Security & Privacy News

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1. LastPass warns of fake support centers trying to steal customer data

   By Karlston, November 1   

   • lastpass
   • 0 comments
   • 156 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • November 1

2. Synology hurries out patches for zero-days exploited at Pwn2Own

   By Karlston, November 1
   • 0 comments
   • 228 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • November 1

3. qBittorrent fixes flaw exposing users to MitM attacks for 14 years

   By Karlston, October 31   

   • qbittorrent
   • 0 comments
   • 196 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 31

4. Over a thousand online shops hacked to show fake product listings

   By Karlston, October 31
   • 0 comments
   • 142 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 31

5. QNAP patches second zero-day exploited at Pwn2Own to get root

   By Karlston, October 31   

   • qnap
   • 0 comments
   • 179 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 31

6. QNAP fixes NAS backup software zero-day exploited at Pwn2Own

   By Karlston, October 30   

   • qnap
   • 0 comments
   • 205 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 30

7. New tool bypasses Google Chrome’s new cookie encryption system

   By Karlston, October 29   

   • google chrome
   • 0 comments
   • 223 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 29

8. Free, France’s second largest ISP, confirms data breach after leak

   By Karlston, October 29   

   • free
   • france
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • free
     • france
     • data breach
   • 0 comments
   • 227 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 29

9. New Windows Driver Signature bypass allows kernel rootkit installs

   By lurch234, October 27
   • 0 comments
   • 267 views
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   • Added by lurch234
   • October 27

10. UnitedHealth says data of 100 million stolen in Change Healthcare breach

    By Karlston, October 25   

    • data breach
    • 0 comments
    • 181 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 25

11. uBlock Origin alternative AdGuard fixes Windows-induced BSOD, promises dark mode everywhere

    By Karlston, October 25   

    • adguard
    • update
    • 3 comments
    • 1,121 views
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    • Comment by UberGeek
    • October 25

12. WhatsApp now encrypts contact databases for privacy-preserving synching

    By Karlston, October 23   

    • whatsapp
    • 0 comments
    • 217 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 23

13. Microsoft Authenticator gets three major improvements to enable secure authentication

    By Karlston, October 23   

    • microsoft authenticator
    • 0 comments
    • 254 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 23

14. Google Messages is trying to tackle today’s most annoying messaging spam

    By Karlston, October 23   

    • google messages
    • spam
    • 0 comments
    • 150 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 23

15. Over 6,000 WordPress hacked to install plugins pushing infostealers

    By Karlston, October 21   

    • wordpress
    • 0 comments
    • 276 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 21

16. Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens

    By Karlston, October 20   

    • internet archive
    • 3 comments
    • 584 views
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    • Comment by oki
    • October 21

17. ESET partner breached to send data wipers to Israeli orgs

    By Karlston, October 19
    • 0 comments
    • 241 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 19

18. As Google Chrome disables uBlock Origin, Brave assures it won't, flaunts its default adblock

    By Karlston, October 18   

    • brave browser
    • manifest v3
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • brave browser
      • manifest v3
      • adblockers
    • 3 comments
    • 268 views
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    • Comment by noeh
    • October 20

19. Intel, AMD CPUs on Linux impacted by newly disclosed Spectre bypass

    By Karlston, October 18   

    • linux
    • spectre
    • 0 comments
    • 247 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 18

20. Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon

    By Karlston, October 14   

    • google chrome
    • adblockers
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • google chrome
      • adblockers
      • banned
    • 13 comments
    • 526 views
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    • Comment by vide
    • October 17

21. Robot Vacuums Hacked to Shout Slurs at Their Owners

    By lurch234, October 13
    • 1 comment
    • 266 views
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    • Comment by vide
    • October 19

22. Mozilla fixes critical Firefox vulnerability exploited in the wild

    By Karlston, October 10   

    • mozilla firefox
    • update
    • 0 comments
    • 302 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 10

23. Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users

    By Karlston, October 10   

    • internet archive
    • data breach
    • 1 comment
    • 455 views
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    • Comment by vide
    • October 17

24. Microsoft will add new Windows passkey features, including third-party provider support

    By Karlston, October 9   

    • windows
    • passkeys
    • 0 comments
    • 243 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 9

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

    By Karlston, October 8   

    • smart tvs
    • snooping
    • 0 comments
    • 372 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 8