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1. “Tough to forge” digital driver’s license is… easy to forge

   By Karlston, May 24, 2022
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   • May 24, 2022

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

   By Karlston, May 3, 2022   

   • botnet
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   • 776 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 3, 2022

3. Hackers are selling a service that bypasses ChatGPT restrictions on malware

   By Karlston, February 9, 2023   

   • chatgpt
   • hackers
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   • 846 views
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   • February 9, 2023

4. Your iOS app may still be covertly tracking you, despite what Apple says

   By Karlston, April 19, 2022   

   • ios
   • tracking
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   • 804 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 19, 2022

5. Oops: Google says it might have deleted your Maps Timeline data

   By Karlston, March 24   

   • google
   • maps timeline
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   • 106 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 24

6. US uncovers “Swiss Army knife” for hacking industrial control systems

   By Karlston, April 15, 2022
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   • 728 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 15, 2022

7. 5 charged in “Scattered Spider,” one of the most profitable phishing scams ever

   By Karlston, November 21, 2024   

   • phishing
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   • 791 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • November 21, 2024

8. A big bet to kill the password for good

   By Karlston, March 20, 2022   

   • passwords
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   • 867 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 20, 2022

9. Microsoft Pluton doesn’t “align” with Dell’s hardware security strategy

   By Karlston, March 11, 2022   

   • dell
   • microsoft pluton
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   • March 11, 2022

10. Attackers can force Amazon Echos to hack themselves with self-issued commands

    By Karlston, March 6, 2022   

    • amazon echo
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    • March 6, 2022

11. Google “hijacked millions of customers and orders” from restaurants, lawsuit says

    By aum, March 14, 2022
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    • March 14, 2022

12. Smart TVs are like “a digital Trojan Horse” in people’s homes

    By Karlston, October 8, 2024   

    • smart tvs
    • snooping
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 8, 2024

13. Brave takes on the creepy websites that override your privacy settings

    By Karlston, March 10, 2022   

    • brave browser
    • 1 comment
    • 887 views
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    • Comment by Zex
    • March 10, 2022

14. How did a hacker steal over $600 million from a crypto gaming blockchain?

    By Karlston, March 30, 2022
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    • March 30, 2022

15. Flood of malicious junk traffic makes Ukrainian websites unreachable

    By Karlston, February 16, 2022
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    • 783 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 16, 2022

16. $3.6 billion bitcoin seizure shows how hard it is to launder cryptocurrency

    By Karlston, February 12, 2022
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    • 708 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 12, 2022

17. Backdoor slipped into multiple WordPress plugins in ongoing supply-chain attack

    By alf9872000, June 25, 2024
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • June 25, 2024

18. If you like the data on your WD My Cloud OS 3 device, patch it now

    By Karlston, January 20, 2022
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    • January 20, 2022

19. Booby-trapped sites delivered potent new backdoor trojan to macOS users

    By Karlston, January 26, 2022
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 26, 2022

20. 5 months on, Apple has yet to fix iOS bug that sends devices into a crash spiral

    By Karlston, January 6, 2022
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 6, 2022

21. Never-before-seen malware is nuking data in Russia’s courts and mayors’ offices

    By alf9872000, December 3, 2022
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    • December 3, 2022

22. Get ready for Alexa skills pop-up ads on your Amazon Echo Show

    By Karlston, July 22, 2022   

    • alexa
    • ads
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    • 645 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 22, 2022

23. Nvidia’s AI software tricked into leaking data

    By Karlston, June 9, 2023   

    • nvidia
    • ai
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      • nvidia
      • ai
      • data leak
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 9, 2023

24. Google wants every account to use 2FA, starts auto-enrolling users

    By Karlston, November 3, 2021   

    • google
    • 2fa
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      • google
      • 2fa
      • forced
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 3, 2021

25. Microsoft will take nearly a year to finish patching new 0-day Secure Boot bug

    By alf9872000, May 12, 2023
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • May 12, 2023