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1. The biggest cybersecurity and cyberattack stories of 2024

   By Karlston, January 2, 2025   

   • cybersecurity
   • cyberattack
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   • January 2, 2025

2. The biggest cybersecurity and cyberattack stories of 2025

   By Karlston, January 2
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   • January 2

3. The Biggest Hack of 2023 Keeps Getting Bigger

   By aum, October 3, 2023
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   • October 3, 2023

4. The biggest heist of all time involved over $14 billion of crypto being stolen - and it went undetected for five years

   By Karlston, August 10, 2025   

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   • crypto
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   • August 10, 2025

5. The black hat hacker trap: Why unethical hacking lures young people

   By aum, February 4, 2023
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   • February 4, 2023

6. The Bold Plan to Create Cyber 311 Hotlines

   By aum, June 7, 2023
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   • June 7, 2023

7. The Brave browser on Windows has also been installing VPN services; a fix is in the works

   By Karlston, October 21, 2023   

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   • October 21, 2023

8. The Canvas Hack Is a New Kind of Ransomware Debacle

   By aum, May 9
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   • May 9

9. The Cl0p Bust Shows Exactly Why Ransomware Isn’t Going Away

   By Karlston, June 17, 2021   

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   • June 17, 2021

10. The Comedy of Errors That Let China-Backed Hackers Steal Microsoft’s Signing Key

    By aum, September 7, 2023
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    • September 7, 2023

11. The Curious Case of the Bizarre, Disappearing Captcha

    By Karlston, November 3, 2025   

    • captchas
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    • November 3, 2025

12. 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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    • December 19, 2022

13. The Danger of License Plate Readers in Post-Roe America

    By Karlston, July 7, 2022
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    • July 7, 2022

14. The Dark Side of AI: Voice Generators Used to Scam People Out of Money

    By alf9872000, March 7, 2023
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    • March 7, 2023

15. The Day Anubis Saved Our Websites From a DDoS Attack

    By lurch234, May 5, 2025
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    • May 5, 2025

16. The differences between Windows account PINs and passwords

    By Karlston, August 8, 2022   

    • windows
    • pins
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    • August 8, 2022

17. The DuckDuckGo Windows web browser has launched in open beta for more privacy while surfing

    By Karlston, June 22, 2023   

    • duckduckgo
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    • June 22, 2023

18. The EU AI Act passed — here’s what comes next

    By Karlston, March 13, 2024
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    • Comment by Nuclear Fallout
    • March 14, 2024

19. The FBI is dealing with a cyber attack on its computers, but says it's been "contained"

    By Karlston, February 17, 2023   

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    • cyberattack
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    • February 17, 2023

20. The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker — here’s why

    By alf9872000, December 22, 2022
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    • December 22, 2022

21. The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web

    By aum, February 24, 2023
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    • February 24, 2023

22. The FBI's Perspective on Ransomware

    By alf9872000, January 4, 2023
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    • January 4, 2023

23. The Fight Against Robocall Spam and Scams Heats Up in India

    By Karlston, June 3, 2022
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    • June 3, 2022

24. The Future of Digital Cash Is Not on the Blockchain

    By Karlston, March 28, 2022
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    • March 28, 2022

25. The future of streaming video is scary: Virtual Product Placement Ads incoming

    By Karlston, October 17, 2022   

    • streaming
    • ads
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    • October 17, 2022