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1. Microsoft Pluton doesn’t “align” with Dell’s hardware security strategy

   By Karlston, March 11, 2022   

   • dell
   • microsoft pluton
   • 0 comments
   • 1,432 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 11, 2022

2. Attackers can force Amazon Echos to hack themselves with self-issued commands

   By Karlston, March 6, 2022   

   • amazon echo
   • 0 comments
   • 1,686 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 6, 2022

3. Google “hijacked millions of customers and orders” from restaurants, lawsuit says

   By aum, March 14, 2022
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   • 1,117 views
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   • Added by aum
   • March 14, 2022

4. Smart TVs are like “a digital Trojan Horse” in people’s homes

   By Karlston, October 8, 2024   

   • smart tvs
   • snooping
   • 0 comments
   • 1,363 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 8, 2024

5. Brave takes on the creepy websites that override your privacy settings

   By Karlston, March 10, 2022   

   • brave browser
   • 1 comment
   • 1,534 views
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   • Comment by Zex
   • March 10, 2022

6. How did a hacker steal over $600 million from a crypto gaming blockchain?

   By Karlston, March 30, 2022
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   • 1,465 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 30, 2022

7. Flood of malicious junk traffic makes Ukrainian websites unreachable

   By Karlston, February 16, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 1,418 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 16, 2022

8. $3.6 billion bitcoin seizure shows how hard it is to launder cryptocurrency

   By Karlston, February 12, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 1,313 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 12, 2022

9. Backdoor slipped into multiple WordPress plugins in ongoing supply-chain attack

   By alf9872000, June 25, 2024
   • 0 comments
   • 964 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • June 25, 2024

10. If you like the data on your WD My Cloud OS 3 device, patch it now

    By Karlston, January 20, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,295 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 20, 2022

11. Booby-trapped sites delivered potent new backdoor trojan to macOS users

    By Karlston, January 26, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,198 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 26, 2022

12. 5 months on, Apple has yet to fix iOS bug that sends devices into a crash spiral

    By Karlston, January 6, 2022
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    • 1,252 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 6, 2022

13. Never-before-seen malware is nuking data in Russia’s courts and mayors’ offices

    By alf9872000, December 3, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,232 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • December 3, 2022

14. Get ready for Alexa skills pop-up ads on your Amazon Echo Show

    By Karlston, July 22, 2022   

    • alexa
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 1,202 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 22, 2022

15. Nvidia’s AI software tricked into leaking data

    By Karlston, June 9, 2023   

    • nvidia
    • ai
    • (and 1 more)

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      • nvidia
      • ai
      • data leak
    • 0 comments
    • 1,711 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 9, 2023

16. Google wants every account to use 2FA, starts auto-enrolling users

    By Karlston, November 3, 2021   

    • google
    • 2fa
    • (and 1 more)

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      • google
      • 2fa
      • forced
    • 0 comments
    • 1,608 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 3, 2021

17. Microsoft will take nearly a year to finish patching new 0-day Secure Boot bug

    By alf9872000, May 12, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,188 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • May 12, 2023

18. Microsoft changes Windows in attempt to prevent next CrowdStrike-style catastrophe

    By Karlston, June 27, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 635 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 27, 2025

19. Company that routes SMS for all major US carriers was hacked for five years

    By Karlston, October 5, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,246 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 5, 2021

20. These antivirus programs are compatible with Windows 11 according to AV Comparatives

    By Karlston, September 30, 2021   

    • windows 11
    • anti-virus software
    • 0 comments
    • 1,409 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 30, 2021

21. Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates

    By Karlston, December 2, 2023   

    • google
    • ads
    • 2 comments
    • 1,943 views
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    • Comment by Matt
    • December 2, 2023

22. AI-generated phishing emails are getting very good at targeting executives

    By Karlston, January 2, 2025   

    • phishing
    • 0 comments
    • 1,277 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 2, 2025

23. Today’s Firefox 91 release adds new site-wide cookie-clearing action

    By Karlston, August 10, 2021   

    • firefox
    • security
    • 0 comments
    • 1,764 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 10, 2021

24. Netflix is adding residential IP addresses to its VPN blocklists

    By Karlston, August 12, 2021   

    • netflix
    • vpn blocking
    • 0 comments
    • 1,154 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 12, 2021

25. Amid backlash, Apple will change photo-scanning plan but won’t drop it completely

    By Karlston, September 3, 2021   

    • apple
    • 0 comments
    • 1,417 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 3, 2021