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

   By Karlston, April 2, 2024   

   • discord
   • ads
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   • 1,654 views
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   • April 2, 2024

2. Federal agency hacked by 2 groups thanks to flaw that went unpatched for 4 years

   By alf9872000, March 17, 2023
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   • March 17, 2023

3. Unkillable UEFI malware bypassing Secure Boot enabled by unpatchable Windows flaw

   By Karlston, March 6, 2023   

   • uefi
   • malware
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   • 1,802 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 6, 2023

4. The time has come: GitHub expands 2FA requirement rollout March 13

   By Karlston, March 11, 2023   

   • github
   • 2fa
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   • 1,276 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 11, 2023

5. Windows’ original Secure Boot certificates expire in June—here’s what you need to do

   By Karlston, February 11
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   • 360 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 11

6. Apple patches “clickless” 0-day image processing vulnerability in iOS, macOS

   By Karlston, September 8, 2023   

   • apple
   • vulnerability
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   • 1,565 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 8, 2023

7. ChatGPT is a data privacy nightmare, and we ought to be concerned

   By Karlston, February 8, 2023   

   • chatgpt
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   • 1,471 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 8, 2023

8. Health info for 1 million patients stolen using critical GoAnywhere vulnerability

   By Karlston, February 16, 2023
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   • 1,462 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 16, 2023

9. Most criminal cryptocurrency is funneled through just 5 exchanges

   By Karlston, January 28, 2023   

   • cryptocurrency
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   • 1,374 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 28, 2023

10. RSA’s demise from quantum attacks is very much exaggerated, expert says

    By Karlston, January 26, 2023   

    • rsa
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    • January 26, 2023

11. Researcher uncovers one of the biggest password dumps in recent history

    By Karlston, January 18, 2024
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    • 1,214 views
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    • January 18, 2024

12. Meta needs explicit user consent to run personalized ads, EU watchdog rules

    By Karlston, December 7, 2022   

    • meta
    • ads
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    • 1,214 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 7, 2022

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

    By Karlston, December 7, 2022   

    • amazon
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 1,118 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 7, 2022

14. Meta to pay $725 million to settle Cambridge Analytica lawsuit

    By alf9872000, December 23, 2022
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    • December 23, 2022

15. The Internet is (once again) awash with IoT botnets delivering record DDoSes

    By Karlston, January 22, 2025
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    • January 22, 2025

16. The risk of escalation from cyberattacks has never been greater

    By alf9872000, December 19, 2022
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    • December 19, 2022

17. Alarmed researcher finds heaps of biometric data on US military device on eBay

    By alf9872000, December 27, 2022
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    • 1,124 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • December 27, 2022

18. State-sponsored hackers in China compromise certificate authority

    By alf9872000, November 15, 2022
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    • 1,000 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • November 15, 2022

19. How North Korea became a mastermind of crypto cybercrime

    By Karlston, November 14, 2022
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    • 1,091 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 14, 2022

20. Thinking about taking your computer to the repair shop? Be very afraid

    By Karlston, November 22, 2022
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    • 1,118 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 22, 2022

21. Microsoft plans to lock down Windows DNS like never before. Here’s how.

    By Karlston, May 4, 2024   

    • windows
    • dns
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    • 1,884 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 4, 2024

22. Two Windows vulnerabilities, one a 0-day, are under active exploitation

    By aum, October 31, 2025
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    • 382 views
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    • Added by aum
    • October 31, 2025

23. How to download a backup copy of your Twitter data (or deactivate your account)

    By Karlston, October 29, 2022   

    • twitter
    • 0 comments
    • 1,429 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 29, 2022

24. How a Microsoft blunder opened millions of PCs to potent malware attacks

    By Karlston, October 14, 2022   

    • windows
    • malware
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    • 1,345 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 14, 2022

25. Microsoft leaked 2.4TB of data belonging to sensitive customer. Critics are furious

    By Karlston, October 20, 2022   

    • microsoft
    • data leak
    • 0 comments
    • 1,433 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 20, 2022