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1. "Microsoft fired the skilled people, leaving flowchart followers": Microsoft's Security Response Center is being blamed for the zero-day BlueHammer exploit leak, but I can't tell who's right

   By Karlston, April 16   

   • microsoft
   • 0 comments
   • 235 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 16

2. "Stop ripping off manga and anime," Japan's government warns OpenAI

   By Karlston, October 16, 2025   

   • openai
   • japan
   • 0 comments
   • 446 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 16, 2025

3. "The majority of the attacks allow recovery of passwords" — New research suggests your favorite password manager might not be as secure as you thought

   By Karlston, February 20
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   • 177 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 20

4. “Downthem” DDoS-for-Hire Boss Gets 2 Years in Prison

   By Karlston, June 14, 2022   

   • ddos
   • 0 comments
   • 1,478 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 14, 2022

5. “Everything’s frozen”: Ransomware locks credit union users out of bank accounts

   By Karlston, July 3, 2024   

   • ransomware
   • 1 comment
   • 1,537 views
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   • Comment by Karlston
   • July 3, 2024

6. “FudCo” Spam Empire Tied to Pakistani Software Firm

   By Karlston, September 6, 2021   

   • spam
   • 0 comments
   • 1,835 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 6, 2021

7. “I saw numerous records marked as confidential” — 40 billion unencrypted files spilled by a marketing firm that never expected you to look

   By Karlston, October 17, 2025   

   • data breach
   • 0 comments
   • 428 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 17, 2025

8. “No honor among thieves”: M&S hacking group starts turf war

   By Karlston, July 8, 2025   

   • ransomware
   • 0 comments
   • 644 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 8, 2025

9. “The internet has become a massive web of surveillance:” Firefox defends its decision

   By aum, July 21, 2024
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   • 1,168 views
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   • Added by aum
   • July 21, 2024

10. “Tough to forge” digital driver’s license is… easy to forge

    By Karlston, May 24, 2022
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    • 1,491 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 24, 2022

11. (ISC)2 to offer 1 million free entry-level cybersecurity certification exams

    By IMTHEGRAY, July 24, 2022   

    • (isc)²
    • cybersecurity
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • (isc)²
      • cybersecurity
      • certification
      • exam
      • information leak
    • 1 comment
    • 5,919 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • July 24, 2022

12. [Update: It was a mistake by the dev] uBlock Origin for Microsoft Edge update changes the extension to uBlock Origin Lite

    By Karlston, August 25, 2025   

    • microsoft edge
    • ublock origin
    • (and 1 more)

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      • microsoft edge
      • ublock origin
      • ublock origin lite
    • 0 comments
    • 526 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 25, 2025

13. [US] Kaspersky users suddenly finding "UltraAV" automatically installed on their PC, here's why

    By Karlston, September 23, 2024   

    • kaspersky
    • united states
    • 1 comment
    • 2,030 views
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    • Comment by lurch234
    • September 23, 2024

14. ~11,000 sites have been infected with malware that’s good at avoiding detection

    By alf9872000, February 13, 2023
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    • 1,389 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • February 13, 2023

15. $2 million in one haul: CS:GO hacker allegedly steals from ‘most expensive inventory’ of all time

    By aum, June 21, 2022
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    • 1,362 views
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    • Added by aum
    • June 21, 2022

16. $2.2 billion in crypto stolen in 2024, North Korea largely to blame

    By Karlston, December 20, 2024   

    • cryptocurrency
    • theft
    • 0 comments
    • 1,168 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 20, 2024

17. $3.6 billion bitcoin seizure shows how hard it is to launder cryptocurrency

    By Karlston, February 12, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,310 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 12, 2022

18. $620 million in crypto stolen from Axie Infinity's Ronin bridge

    By Karlston, March 29, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,289 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 29, 2022

19. $870M in Zelle fraud losses spark lawsuit against platform, 3 major banks

    By humble3d, December 22, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,453 views
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    • Added by humble3d
    • December 22, 2024

20. 0.0.0.0 Day: 18-Year-Old Browser Vulnerability Impacts MacOS and Linux Devices

    By aum, August 8, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,116 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 8, 2024

21. 0Patch promises to support Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 with 3 years of security updates

    By Karlston, August 9, 2023   

    • windows server 2012
    • security updates
    • (and 1 more)

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      • windows server 2012
      • security updates
      • 0patch
    • 0 comments
    • 1,657 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 9, 2023

22. 1.8TB of Police Helicopter Surveillance Footage Leaks Online

    By Karlston, November 6, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,942 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 6, 2021

23. 10 Most Prolific Banking Trojans Targeting Hundreds of Financial Apps with Over a Billion Users

    By aum, June 6, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,281 views
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    • Added by aum
    • June 6, 2022

24. 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea.

    By Karlston, October 27, 2025
    • 2 comments
    • 582 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • October 27, 2025

25. 11 million devices infected with botnet malware hosted in Google Play

    By Karlston, September 24, 2024   

    • google play
    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,322 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 24, 2024