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1. Google announces $10 billion cybersecurity investment following meeting with U.S. president

   By Karlston, August 26, 2021   

   • google
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   • 1,185 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 26, 2021

2. Hacker who commanded a 100,000+ strong bot army taken down by Ukrainian cops

   By aum, October 11, 2021
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   • 1,171 views
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   • Added by aum
   • October 11, 2021

3. Messenger will now encrypt your voice and video calls

   By Karlston, August 13, 2021   

   • facebook messenger
   • encryption
   • 0 comments
   • 1,743 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 13, 2021

4. FBI and MI5 call out China for sponsoring cyber threats

   By aum, July 7, 2022
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   • 1,033 views
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   • Added by aum
   • July 7, 2022

5. New Chinese policy mandates reviewing every comment on all websites before publishing

   By aum, June 21, 2022
   • 1 comment
   • 1,267 views
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   • Comment by funkyy
   • June 21, 2022

6. Microsoft explains why TPM 2.0 and VBS on Windows 11 are so key for next-gen security

   By Karlston, October 5, 2021   

   • windows 11
   • tpm 2.0
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     • tpm 2.0
     • vbs
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   • 1,439 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 5, 2021

7. It took hackers $10 worth of stolen cookies and some lies to breach EA's systems

   By Karlston, June 11, 2021
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   • 1,268 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 11, 2021

8. New Outlook bug lets phishing emails seem genuine

   By Karlston, September 7, 2021   

   • microsoft outlook
   • phishing
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   • 1,777 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 7, 2021

9. Microsoft will turn off TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in Internet Explorer and EdgeHTML on September 13

   By Karlston, August 16, 2022   

   • microsoft
   • tls
   • 0 comments
   • 1,277 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 16, 2022

10. Chrome now features better privacy and security without draining the battery

    By Karlston, July 20, 2021   

    • google chrome
    • 0 comments
    • 1,407 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 20, 2021

11. Microsoft will soon start blocking Office macros once again

    By Karlston, July 21, 2022   

    • microsoft office
    • macros
    • 0 comments
    • 1,222 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 21, 2022

12. Microsoft testing integrated VPN ‘Secure Network' in Edge powered by Cloudflare

    By Karlston, April 28, 2022   

    • microsoft edge
    • vpn
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      • vpn
      • cloudflare
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    • 1,524 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 28, 2022

13. Microsoft Edge's Enhanced Security Mode explained

    By Karlston, July 29, 2022   

    • microsoft edge
    • 0 comments
    • 1,196 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 29, 2022

14. Tails 4.19 is here but in-built Tor Bridges pushed back

    By Karlston, June 1, 2021   

    • tails
    • 0 comments
    • 1,575 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 1, 2021

15. Tails 4.20 arrives with Tor Connection assistant but you still have to build bridges

    By Karlston, July 14, 2021   

    • tails
    • 0 comments
    • 1,539 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 14, 2021

16. Microsoft Defender gets outperformed easily by rivals Avast, AVG, and Avira in latest test

    By Karlston, September 16, 2022   

    • microsoft defender
    • 0 comments
    • 1,237 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 16, 2022

17. Unlike AV-TEST, AV-Comparatives wasn't as impressed by Microsoft Defender in 2021

    By Karlston, February 8, 2022
    • 1 comment
    • 1,492 views
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    • Comment by DKT27
    • February 8, 2022

18. Despite no wins, Microsoft Defender continues to dazzle AV-TEST shows latest report

    By Karlston, March 28, 2022   

    • microsoft defender
    • 0 comments
    • 1,210 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 28, 2022

19. AV-Comparatives finds Microsoft Defender has one of the poorest offline detection rates

    By Karlston, April 15, 2022   

    • microsoft defender
    • 0 comments
    • 1,285 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 15, 2022

20. Microsoft Defender seriously impresses in AV-TEST's ransomware protection test

    By aum, July 4, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,140 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 4, 2022

21. AV-Comparatives' latest test finds Microsoft Defender hogs your system real bad

    By Karlston, May 3, 2022   

    • microsoft defender
    • 1 comment
    • 1,621 views
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    • Comment by CaptainK
    • November 5, 2022

22. Microsoft Defender beats out several heavyweight rivals in the latest AV-TEST ranking

    By Karlston, January 31, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,379 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 31, 2022

23. YouTube Shorts will soon run ads

    By Karlston, April 27, 2022   

    • youtube shorts
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 1,561 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 27, 2022

24. Firefox 95 will include RLBox sandboxing for added security

    By Karlston, December 6, 2021   

    • firefox
    • sandboxing
    • 0 comments
    • 1,435 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 6, 2021

25. Microsoft pats itself on the back as it thanks AV-Comparatives for helping improve Defender

    By Karlston, October 7, 2022   

    • microsoft defender
    • 0 comments
    • 1,266 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 7, 2022