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1. Google slapped with $60 million fine for misleading customers about data collection

   By Karlston, August 12, 2022   

   • google
   • data collection
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     • data collection
     • fine
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 12, 2022

2. KB5012170: Microsoft August Patch Tuesday fixes critical Secure Boot GRUB vulnerability

   By Karlston, August 12, 2022   

   • patch tuesday
   • grub
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     • grub
     • vulnerability
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   • 1,612 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 12, 2022

3. Indian government proposes law to intercept and read encrypted messages

   By Karlston, September 23, 2022
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   • 968 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 23, 2022

4. Beware: Microsoft email users, even with MFA on, are unsafe from this new phishing attack

   By Karlston, August 4, 2022
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 4, 2022

5. ExpressVPN announces native app for Apple Silicon Macs

   By Karlston, August 2, 2022   

   • expressvpn
   • apple silicon macs
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   • 1,062 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 2, 2022

6. Report: Microsoft Defender is hogging Intel CPUs while AMD Ryzen remains unscathed

   By Karlston, June 28, 2022   

   • microsoft defender
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   • 1,348 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 28, 2022

7. Beware: LockBit actors using Microsoft Defender to infect PCs with Cobalt Strike beacon

   By Karlston, July 30, 2022   

   • microsoft defender
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   • 1,363 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 30, 2022

8. Microsoft is testing Privacy Auditing in Windows 11

   By aum, June 20, 2022
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   • 1,177 views
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   • June 20, 2022

9. Microsoft Defender fails to improve in the latest AV-Comparatives ranking

   By aum, June 18, 2022
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   • 1,156 views
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   • Added by aum
   • June 18, 2022

10. UK government plans opt-out cookie regime to reduce the number of banners

    By Karlston, June 17, 2022
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    • 1,129 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 17, 2022

11. Microsoft Defender finally falters as it fails to woo AV-TEST in the latest rankings

    By Karlston, June 8, 2022   

    • microsoft defender
    • av-test
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    • 1,453 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 8, 2022

12. Protocol vulnerability allows launching malicious Windows Search by just opening Word file

    By aum, June 2, 2022
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    • 1,135 views
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    • Added by aum
    • June 2, 2022

13. Microsoft issues warning about RCE exploit in its Windows diagnostic tool

    By aum, May 31, 2022
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    • 1,415 views
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    • Comment by TrojanK
    • June 1, 2022

14. June Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes Follina vulnerability but not DogWalk

    By Karlston, June 15, 2022
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    • June 15, 2022

15. "DogWalk", another Microsoft-ignored MSDT vulnerability like Follina gets unofficial patch

    By aum, June 8, 2022
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    • 1,339 views
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    • June 8, 2022

16. Google Project Zero exposes high severity USB vulnerability in Chrome OS

    By aum, May 27, 2022
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    • 984 views
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    • Added by aum
    • May 27, 2022

17. This ransomware forces victims to do acts of goodwill to get their files back

    By Karlston, May 25, 2022   

    • ransomware
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    • 1,302 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 25, 2022

18. Windows 11 22H2 comes with brute force attacks protection enabled by default

    By Karlston, July 21, 2022   

    • windows 11
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    • 1,141 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 21, 2022

19. AV-Comparatives finds Windows Defender suffering from poor offline detection, false alarms

    By Karlston, October 14, 2022   

    • windows defender
    • av-comparatives
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    • 1,372 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 14, 2022

20. Microsoft: Please ditch passwords completely

    By Karlston, May 6, 2022   

    • microsoft
    • passwords
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    • 1,492 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 6, 2022

21. Google banned 190,000 malicious developers from the Play Store last year

    By Karlston, April 28, 2022   

    • google play store
    • malware
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    • 1,351 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 28, 2022

22. Leaked document reveals Facebook has no control over user data and where it's going

    By Karlston, April 27, 2022   

    • facebook
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    • 1,564 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 27, 2022

23. Microsoft and Mastercard partner to announce "next-gen" identity solution

    By Karlston, April 26, 2022   

    • microsoft
    • mastercard
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    • 1,231 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 26, 2022

24. Chrome 101 has the first version of privacy-preserving ad profiling, landing today

    By Karlston, April 26, 2022   

    • google chrome
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    • 1,039 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 26, 2022

25. Autofill in Microsoft Authenticator now can generate strong passwords

    By Karlston, April 21, 2022   

    • microsoft authenticator
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    • 1,260 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 21, 2022