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1. Why the App Store’s tone-deaf gambling ads make me worry about Apple

   By Karlston, October 31, 2022   

   • app store
   • ads
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   • 1,858 views
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   • October 31, 2022

2. The next Ford Mustang won’t be easy to tune; blame cybersecurity

   By Karlston, October 14, 2022
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   • 1,072 views
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   • October 14, 2022

3. Google won’t ditch third-party cookies in Chrome after all

   By Karlston, April 23, 2025   

   • google chrome
   • third-party cookies
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   • 768 views
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   • April 23, 2025

4. Post-quantum encryption contender is taken out by single-core PC and 1 hour

   By Karlston, August 2, 2022
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   • 1,968 views
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   • August 2, 2022

5. iOS VPNs have leaked traffic for more than 2 years, researcher claims

   By Karlston, August 17, 2022   

   • ios
   • vpn
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   • 1,045 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 17, 2022

6. Widely used Daemon Tools disk app backdoored in monthlong supply-chain attack

   By Karlston, May 5   

   • daemon tools
   • 0 comments
   • 149 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 5

7. Password managers’ promise that they can’t see your vaults isn’t always true

   By Karlston, February 18   

   • password managers
   • 0 comments
   • 239 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 18

8. Dashlane explains how attackers managed to download encrypted password vaults

   By Karlston, June 5   

   • dashlane password manager
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   • 104 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 5

9. Why Lockdown mode from Apple is one of the coolest security ideas ever

   By Karlston, July 7, 2022
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   • 1,211 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 7, 2022

10. How big is the risk that someone will hack an EV charging network?

    By Karlston, July 26, 2022
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    • 993 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 26, 2022

11. Google hit with more privacy complaints for “deceptive” sign-up process [Updated]

    By Karlston, July 1, 2022   

    • google
    • privacy
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    • 1,040 views
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    • July 1, 2022

12. Gone in 130 seconds: New Tesla hack gives thieves their own personal key

    By Karlston, June 8, 2022   

    • tesla
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    • 1,590 views
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    • June 8, 2022

13. Facebook is receiving sensitive medical information from hospital websites

    By Karlston, June 16, 2022   

    • facebook
    • privacy
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    • 1,774 views
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    • June 16, 2022

14. A new vulnerability in Intel and AMD CPUs lets hackers steal encryption keys

    By Karlston, June 14, 2022
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    • 1,260 views
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    • June 14, 2022

15. New working speculative execution attack sends Intel and AMD scrambling

    By Karlston, July 12, 2022   

    • intel
    • amd
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    • 1,372 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 12, 2022

16. Intel Firmware updates for Memory Mapped I/O security vulnerabilities

    By Karlston, June 16, 2022   

    • intel
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    • 1,182 views
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    • June 16, 2022

17. “Tough to forge” digital driver’s license is… easy to forge

    By Karlston, May 24, 2022
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    • 1,492 views
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    • May 24, 2022

18. Botnet that hid for 18 months boasted some of the coolest tradecraft ever

    By Karlston, May 3, 2022   

    • botnet
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    • 1,297 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 3, 2022

19. Hackers are selling a service that bypasses ChatGPT restrictions on malware

    By Karlston, February 9, 2023   

    • chatgpt
    • hackers
    • 0 comments
    • 1,446 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 9, 2023

20. Your iOS app may still be covertly tracking you, despite what Apple says

    By Karlston, April 19, 2022   

    • ios
    • tracking
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    • 1,370 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 19, 2022

21. Oops: Google says it might have deleted your Maps Timeline data

    By Karlston, March 24, 2025   

    • google
    • maps timeline
    • 0 comments
    • 780 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 24, 2025

22. US uncovers “Swiss Army knife” for hacking industrial control systems

    By Karlston, April 15, 2022
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    • 1,217 views
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    • April 15, 2022

23. 5 charged in “Scattered Spider,” one of the most profitable phishing scams ever

    By Karlston, November 21, 2024   

    • phishing
    • 0 comments
    • 1,527 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 21, 2024

24. Why MFA is getting easer to bypass and what to do about it

    By Karlston, May 2, 2025   

    • mfa
    • 0 comments
    • 925 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 2, 2025

25. A big bet to kill the password for good

    By Karlston, March 20, 2022   

    • passwords
    • 0 comments
    • 1,469 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 20, 2022