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1. Microsoft will halt sale of emotion-reading tech and limit access to face recognition tools

   By Karlston, June 21, 2022   

   • microsoft
   • 0 comments
   • 1,104 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 21, 2022

2. A Linux Zero-Day Was Finally Patched After Half a Decade of Inaction With Help From Google

   By aum, August 11, 2022
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   • 1,003 views
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   • August 11, 2022

3. No, You Haven’t Won a Yeti Cooler From Dick’s Sporting Goods

   By Karlston, December 23, 2022   

   • spam
   • 0 comments
   • 1,242 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • December 23, 2022

4. New QBot Banking Trojan Campaign Hijacks Business Emails to Spread Malware

   By aum, April 17, 2023
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   • 1,063 views
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   • Added by aum
   • April 17, 2023

5. Medical Transcription Hack Affects 1.2 Million Chicagoans

   By aum, November 8, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 1,108 views
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   • Added by aum
   • November 8, 2023

6. Bitwarden makes it harder to hack password vaults without MFA

   By Karlston, January 28, 2025   

   • bitwarden
   • mfa
   • 0 comments
   • 1,069 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 28, 2025

7. Hackers now testing ClickFix attacks against Linux targets

   By Karlston, May 12, 2025   

   • linux
   • 0 comments
   • 743 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 12, 2025

8. New Secure Boot flaw lets attackers install bootkit malware, patch now

   By Karlston, June 11, 2025   

   • secure boot
   • bypass
   • 0 comments
   • 985 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 11, 2025

9. Hackers earn $1,298,250 for 47 zero-days at Pwn2Own Berlin 2026

   By Karlston, May 18   

   • pwn2own
   • 0 comments
   • 243 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 18

10. Google patches 8th Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild this year

    By Karlston, July 16, 2021   

    • chrome
    • zero-day
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • chrome
      • zero-day
      • patch
    • 0 comments
    • 1,389 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 16, 2021

11. New PHP information-stealing malware targets Facebook accounts

    By alf9872000, October 16, 2022
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    • 1,012 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • October 16, 2022

12. India's telco authority plans to implement AI and ML-based solutions to curb SMS spam

    By Karlston, November 29, 2022   

    • india
    • sms spam
    • 0 comments
    • 1,174 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 29, 2022

13. Windows-based ransomware now infects Linux devices as well

    By aum, March 10, 2023
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    • 1,073 views
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    • Added by aum
    • March 10, 2023

14. DeepSeek halts new signups amid "large-scale" cyberattack

    By Karlston, January 28, 2025   

    • deepseek
    • cyberattack
    • 0 comments
    • 1,080 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 28, 2025

15. Google to pay $1.375 billion to settle Texas data privacy violations

    By Karlston, May 12, 2025   

    • google
    • data privacy violations
    • 0 comments
    • 663 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 12, 2025

16. Amazon Disruption Forces Hundreds of Websites Offline for Hours

    By aum, October 20, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 583 views
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    • Added by aum
    • October 20, 2025

17. D-Link issues hotfix for hard-coded password router vulnerabilities

    By Karlston, July 16, 2021   

    • d-link
    • router security
    • (and 1 more)

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      • d-link
      • router security
      • hotfix
    • 0 comments
    • 1,877 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 16, 2021

18. Amazon ad verification program buys access to your phone’s soul for $2 a month

    By Karlston, December 7, 2022   

    • amazon
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 1,116 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 7, 2022

19. Police operation 'SpecTor' arrests 288 dark web drug vendors and buyers

    By alf9872000, May 2, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,055 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • May 2, 2023

20. Hackers increasingly abuse Cloudflare Tunnels for stealthy connections

    By Karlston, August 8, 2023   

    • cloudflare
    • 0 comments
    • 1,617 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 8, 2023

21. Amazon adds passkey support as new passwordless login option

    By Karlston, October 18, 2023   

    • amazon
    • passkeys
    • 0 comments
    • 1,453 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 18, 2023

22. Microsoft: New critical Exchange bug exploited as zero-day

    By Karlston, February 15, 2024   

    • microsoft exchange server
    • zero-day
    • 0 comments
    • 1,367 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 15, 2024

23. Man Puzzled When Meta's AI Keeps Giving Out His Phone Number to Strangers

    By aum, August 8, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,027 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 8, 2024

24. Microsoft’s new “Copilot Vision” AI experiment can see what you browse

    By Karlston, October 4, 2024   

    • microsoft
    • copilot vision
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • microsoft
      • copilot vision
      • privacy
    • 1 comment
    • 9,403 views
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    • Comment by dabourzannan
    • October 4, 2024

25. Deepfakes, Scams, and the Age of Paranoia

    By Karlston, May 12, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 874 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 12, 2025