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1. Telegram fixes Windows app zero-day caused by file extension typo

   By Karlston, April 12   

   • telegram
   • windows
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     • windows
     • zero-day
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   • 1,031 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 12

2. Elon Musk’s X botched an attempt to replace “twitter.com” links with “x.com”

   By Karlston, April 12   

   • twitter/x
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   • 554 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 12

3. Apple warns iPhone users in 92 countries of 'mercenary spyware' attack

   By Karlston, April 11   

   • apple
   • iphone
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     • iphone
     • warning
   • 0 comments
   • 555 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 11

4. AT&T: Data breach affects 73 million or 51 million customers. No, we won’t explain.

   By Karlston, April 11   

   • at&t
   • data breach
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   • 522 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 11

5. Proton acquires Standard Notes to expand its service ecosystem

   By Karlston, April 10   

   • proton
   • 0 comments
   • 499 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 10

6. A security group found a Microsoft server with key data that was not password protected

   By Karlston, April 10   

   • microsoft
   • 1 comment
   • 464 views
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   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • April 11

7. Over 90,000 LG Smart TVs may be exposed to remote attacks

   By Karlston, April 9   

   • lg
   • smart tvs
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     • smart tvs
     • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 472 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 9

8. Here's how a German Microsoft software engineer's 'curiosity and craftsmanship' saved the world's internet from the 'most widespread and effective backdoor ever planted in any software product'

   By Karlston, April 9
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   • 455 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 9

9. Elon Musk's X makes passkey login feature available to all iOS users globally

   By Karlston, April 9   

   • twitter/x
   • passkeys
   • 0 comments
   • 463 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 9

10. Notepad++ wants your help in "parasite website" shutdown

    By Karlston, April 8   

    • notepad++
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    • 701 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 8

11. Home Depot confirms third-party data breach exposed employee info

    By Karlston, April 8   

    • home depot
    • data breach
    • 0 comments
    • 487 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 8

12. Instagram makes more money from ads than YouTube does, and it has for years

    By Karlston, April 6   

    • instagram
    • ads
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    • 508 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 6

13. Over 92,000 exposed D-Link NAS devices have a backdoor account

    By Karlston, April 6   

    • d-link
    • nas
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      • nas
      • vulnerability
    • 1 comment
    • 1,647 views
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    • Comment by Nuclear Fallout
    • April 6

14. Roku’s idea of showing ads on your HDMI inputs seems like an inevitable hell

    By Karlston, April 6   

    • roku
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 489 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 6

15. Microsoft blamed for “a cascade of security failures” in Exchange breach report

    By Karlston, April 4   

    • microsoft
    • 1 comment
    • 569 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • April 4

16. Users say Google’s VPN app “breaks” the Windows DNS settings

    By Karlston, April 3   

    • google
    • vpn app
    • 0 comments
    • 243 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 3

17. New XZ backdoor scanner detects implant in any Linux binary

    By Karlston, April 2   

    • linux
    • backdoor
    • 0 comments
    • 681 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 2

18. Discord starts down the dangerous road of ads this week

    By Karlston, April 2   

    • discord
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 557 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 2

19. Google agrees to destroy browsing data collected in Incognito mode

    By Akaneharuka, April 2   

    • google
    • privacy
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      • privacy
      • data
    • 0 comments
    • 334 views
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    • Added by Akaneharuka
    • April 2

20. Google agrees to delete Incognito data despite prior claim that’s “impossible”

    By Akaneharuka, April 2   

    • google
    • privacy
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      • google
      • privacy
      • data
    • 0 comments
    • 285 views
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    • Added by Akaneharuka
    • April 2

21. Red Hat, Debian Linux distributions narrowly avoid shipping critical SSH backdoor

    By aum, April 1
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    • 465 views
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    • Added by aum
    • April 1

22. Google to destroy billions of data records to settle "incognito" lawsuit

    By aum, April 1
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    • 285 views
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    • Added by aum
    • April 1

23. Significant compromise likely with exploitation of new Linux vulnerability

    By aum, April 1
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    • 465 views
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    • Added by aum
    • April 1

24. Software Engineer Stops Attempt to Add Backdoor to Linux Operating Systems

    By aum, April 1
    • 0 comments
    • 494 views
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    • Added by aum
    • April 1

25. What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world

    By Karlston, April 1   

    • linux
    • backdoor
    • 1 comment
    • 813 views
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    • Comment by Nuclear Fallout
    • April 1