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1. Windows XP era unofficial anti-spyware comes to Windows 11 as a fork

   By Karlston, July 3, 2024
   • 1 comment
   • 1,251 views
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   • Comment by Karlston
   • July 3, 2024

2. Windows zero-day flaw giving admin rights gets unofficial patch, again

   By Karlston, March 21, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 1,177 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 21, 2022

3. Windows-based ransomware now infects Linux devices as well

   By aum, March 10, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 1,073 views
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   • Added by aum
   • March 10, 2023

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

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

5. WinRAR 7.10 boosts Windows privacy by stripping MoTW data

   By Karlston, February 19, 2025   

   • winrar
   • privacy
   • 9 comments
   • 2,042 views
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   • Comment by mp68terr
   • March 3, 2025

6. WinRAR flaw bypasses Windows Mark of the Web security alerts

   By Karlston, April 5, 2025   

   • winrar
   • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 1,199 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 5, 2025

7. WinRAR flaw lets hackers run programs when you open RAR archives

   By Karlston, August 18, 2023   

   • winrar
   • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 1,861 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 18, 2023

8. WinRAR patches bug letting malware launch from extracted archives

   By Karlston, June 25, 2025   

   • winrar
   • vulnerability
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • winrar
     • vulnerability
     • patch
   • 0 comments
   • 726 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 25, 2025

9. WinRAR path traversal flaw still exploited by numerous hackers

   By Karlston, January 28   

   • winrar
   • 1 comment
   • 354 views
   • 
   • Comment by MrZeb
   • February 10

10. WinRAR SFX archives can run PowerShell without being detected

    By alf9872000, April 4, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,253 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • April 4, 2023

11. WinRAR zero-day exploited to plant malware on archive extraction

    By Karlston, August 9, 2025   

    • winrar
    • zero-day
    • 0 comments
    • 761 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 9, 2025

12. Winter Vivern hackers exploit Zimbra flaw to steal NATO emails

    By alf9872000, March 31, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 996 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • March 31, 2023

13. Wireless carriers keep your location data for years and provide it to the police

    By aum, August 29, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,069 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 29, 2022

14. With 0-days hitting Chrome, iOS, and dozens more this month, is no software safe?

    By Karlston, September 14, 2023   

    • software
    • 0-day
    • 0 comments
    • 2,064 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 14, 2023

15. With help from Google, impersonated Brave.com website pushes malware

    By Karlston, July 31, 2021   

    • brave
    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,350 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 31, 2021

16. Wolf in sheep’s clothing: how malware tricks users and antivirus

    By Karlston, August 2, 2022   

    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,186 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 2, 2022

17. Woman gets 66 months in prison for role in $3.3 million ID fraud op

    By alf9872000, December 16, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 2,645 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • December 16, 2022

18. Woman’s email and photos compromised by hacker looking for nudes after she sent phone to Google for repair

    By aum, December 6, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,097 views
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    • Added by aum
    • December 6, 2021

19. WordPress 5.8.3 security update fixes SQL injection, XSS flaws

    By Karlston, January 10, 2022   

    • wordpress
    • security update
    • 0 comments
    • 1,868 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 10, 2022

20. WordPress force installs Jetpack security update on 5 million sites

    By Karlston, June 3, 2021   

    • wordpress
    • security updates
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • wordpress
      • security updates
      • jetpack
    • 0 comments
    • 1,915 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 3, 2021

21. WordPress force installs UpdraftPlus patch on 3 million sites

    By Karlston, February 18, 2022   

    • wordpress
    • 0 comments
    • 1,489 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 18, 2022

22. WordPress Ninja Forms plugin flaw lets hackers steal submitted data

    By Karlston, July 27, 2023   

    • wordpress plugin
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,309 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 27, 2023

23. WordPress plugin installed on 1 million+ sites logged plaintext passwords

    By Karlston, July 13, 2023   

    • wordpress
    • plugin
    • 0 comments
    • 1,715 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 13, 2023

24. WordPress Security Alert: New Linux Malware Exploiting Over Two Dozen CMS Flaws

    By alf9872000, January 2, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,232 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • January 2, 2023

25. WordPress security plugin WP Ghost vulnerable to remote code execution bug

    By Karlston, March 20, 2025   

    • wordpress
    • plugin
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • wordpress
      • plugin
      • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,008 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 20, 2025