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1. Spotify abused to promote pirated software and game cheats

   By Karlston, November 19, 2024   

   • spotify
   • 0 comments
   • 652 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • November 19, 2024

2. New acoustic attack steals data from keystrokes with 95% accuracy

   By Karlston, August 5, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 824 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 5, 2023

3. Israel's largest oil refinery website offline after DDoS attack

   By Karlston, July 30, 2023   

   • ddos
   • 0 comments
   • 1,263 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 30, 2023

4. WordPress Ninja Forms plugin flaw lets hackers steal submitted data

   By Karlston, July 27, 2023   

   • wordpress plugin
   • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 758 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 27, 2023

5. Almost 40% of Ubuntu users vulnerable to new privilege elevation flaws

   By Karlston, July 26, 2023   

   • ubuntu
   • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 976 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 26, 2023

6. Amazon agrees to $25 million fine for Alexa children privacy violations

   By alf9872000, July 21, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 690 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • July 21, 2023

7. The Week in Ransomware - November 17th 2023 - Citrix in the Crosshairs

   By Karlston, November 18, 2023   

   • ransomware
   • 0 comments
   • 1,111 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • November 18, 2023

8. Facebook behavioral ads banned by Norwegian privacy watchdog

   By alf9872000, July 19, 2023
   • 1 comment
   • 678 views
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   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • July 19, 2023

9. Google Play will enforce business checks to curb malware submissions

   By alf9872000, July 15, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 585 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • July 15, 2023

10. Razer investigates data breach claims, resets user sessions

    By Karlston, July 10, 2023   

    • razer
    • data breach
    • 0 comments
    • 783 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 10, 2023

11. New ‘Big Head’ ransomware displays fake Windows update alert

    By Karlston, July 9, 2023   

    • ransomware
    • windows
    • 0 comments
    • 952 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 9, 2023

12. Japan’s largest port stops operations after ransomware attack

    By Karlston, July 5, 2023   

    • ransomware
    • japan
    • 0 comments
    • 1,073 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 5, 2023

13. Over 130,000 solar energy monitoring systems exposed online

    By Karlston, July 6, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 627 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 6, 2023

14. Microsoft denies data breach, theft of 30 million customer accounts

    By Karlston, July 3, 2023   

    • microsoft
    • data breach
    • 0 comments
    • 928 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 3, 2023

15. Critical flaw in Shim bootloader impacts major Linux distros

    By Karlston, February 7, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 695 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 7, 2024

16. Free Download Manager releases script to check for Linux malware

    By Karlston, September 21, 2023   

    • free download manager
    • linux
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • free download manager
      • linux
      • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 850 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 21, 2023

17. Microsoft: Hackers hijack Linux systems using trojanized OpenSSH version

    By Karlston, June 22, 2023   

    • linux
    • 0 comments
    • 978 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 22, 2023

18. New 'Looney Tunables' Linux bug gives root on major distros

    By Karlston, October 4, 2023   

    • linux
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,076 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 4, 2023

19. Amazon sends Mastercard, Google Play gift card order emails by mistake

    By Karlston, October 1, 2023   

    • amazon
    • 0 comments
    • 512 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 1, 2023

20. Amazon adds passkey support as new passwordless login option

    By Karlston, October 18, 2023   

    • amazon
    • passkeys
    • 0 comments
    • 866 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 18, 2023

21. ASUS urges customers to patch critical router vulnerabilities

    By Karlston, June 19, 2023   

    • asus
    • routers
    • (and 1 more)

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      • asus
      • routers
      • security updates
    • 0 comments
    • 1,068 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 19, 2023

22. ASUS routers vulnerable to critical remote code execution flaws

    By Karlston, September 5, 2023   

    • asus
    • routers
    • (and 1 more)

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      • asus
      • routers
      • vulnerabilties
    • 0 comments
    • 958 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 5, 2023

23. Google now pays up to $450,000 for RCE bugs in some Android apps

    By Karlston, April 30, 2024   

    • google
    • rce bug
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • google
      • rce bug
      • bounty
    • 0 comments
    • 402 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 30, 2024

24. Google shares plans for blocking third-party cookies in Chrome

    By Karlston, November 19, 2023   

    • google chrome
    • cookies
    • 0 comments
    • 537 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 19, 2023

25. Google Chrome's new "IP Protection" will hide users' IP addresses

    By Karlston, October 23, 2023   

    • google chrome
    • 2 comments
    • 974 views
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    • Comment by MehaHenry
    • January 9, 2024