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1. Three big questions about Facebook’s new VR ads

   By Karlston, June 17, 2021   

   • facebook
   • ads
   • 0 comments
   • 1,045 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 17, 2021

2. Gmail’s AI-powered spam detection is its biggest security upgrade in years

   By Karlston, December 5, 2023   

   • google
   • spam
   • (and 1 more)

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     • google
     • spam
     • ai
   • 0 comments
   • 921 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • December 5, 2023

3. Mac and Windows users infected by software updates delivered over hacked ISP

   By aum, August 6, 2024
   • 0 comments
   • 468 views
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   • Added by aum
   • August 6, 2024

4. Meet the Windows servers that have been fueling massive DDoSes for months

   By Karlston, October 28, 2022   

   • ddos
   • 0 comments
   • 811 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 28, 2022

5. Biggest DDoSes of all time generated by protocol 0-day in HTTP/2

   By Karlston, October 13, 2023   

   • ddos
   • 1 comment
   • 1,300 views
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   • Comment by Ha91
   • October 21, 2023

6. FCC tackles a thorny robocall problem—how to verify caller ID on old landlines

   By Karlston, October 10, 2022   

   • fcc
   • robocalls
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     • fcc
     • robocalls
     • landlines
   • 0 comments
   • 623 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 10, 2022

7. Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes

   By Karlston, March 6   

   • botnet
   • ddos
   • 1 comment
   • 265 views
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   • Comment by Mutton
   • March 6

8. After lying low, SSH botnet mushrooms and is harder than ever to take down

   By Karlston, February 10, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 762 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 10, 2022

9. Some top 100,000 websites collect everything you type—before you hit submit

   By Karlston, May 14, 2022
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   • 686 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 14, 2022

10. Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic

    By Karlston, March 1   

    • mozilla firefox
    • 0 comments
    • 240 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 1

11. Meta may be forced to shutter Facebook, Instagram in EU

    By Karlston, February 7, 2022
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    • 612 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 7, 2022

12. Facebook advertisers are panicking after iOS cuts off key tracking data

    By Karlston, July 15, 2021   

    • facebook
    • ios
    • 0 comments
    • 1,162 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 15, 2021

13. Teens with “digital bazookas” are winning the ransomware war, researcher laments

    By Karlston, November 14, 2023
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    • 731 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 14, 2023

14. 7,000 LockBit decryption keys now in the hands of the FBI, offering victims hope

    By Karlston, June 6, 2024   

    • lockbit
    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 659 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 6, 2024

15. It’s ransomware, or maybe a disk wiper, and it’s striking targets in Israel

    By Karlston, May 25, 2021
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    • 847 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 25, 2021

16. Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome

    By Karlston, September 8, 2023   

    • google chrome
    • data slurping
    • 1 comment
    • 580 views
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    • Comment by dabourzannan
    • September 8, 2023

17. Google Play apps with >20M downloads depleted batteries and network bandwidth

    By Karlston, October 21, 2022   

    • google play
    • 0 comments
    • 588 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 21, 2022

18. Google makes small Android advertising concession in wake of iOS 14.5

    By Karlston, June 4, 2021   

    • google
    • advertising
    • 0 comments
    • 679 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 4, 2021

19. Google Workspace will re-enable tracking for many users today

    By Karlston, March 29, 2022   

    • google workspace
    • tracking
    • 0 comments
    • 670 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 29, 2022

20. Hackers are exploiting 0-days more than ever

    By Karlston, April 23, 2022   

    • 0-day
    • 0 comments
    • 751 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 23, 2022

21. Telegram emerges as new dark web for cyber criminals

    By Karlston, September 17, 2021   

    • telegram
    • 0 comments
    • 1,282 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 17, 2021

22. Some Roku smart TVs are now showing banner ads over live TV

    By Karlston, January 19, 2022   

    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 822 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 19, 2022

23. Developers can’t seem to stop exposing credentials in publicly accessible code

    By Karlston, November 16, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 899 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 16, 2023

24. Users say Google’s VPN app “breaks” the Windows DNS settings

    By Karlston, April 3, 2024   

    • google
    • vpn app
    • 0 comments
    • 480 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 3, 2024

25. Even Google CEO Sundar Pichai doesn’t understand Google’s privacy controls

    By Karlston, October 26, 2023   

    • google
    • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 529 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 26, 2023