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1. Microsoft may have fixed LSA bug with kernel-mode hardware stack protection in Windows 11

   By Karlston, April 18, 2023   

   • windows 11
   • security
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • windows 11
     • security
     • bugfix
   • 0 comments
   • 1,680 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 18, 2023

2. Microsoft: Defender Hardware & Firmware assessment helps you ID flawed AMD Zenbleed CPUs

   By Karlston, September 11, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 1,332 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 11, 2023

3. AV-Comparatives: Microsoft Defender, Kaspersky, Bitdefender some of the best for web threats

   By Karlston, May 14, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 1,260 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 14, 2023

4. AT&T confirms data breach affecting more than 70 million customers

   By Karlston, March 31, 2024   

   • at&t
   • data breach
   • 0 comments
   • 1,382 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 31, 2024

5. Microsoft might use "your" data to train its AI and Mozilla is desperate to know the details

   By Karlston, September 4, 2023   

   • microsoft
   • privacy
   • 0 comments
   • 1,312 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 4, 2023

6. Microsoft updates Defender for Windows 11/10 install images, patches ransomware, and more

   By Karlston, September 22, 2024   

   • windows defender
   • update
   • 0 comments
   • 1,595 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 22, 2024

7. AV-Comparatives, AV-TEST show how Defender, McAfee, Norton, AVG hog your Windows 11, 10 PCs

   By Karlston, December 9, 2023
   • 1 comment
   • 1,766 views
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   • Comment by Edion Gecos
   • December 10, 2023

8. Microsoft reveals how Windows 10 and Windows 11 block keyloggers

   By Karlston, September 27, 2024   

   • keyloggers
   • windows 10
   • (and 1 more)

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     • keyloggers
     • windows 10
     • windows 11
   • 0 comments
   • 1,284 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 27, 2024

9. Microsoft Defender, Kaspersky, McAfee get worse while Avast, AVG shine in Windows web test

   By Karlston, September 20, 2023   

   • av-comparatives
   • 0 comments
   • 1,333 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 20, 2023

10. Microsoft released special Defender update for Windows 11, Windows 10 install images

    By Karlston, April 15, 2023   

    • microsoft defender
    • windows 10
    • (and 1 more)

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      • microsoft defender
      • windows 10
      • windows 11
    • 0 comments
    • 1,510 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 15, 2023

11. Google will now punish websites that hijack the back button to serve you ads

    By Karlston, April 14   

    • google
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 183 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 14

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

    By Karlston, April 28   

    • google
    • meta
    • (and 1 more)

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

13. Smart devices in the US get cybersecurity labelling to show they're safe

    By Karlston, July 18, 2023   

    • smart devices
    • cybersecurity
    • (and 1 more)

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      • smart devices
      • cybersecurity
      • us
    • 0 comments
    • 1,482 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 18, 2023

14. Google announces new tools to ensure you are using safe Chrome extensions

    By Karlston, August 17, 2023   

    • google chrome
    • 0 comments
    • 942 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 17, 2023

15. Tech giants strongly oppose Australia's ban on social media for children under 16

    By Karlston, November 27, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,274 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 27, 2024

16. Microsoft Authenticator gets three major improvements to enable secure authentication

    By Karlston, October 23, 2024   

    • microsoft authenticator
    • 0 comments
    • 1,503 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 23, 2024

17. No, Microsoft doesn't have dirt on you, it's just a sextortion scam

    By Karlston, November 18, 2024
    • 1 comment
    • 1,535 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • November 18, 2024

18. Google not letting YouTube videos play with Opera, Firefox adblockers. Chrome is slow.

    By Karlston, March 17, 2025   

    • google
    • youtube
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • google
      • youtube
      • ads
    • 1 comment
    • 1,048 views
    • 
    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • March 18, 2025

19. YouTube is making a bigger effort to go after third-party apps that block its ads

    By Karlston, April 16, 2024   

    • youtube
    • adblockers
    • 1 comment
    • 1,877 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • April 16, 2024

20. WhatsApp spam calls may become a thing of the past

    By Karlston, March 6, 2023   

    • whatsapp
    • spam
    • 0 comments
    • 1,260 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 6, 2023

21. WhatsApp’s view once messages will not include images and videos only

    By Karlston, December 13, 2022   

    • whatsapp
    • 0 comments
    • 1,150 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 13, 2022

22. The cybersecurity market grew 15.9% year-over-year, Microsoft grew 38.6% in the space

    By alf9872000, December 19, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 976 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • December 19, 2022

23. Debian LTS Team takes over Debian 11 security updates from today

    By Karlston, August 15, 2024   

    • debian
    • lts
    • (and 1 more)

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      • debian
      • lts
      • security updates
    • 0 comments
    • 1,252 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 15, 2024

24. Roku discovers second data breach affecting over half a million accounts

    By Karlston, April 12, 2024   

    • roku
    • data breach
    • 0 comments
    • 1,290 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 12, 2024

25. As Google Chrome disables uBlock Origin, Brave assures it won't, flaunts its default adblock

    By Karlston, October 18, 2024   

    • brave browser
    • manifest v3
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • brave browser
      • manifest v3
      • adblockers
    • 3 comments
    • 1,408 views
    • 
    • Comment by noeh
    • October 20, 2024