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1. Norton builds a Ethereum crypto-miner into Norton anti-virus

   By Karlston, June 2, 2021   

   • norton
   • crypto-miner
   • 0 comments
   • 1,865 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 2, 2021

2. Apple privacy ad personifies web trackers as overly-obsessed stalkers

   By Matrix, May 20, 2021   

   • watch them get deleted from existence
   • 0 comments
   • 1,547 views
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   • Added by Matrix
   • May 20, 2021

3. Apple's Craig Federighi admits to an unacceptable 'level of malware' on macOS

   By Matrix, May 20, 2021   

   • his poor-optics statement was meant to
   • deflect epics argument that ios should
   • (and 1 more)

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     • his poor-optics statement was meant to
     • deflect epics argument that ios should
     • allow side loading since macos does
   • 0 comments
   • 1,720 views
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   • Added by Matrix
   • May 20, 2021

4. Latest version of Windows privacy tweaker O&O ShutUP10 is ready for Windows 10 version 21H1

   By Karlston, June 2, 2021   

   • o&o shutup10
   • privacy
   • 0 comments
   • 1,999 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 2, 2021

5. CNA Financial reportedly paid $40 million to resolve a ransomware attack

   By mood, May 21, 2021   

   • ransomware attack
   • 0 comments
   • 1,629 views
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   • Added by mood
   • May 21, 2021

6. Microsoft: Massive malware campaign delivers fake ransomware

   By mood, May 21, 2021   

   • malware campaign
   • 0 comments
   • 1,751 views
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   • Added by mood
   • May 21, 2021

7. WhatsApp caves in: Won't limit features if you reject privacy changes

   By Karlston, June 3, 2021   

   • whatsapp
   • privacy
   • 2 comments
   • 2,512 views
   • 
   • Comment by UberGeek
   • June 3, 2021

8. FBI: REvil cybergang behind the JBS ransomware attack

   By Karlston, June 3, 2021   

   • ransomware
   • revil
   • 0 comments
   • 1,719 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 3, 2021

9. SG police: Beware of scam using WhatsApp accounts hacked through voicemail

   By zanderthunder, June 3, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 1,349 views
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   • Added by zanderthunder
   • June 3, 2021

10. Why the ransomware crisis suddenly feels so relentless

    By aum, June 3, 2021
    • 1 comment
    • 1,625 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • June 3, 2021

11. Microsoft: This new open source tool helps you test your defences again hacker attacks

    By mood, May 21, 2021   

    • defense
    • hacker attacks
    • (and 1 more)

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      • defense
      • hacker attacks
      • tool
    • 0 comments
    • 1,973 views
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    • Added by mood
    • May 21, 2021

12. Global Credential Stuffing Attempts Hit 193 Billion in 2020

    By mood, May 21, 2021   

    • credential stuffing attack
    • 0 comments
    • 1,703 views
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    • Added by mood
    • May 21, 2021

13. Massachusetts' largest ferry service hit by ransomware attack

    By Karlston, June 3, 2021   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,330 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 3, 2021

14. China says TikTok's creator and LinkedIn are violating data privacy laws

    By mood, May 21, 2021   

    • data privacy violations
    • 0 comments
    • 1,586 views
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    • Added by mood
    • May 21, 2021

15. White House urges businesses to "take ransomware crime seriously"

    By Karlston, June 3, 2021   

    • ransomware
    • white house
    • 0 comments
    • 1,360 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 3, 2021

16. New SkinnyBoy malware used by Russian hackers to breach sensitive orgs

    By Karlston, June 3, 2021   

    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,813 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 3, 2021

17. Chinese threat actors hacked NYC MTA using Pulse Secure zero-day

    By Karlston, June 3, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,243 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 3, 2021

18. Google Chrome now warns you of extensions from untrusted devs

    By Karlston, June 3, 2021   

    • google chrome
    • extensions
    • 1 comment
    • 1,318 views
    • 
    • Comment by vissha
    • June 3, 2021

19. Scripps Health notifies patients of data breach after ransomware attack

    By Karlston, June 3, 2021   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,319 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 3, 2021

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

    By Karlston, June 3, 2021   

    • wordpress
    • security updates
    • (and 1 more)

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

21. Opera 76 fixes the YouTube ad blocking issue

    By Karlston, June 3, 2021   

    • opera
    • youtube
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      • opera
      • youtube
      • ad blocking
    • 0 comments
    • 1,735 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 3, 2021

22. ‘Data poisoning’ that leverage machine learning may be the next big attack vector

    By mood, May 21, 2021   

    • machine learning
    • data poisoning attacks
    • 0 comments
    • 2,032 views
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    • Added by mood
    • May 21, 2021

23. Microsoft Teams calls are getting end-to-end encryption in July

    By Karlston, June 4, 2021   

    • microsoft teams
    • end-to-end encryption
    • 0 comments
    • 1,721 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 4, 2021

24. 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

25. FreakOut malware worms its way into vulnerable VMware servers

    By Karlston, June 4, 2021   

    • vmware
    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 2,719 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 4, 2021