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1. 5 security features in Windows 11 you should activate before using public Wi-Fi

   By Karlston, April 23, 2025   

   • windows 11
   • public wi-fi
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     • windows 11
     • public wi-fi
     • security
   • 0 comments
   • 1,319 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 23, 2025

2. Cunning WordPress malware disguises itself as regular code

   By aum, August 19, 2021
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   • 1,100 views
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   • Added by aum
   • August 19, 2021

3. Microsoft just issued a Secure Boot warning for 2026 — here’s what it means for Windows security

   By Karlston, February 10
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   • 288 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 10

4. Google is intentionally throttling YouTube videos, slowing down users with ad blockers

   By Karlston, June 16, 2025   

   • google
   • youtube
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     • google
     • youtube
     • ad blockers
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   • 696 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 16, 2025

5. YouTube’s war on ad-blockers just got personal — punishing users by hiding video descriptions and comments

   By Karlston, February 25   

   • youtube
   • ad-blockers
   • 0 comments
   • 341 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 25

6. Fake VPN checker tool lets hackers bypass antivirus protections

   By aum, October 9, 2025
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   • 369 views
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   • Added by aum
   • October 9, 2025

7. Google is killing passwords and replacing them with passkeys — what you need to know

   By alf9872000, May 3, 2023
   • 1 comment
   • 1,082 views
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   • Comment by mp68terr
   • May 5, 2023

8. People are falling for AI phishing attempts 4.5x more often than human ones but the solutions are the same as ever

   By aum, October 17, 2025
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   • 355 views
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   • Added by aum
   • October 17, 2025

9. Microsoft is taking away this Edge feature you never should have used if you care about privacy

   By Karlston, May 13, 2024   

   • microsoft edge
   • privacy
   • 2 comments
   • 2,299 views
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   • Comment by UberGeek
   • May 14, 2024

10. Microsoft Edge will also block uBlock Origin, but it may not be just yet (Update)

    By Karlston, February 26, 2025   

    • microsoft edge
    • manifest v3
    • 2 comments
    • 1,817 views
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    • Comment by SPECTRUM
    • February 28, 2025

11. After the T-Mobile breach, companies are preventing customers from securing their accounts

    By aum, September 12, 2021
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    • 2,236 views
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    • Added by aum
    • September 12, 2021

12. This popular WhatsApp mod riddled with malicious code

    By Karlston, August 24, 2021
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    • 1,516 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 24, 2021

13. "Microsoft fired the skilled people, leaving flowchart followers": Microsoft's Security Response Center is being blamed for the zero-day BlueHammer exploit leak, but I can't tell who's right

    By Karlston, April 16   

    • microsoft
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    • 239 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 16

14. Perplexity responds to Comet browser vulnerability claims, argues "fake news"

    By aum, November 23, 2025
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    • 321 views
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    • Added by aum
    • November 23, 2025

15. This new ransomware campaign wants millions of dollars to get your files back

    By aum, April 3, 2023
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    • 1,099 views
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    • Added by aum
    • April 3, 2023

16. The MSI data breach might have leaked some very important Intel code

    By aum, May 8, 2023
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    • 1,217 views
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    • Added by aum
    • May 8, 2023

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

    By aum, June 4, 2023
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    • 985 views
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    • Added by aum
    • June 4, 2023

18. Severe internet outages keep happening — and they might get worse

    By aum, November 23, 2025
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    • 325 views
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    • Added by aum
    • November 23, 2025

19. It's no surprise that Copilot for Edge wants your data — but it's totally optional

    By Karlston, October 23, 2023   

    • microsoft edge
    • copilot for edge
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    • 1,234 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 23, 2023

20. Microsoft finally makes passkeys viable thanks to Edge on Windows 11 — you can finally sync them across devices

    By Karlston, November 5, 2025   

    • passkeys
    • windows 11
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    • 294 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 5, 2025

21. France hopes to force Microsoft Edge and others to censor websites at a browser level

    By Karlston, August 23, 2023
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    • 1,158 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 23, 2023

22. Microsoft plans to bury its NTLM security relic after 30 years — replacing it with stronger Kerberos-based alternatives via future Windows client releases

    By Karlston, February 2   

    • microsoft
    • ntlm
    • 0 comments
    • 206 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 2

23. Security giant Dragos hit by cyberattack blow

    By aum, May 11, 2023
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    • 1,077 views
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    • Added by aum
    • May 11, 2023

24. Forget Windows Recall — This Chrome VPN is the real privacy nightmare, secretly screenshotting every site visited by over 100,000 users and sending them to an anonymous developer

    By Karlston, August 25, 2025   

    • privacy nightmare
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    • 404 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 25, 2025

25. “I saw numerous records marked as confidential” — 40 billion unencrypted files spilled by a marketing firm that never expected you to look

    By Karlston, October 17, 2025   

    • data breach
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    • 431 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 17, 2025