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1. VPN demand erupts in UK — outpacing France in the face of adult content rules

   By Karlston, July 30, 2025   

   • vpn
   • age verification
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     • vpn
     • age verification
     • united kingdom
   • 0 comments
   • 428 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 30, 2025

2. VPN firm says it didn’t know customers had lifetime subscriptions, cancels them

   By Karlston, May 13, 2025   

   • vpn
   • 0 comments
   • 1,095 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 13, 2025

3. VPN provider bans BitTorrent after getting sued by film studios

   By Karlston, March 12, 2022   

   • vpn
   • bittorrent
   • 1 comment
   • 1,304 views
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   • Comment by TheEmpathicEar
   • March 13, 2022

4. VPN servers seized by Ukrainian authorities weren’t encrypted

   By Karlston, July 27, 2021   

   • windscribe
   • vpn
   • 0 comments
   • 1,811 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 27, 2021

5. VPN use soars in worldwide period of unrest and warfare

   By aum, October 6, 2022
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   • 910 views
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   • Added by aum
   • October 6, 2022

6. VPNs aren't as safe as you think they are

   By alf9872000, January 9, 2023
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   • 1,042 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • January 9, 2023

7. VSCode Marketplace can be abused to host malicious extensions

   By alf9872000, January 6, 2023
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   • 1,457 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • January 6, 2023

8. Vulnerability found in Kindle e-reader

   By aum, August 10, 2021
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   • 1,128 views
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   • Added by aum
   • August 10, 2021

9. Vulnerability puts data of 2.5 billion Chrome users at risk

   By MagicSahar, January 20, 2023
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   • 1,047 views
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   • Added by MagicSahar
   • January 20, 2023

10. Vytal: browser extension to spoof your location and user agent

    By Karlston, June 13, 2022   

    • chromium
    • extension
    • 0 comments
    • 1,626 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 13, 2022

11. Wanted: Disgruntled Employees to Deploy Ransomware

    By aum, August 19, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,168 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 19, 2021

12. Wanted: Disgruntled Employees to Deploy Ransomware

    By Karlston, August 19, 2021   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,551 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 19, 2021

13. Warning on rising cybercrime during the pandemic

    By aum, July 21, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,109 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 21, 2021

14. Warning: New RapperBot Campaign Aims to Launch DDoS Attacks at Game Servers

    By alf9872000, November 16, 2022
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    • 1,069 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • November 16, 2022

15. Washington Post Falls Victim to Oracle-Linked Data Breach

    By aum, November 9, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 288 views
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    • Added by aum
    • November 9, 2025

16. Washington Post's email system hacked, journalists' accounts compromised

    By Karlston, June 16, 2025   

    • washington post
    • cyberattack
    • 0 comments
    • 570 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 16, 2025

17. Watch How a Hacker’s Infrared Laser Can Spy on Your Laptop’s Keystrokes

    By aum, August 8, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,054 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 8, 2024

18. Watch out - that Amazon or Microsoft ad could just be malware

    By aum, May 29, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,064 views
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    • Added by aum
    • May 29, 2023

19. Watch out for "I can't believe he is gone" Facebook phishing posts

    By Karlston, January 22, 2024   

    • facebook
    • phishing
    • 0 comments
    • 1,512 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 22, 2024

20. Watch out for new malware campaign’s 'Windows 11 Alpha' attachment

    By Karlston, September 4, 2021   

    • windows 11
    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,714 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 4, 2021

21. Watch Out, Fediverse Users: The FBI Can Seize a Mastodon Server

    By aum, July 26, 2023
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    • 1,194 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 26, 2023

22. Watch Out! Zyxel Firewalls and VPNs Under Active Cyberattack

    By aum, June 25, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 928 views
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    • Added by aum
    • June 25, 2021

23. Wave of 150 crypto-draining extensions hits Firefox add-on store

    By Karlston, August 7, 2025   

    • mozilla firefox
    • extensions
    • (and 1 more)

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      • mozilla firefox
      • extensions
      • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 475 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 7, 2025

24. Wawasee Community School Corporation Faces Ransomware Attack

    By aum, January 25, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,100 views
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    • Added by aum
    • January 25, 2023

25. We Infiltrated a Counterfeit Check Ring! Now What?

    By Karlston, June 30, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,281 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 30, 2021