments
   • 264 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 28

8. White House challenges hackers to break top AI models at DEF CON 31

   By alf9872000, May 8, 2023
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   • 581 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • May 8, 2023

9. There’s a new form of keyless car theft that works in under 2 minutes

   By Karlston, April 8, 2023
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   • 678 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 8, 2023

10. Apple’s Macs have long escaped ransomware, but that may be changing

    By Karlston, April 18, 2023   

    • apple macs
    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 662 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 18, 2023

11. Europe’s privacy watchdog probes Google over data used for AI training

    By Karlston, September 12, 2024   

    • google
    • privacy
    • (and 1 more)

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      • google
      • privacy
      • eu
    • 0 comments
    • 446 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 12, 2024

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

    By alf9872000, March 27, 2023
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    • 739 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • March 27, 2023

13. Thousands scammed by AI voices mimicking loved ones in emergencies

    By Karlston, March 7, 2023
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    • 568 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 7, 2023

14. New UEFI vulnerabilities send firmware devs industry wide scrambling

    By Karlston, January 17, 2024
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    • 978 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 17, 2024

15. For the first time, FBI admits to purchasing location data on Americans

    By alf9872000, March 9, 2023
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    • 537 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • March 9, 2023

16. Discord starts down the dangerous road of ads this week

    By Karlston, April 2, 2024   

    • discord
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 858 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 2, 2024

17. Federal agency hacked by 2 groups thanks to flaw that went unpatched for 4 years

    By alf9872000, March 17, 2023
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    • 569 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • March 17, 2023

18. Unkillable UEFI malware bypassing Secure Boot enabled by unpatchable Windows flaw

    By Karlston, March 6, 2023   

    • uefi
    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,000 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 6, 2023

19. The time has come: GitHub expands 2FA requirement rollout March 13

    By Karlston, March 11, 2023   

    • github
    • 2fa
    • 0 comments
    • 734 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 11, 2023

20. Apple patches “clickless” 0-day image processing vulnerability in iOS, macOS

    By Karlston, September 8, 2023   

    • apple
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 921 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 8, 2023

21. ChatGPT is a data privacy nightmare, and we ought to be concerned

    By Karlston, February 8, 2023   

    • chatgpt
    • 0 comments
    • 838 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 8, 2023

22. Health info for 1 million patients stolen using critical GoAnywhere vulnerability

    By Karlston, February 16, 2023
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    • 786 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 16, 2023

23. Most criminal cryptocurrency is funneled through just 5 exchanges

    By Karlston, January 28, 2023   

    • cryptocurrency
    • 0 comments
    • 805 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 28, 2023

24. RSA’s demise from quantum attacks is very much exaggerated, expert says

    By Karlston, January 26, 2023   

    • rsa
    • 0 comments
    • 690 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 26, 2023

25. Researcher uncovers one of the biggest password dumps in recent history

    By Karlston, January 18, 2024
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    • 686 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 18, 2024