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1. Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal

   By Karlston, August 18, 2025   

   • ad blockers
   • germany
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   • August 18, 2025

2. The Tweens Down Under: Life Without Social Media in Australia

   By Karlston, August 18, 2025   

   • social media
   • kids
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     • social media
     • kids
     • australia
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   • 501 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 18, 2025

3. Google admits to anti-competitive conduct in Australia

   By Karlston, August 18, 2025   

   • google
   • anti-competitive
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     • google
     • anti-competitive
     • australia
   • 0 comments
   • 448 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 18, 2025

4. U.S. seizes $2.8 million in crypto from Zeppelin ransomware operator

   By Karlston, August 17, 2025   

   • ransomware
   • crypto seizure
   • 0 comments
   • 440 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 17, 2025

5. Microsoft Teams to protect against malicious URLs, dangerous file types

   By Karlston, August 16, 2025   

   • microsoft teams
   • 0 comments
   • 467 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 16, 2025

6. Microsoft cautions new Windows 11 / 10 ISO installs must have this Defender update

   By Karlston, August 16, 2025
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   • 592 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 16, 2025

7. NextDNS adds an option to bypass age verification on websites

   By Karlston, August 16, 2025   

   • nextdns
   • age verification
   • 0 comments
   • 560 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 16, 2025

8. Microsoft shares details on a new Teams mandatory security requirement update

   By Karlston, August 15, 2025   

   • microsoft teams
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   • 593 views
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   • August 15, 2025

9. Microsoft explains how a key Windows feature can lead to theft of your entire encrypted data

   By Karlston, August 14, 2025
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   • 501 views
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   • August 14, 2025

10. New downgrade attack can bypass FIDO auth in Microsoft Entra ID

    By Karlston, August 14, 2025
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    • 730 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 14, 2025

11. New York claims Zelle’s shoddy security enabled a billion dollars in scams

    By Karlston, August 14, 2025   

    • zelle
    • 0 comments
    • 455 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 14, 2025

12. Microsoft rolls out August 2025 security patches for Exchange Server

    By Karlston, August 13, 2025   

    • microsoft
    • exchange server
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      • microsoft
      • exchange server
      • security patches
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    • 1,182 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 13, 2025

13. Australian court finds Apple, Google guilty of being anticompetitive

    By Karlston, August 12, 2025   

    • australia
    • apple
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      • australia
      • apple
      • google
    • 0 comments
    • 493 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 12, 2025

14. WhatsApp adds a crucial feature to help stop impersonation

    By Karlston, August 11, 2025   

    • whatsapp
    • 0 comments
    • 443 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 11, 2025

15. Reddit will block the Internet Archive

    By Karlston, August 11, 2025   

    • reddit
    • internet archive
    • 0 comments
    • 671 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 11, 2025

16. Scientists hid secret codes in light to combat video fakes

    By Karlston, August 11, 2025
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    • 449 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 11, 2025

17. The biggest heist of all time involved over $14 billion of crypto being stolen - and it went undetected for five years

    By Karlston, August 10, 2025   

    • heist
    • crypto
    • 0 comments
    • 559 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 10, 2025

18. Encryption made for police and military radios may be easily cracked

    By Karlston, August 9, 2025
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    • 561 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 9, 2025

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

    By Karlston, August 9, 2025   

    • winrar
    • zero-day
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    • 799 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 9, 2025

20. Hackers Went Looking for a Backdoor in High-Security Safes—and Now Can Open Them in Seconds

    By Karlston, August 9, 2025
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    • 903 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 9, 2025

21. Microsoft disables a key graphics feature in Edge

    By Karlston, August 8, 2025   

    • microsoft edge
    • security
    • 0 comments
    • 581 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 8, 2025

22. Here's how hackers can trick Windows Hello into thinking it's you and break into your PC

    By Karlston, August 8, 2025   

    • windows hello
    • hackers
    • 0 comments
    • 591 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 8, 2025

23. Google discovered a new scam—and also fell victim to it

    By Karlston, August 8, 2025   

    • google
    • scam
    • 0 comments
    • 464 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 8, 2025

24. Dashlane Password Manager ends free option: here are your alternatives

    By Karlston, August 7, 2025   

    • dashlane password manager
    • 0 comments
    • 536 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 7, 2025

25. Wave of 150 crypto-draining extensions hits Firefox add-on store

    By Karlston, August 7, 2025   

    • mozilla firefox
    • extensions
    • (and 1 more)

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      • mozilla firefox
      • extensions
      • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 499 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 7, 2025