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1. FCC tackles a thorny robocall problem—how to verify caller ID on old landlines

   By Karlston, October 10, 2022   

   • fcc
   • robocalls
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     • fcc
     • robocalls
     • landlines
   • 0 comments
   • 1,143 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 10, 2022

2. Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled

   By Karlston, May 29   

   • botnet
   • netherlands
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   • 222 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 29

3. Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes

   By Karlston, March 6, 2025   

   • botnet
   • ddos
   • 1 comment
   • 1,307 views
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   • Comment by Mutton
   • March 6, 2025

4. After lying low, SSH botnet mushrooms and is harder than ever to take down

   By Karlston, February 10, 2022
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   • 1,337 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 10, 2022

5. Some top 100,000 websites collect everything you type—before you hit submit

   By Karlston, May 14, 2022
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   • 1,152 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 14, 2022

6. Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic

   By Karlston, March 1, 2025   

   • mozilla firefox
   • 0 comments
   • 1,055 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 1, 2025

7. Meta may be forced to shutter Facebook, Instagram in EU

   By Karlston, February 7, 2022
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   • 1,112 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 7, 2022

8. Facebook advertisers are panicking after iOS cuts off key tracking data

   By Karlston, July 15, 2021   

   • facebook
   • ios
   • 0 comments
   • 1,722 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 15, 2021

9. Teens with “digital bazookas” are winning the ransomware war, researcher laments

   By Karlston, November 14, 2023
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   • 1,298 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • November 14, 2023

10. 7,000 LockBit decryption keys now in the hands of the FBI, offering victims hope

    By Karlston, June 6, 2024   

    • lockbit
    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,251 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 6, 2024

11. After BlackSuit is taken down, new ransomware group Chaos emerges

    By Karlston, July 26, 2025   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 513 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 26, 2025

12. It’s ransomware, or maybe a disk wiper, and it’s striking targets in Israel

    By Karlston, May 25, 2021
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    • 1,526 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 25, 2021

13. 14,000 routers are infected by malware that’s highly resistant to takedowns

    By Karlston, March 12   

    • routers
    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 293 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 12

14. Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome

    By Karlston, September 8, 2023   

    • google chrome
    • data slurping
    • 1 comment
    • 1,267 views
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    • Comment by dabourzannan
    • September 8, 2023

15. Google Play apps with >20M downloads depleted batteries and network bandwidth

    By Karlston, October 21, 2022   

    • google play
    • 0 comments
    • 1,108 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 21, 2022

16. Google makes small Android advertising concession in wake of iOS 14.5

    By Karlston, June 4, 2021   

    • google
    • advertising
    • 0 comments
    • 1,200 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 4, 2021

17. Google Workspace will re-enable tracking for many users today

    By Karlston, March 29, 2022   

    • google workspace
    • tracking
    • 0 comments
    • 1,212 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 29, 2022

18. Hackers are exploiting 0-days more than ever

    By Karlston, April 23, 2022   

    • 0-day
    • 0 comments
    • 1,255 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 23, 2022

19. Telegram emerges as new dark web for cyber criminals

    By Karlston, September 17, 2021   

    • telegram
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    • 1,927 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 17, 2021

20. When will Jaguar Land Rover restart production? “No one actually knows.”

    By Karlston, September 16, 2025
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    • 441 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 16, 2025

21. Some Roku smart TVs are now showing banner ads over live TV

    By Karlston, January 19, 2022   

    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 1,339 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 19, 2022

22. Developers can’t seem to stop exposing credentials in publicly accessible code

    By Karlston, November 16, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,512 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 16, 2023

23. Users say Google’s VPN app “breaks” the Windows DNS settings

    By Karlston, April 3, 2024   

    • google
    • vpn app
    • 0 comments
    • 1,087 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 3, 2024

24. Even Google CEO Sundar Pichai doesn’t understand Google’s privacy controls

    By Karlston, October 26, 2023   

    • google
    • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 1,042 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 26, 2023

25. Up to 29,000 unpatched QNAP storage devices are sitting ducks to ransomware

    By Karlston, February 2, 2023   

    • qnap
    • ransomware
    • (and 1 more)

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      • qnap
      • ransomware
      • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,847 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 2, 2023