Security & Privacy News

4149 news in this category

1. Google discovered a new scam—and also fell victim to it

   By Karlston, August 8, 2025   

   • google
   • scam
   • 0 comments
   • 439 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 8, 2025

2. Microsoft delays plan to let Copilot see your Teams screen

   By Karlston, August 21, 2025   

   • microsoft teams
   • copilot
   • 0 comments
   • 564 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 21, 2025

3. Ads Are Coming to ChatGPT. Here’s How They’ll Work

   By Karlston, January 16   

   • chatgpt
   • ads
   • 1 comment
   • 350 views
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   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • January 16

4. Secure Boot Certificate Expiry (Windows & Linux) (ExplainingComputers) [Video]

   By Karlston, May 17
   • 0 comments
   • 202 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 17

5. NSA: Russian GRU hackers use Kubernetes to run brute force attacks

   By Karlston, July 1, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 1,206 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 1, 2021

6. Israeli Firm Helped Governments Target Journalists, Activists with 0-Days and Spyware

   By aum, July 16, 2021
   • 1 comment
   • 1,242 views
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   • Comment by Nuclear Fallout
   • July 16, 2021

7. New Zloader attacks disable Windows Defender to evade detection

   By Karlston, September 14, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 1,427 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 14, 2021

8. New FinSpy Malware Variant Infects Windows Systems With UEFI Bootkit

   By aum, September 29, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 1,317 views
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   • Added by aum
   • September 29, 2021

9. End-to-end encryption of Messenger chats is now available for everyone

   By Karlston, January 28, 2022   

   • messenger
   • 0 comments
   • 1,328 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 28, 2022

10. Over 3,200 apps leak Twitter API keys, some allowing account hijacks

    By Karlston, August 2, 2022   

    • twitter
    • 0 comments
    • 1,281 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 2, 2022

11. Cisco hit by cyberattack from hacker linked to Lapsus$ gang

    By aum, August 11, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 984 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 11, 2022

12. Chinese 'Mustang Panda' Hackers Actively Targeting Governments Worldwide

    By alf9872000, November 19, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,167 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • November 19, 2022

13. DuckDuckGo now blocks Google sign-in pop-ups on all sites

    By alf9872000, December 23, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 950 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • December 23, 2022

14. This Google Workspace security flaw could let hackers quietly steal your Drive files

    By aum, June 4, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 984 views
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    • Added by aum
    • June 4, 2023

15. Exclusive: US government agencies hit in global cyberattack

    By aum, June 15, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,183 views
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    • Added by aum
    • June 15, 2023

16. Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack

    By Karlston, December 6, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,588 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 6, 2023

17. “Everything’s frozen”: Ransomware locks credit union users out of bank accounts

    By Karlston, July 3, 2024   

    • ransomware
    • 1 comment
    • 1,540 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • July 3, 2024

18. 0.0.0.0 Day: 18-Year-Old Browser Vulnerability Impacts MacOS and Linux Devices

    By aum, August 8, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,116 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 8, 2024

19. EU fines Google $3.5 billion for anti-competitive ad practices

    By Karlston, September 5, 2025   

    • eu
    • google
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • eu
      • google
      • fine
    • 0 comments
    • 393 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 5, 2025

20. Trickbot cybercrime group linked to new Diavol ransomware

    By Karlston, July 1, 2021   

    • trickbot
    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,325 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 1, 2021

21. Apple hits the alarm with multi-OS emergency update to patch zero-click flaw

    By Karlston, September 14, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,114 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 14, 2021

22. U.S. State Department phones hacked with Israeli company spyware - sources

    By aum, December 4, 2021
    • 1 comment
    • 1,306 views
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    • Comment by Nuclear Fallout
    • December 4, 2021

23. Hackers leak 190GB of alleged Samsung data, source code

    By Karlston, March 5, 2022   

    • samsung
    • data leak
    • 0 comments
    • 1,647 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 5, 2022

24. Workaround for security issue in 7-Zip until it is fixed

    By Karlston, April 18, 2022   

    • 7-zip
    • vulnerability
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • 7-zip
      • vulnerability
      • workaround
    • 0 comments
    • 1,673 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 18, 2022

25. Hacker accesses a Verizon employee database and tries to ransom the data for $250,000

    By aum, May 28, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,087 views
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    • Added by aum
    • May 28, 2022