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

   By Karlston, September 11, 2023
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   • 1,328 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 11, 2023

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

   By Karlston, May 14, 2023
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   • 1,255 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 14, 2023

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

   By Karlston, March 31, 2024   

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

4. 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
   • 1,308 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 4, 2023

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

   By Karlston, September 22, 2024   

   • windows defender
   • update
   • 0 comments
   • 1,587 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 22, 2024

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

   By Karlston, December 9, 2023
   • 1 comment
   • 1,760 views
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   • Comment by Edion Gecos
   • December 10, 2023

7. 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
   • 1,283 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 27, 2024

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

   By Karlston, September 20, 2023   

   • av-comparatives
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   • 1,328 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 20, 2023

9. 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

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

    By Karlston, April 14   

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

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

    By Karlston, April 28   

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

12. 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
    • 1,481 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 18, 2023

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

    By Karlston, August 17, 2023   

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

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

    By Karlston, November 27, 2024
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    • 1,273 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 27, 2024

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

    By Karlston, October 23, 2024   

    • microsoft authenticator
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    • 1,495 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 23, 2024

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

    By Karlston, November 18, 2024
    • 1 comment
    • 1,534 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • November 18, 2024

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

    By Karlston, March 17, 2025   

    • google
    • youtube
    • (and 1 more)

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      • google
      • youtube
      • ads
    • 1 comment
    • 1,045 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • March 18, 2025

18. 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
    • 1,875 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • April 16, 2024

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

    By Karlston, March 6, 2023   

    • whatsapp
    • spam
    • 0 comments
    • 1,259 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 6, 2023

20. 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

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

    By alf9872000, December 19, 2022
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    • 973 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • December 19, 2022

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

    By Karlston, August 15, 2024   

    • debian
    • lts
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      • debian
      • lts
      • security updates
    • 0 comments
    • 1,251 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 15, 2024

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

    By Karlston, April 12, 2024   

    • roku
    • data breach
    • 0 comments
    • 1,289 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 12, 2024

24. 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
    • 1,400 views
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    • Comment by noeh
    • October 20, 2024

25. Brave launches desktop VPN and cross-device subscriptions

    By Karlston, March 14, 2023   

    • brave browser
    • vpn
    • 0 comments
    • 1,041 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 14, 2023