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1. Instagram makes more money from ads than YouTube does, and it has for years

   By Karlston, April 6, 2024   

   • instagram
   • ads
   • 0 comments
   • 764 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 6, 2024

2. Over 92,000 exposed D-Link NAS devices have a backdoor account

   By Karlston, April 6, 2024   

   • d-link
   • nas
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • d-link
     • nas
     • vulnerability
   • 1 comment
   • 2,130 views
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   • Comment by Nuclear Fallout
   • April 6, 2024

3. Roku’s idea of showing ads on your HDMI inputs seems like an inevitable hell

   By Karlston, April 6, 2024   

   • roku
   • ads
   • 0 comments
   • 723 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 6, 2024

4. Microsoft blamed for “a cascade of security failures” in Exchange breach report

   By Karlston, April 4, 2024   

   • microsoft
   • 1 comment
   • 864 views
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   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • April 4, 2024

5. Users say Google’s VPN app “breaks” the Windows DNS settings

   By Karlston, April 3, 2024   

   • google
   • vpn app
   • 0 comments
   • 498 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 3, 2024

6. New XZ backdoor scanner detects implant in any Linux binary

   By Karlston, April 2, 2024   

   • linux
   • backdoor
   • 0 comments
   • 1,011 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 2, 2024

7. Discord starts down the dangerous road of ads this week

   By Karlston, April 2, 2024   

   • discord
   • ads
   • 0 comments
   • 872 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 2, 2024

8. Google agrees to destroy browsing data collected in Incognito mode

   By Akaneharuka, April 2, 2024   

   • google
   • privacy
   • (and 1 more)

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     • google
     • privacy
     • data
   • 0 comments
   • 599 views
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   • Added by Akaneharuka
   • April 2, 2024

9. Google agrees to delete Incognito data despite prior claim that’s “impossible”

   By Akaneharuka, April 2, 2024   

   • google
   • privacy
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • google
     • privacy
     • data
   • 0 comments
   • 540 views
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   • Added by Akaneharuka
   • April 2, 2024

10. Red Hat, Debian Linux distributions narrowly avoid shipping critical SSH backdoor

    By aum, April 1, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 698 views
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    • Added by aum
    • April 1, 2024

11. Google to destroy billions of data records to settle "incognito" lawsuit

    By aum, April 1, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 542 views
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    • Added by aum
    • April 1, 2024

12. Significant compromise likely with exploitation of new Linux vulnerability

    By aum, April 1, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 678 views
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    • Added by aum
    • April 1, 2024

13. Software Engineer Stops Attempt to Add Backdoor to Linux Operating Systems

    By aum, April 1, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 782 views
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    • Added by aum
    • April 1, 2024

14. What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world

    By Karlston, April 1, 2024   

    • linux
    • backdoor
    • 1 comment
    • 1,227 views
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    • Comment by Nuclear Fallout
    • April 1, 2024

15. Discord to start showing ads in the coming week after resisting for almost a decade

    By Karlston, April 1, 2024   

    • discord
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 832 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 1, 2024

16. AT&T confirms data breach affecting more than 70 million customers

    By Karlston, March 31, 2024   

    • at&t
    • data breach
    • 0 comments
    • 810 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 31, 2024

17. Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections

    By Karlston, March 30, 2024   

    • linux
    • backdoor
    • 0 comments
    • 999 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 30, 2024

18. How to report phishing emails to Microsoft in Outlook for Windows 11

    By Karlston, March 23, 2024   

    • microsoft outlook for wimdows
    • phishing
    • 0 comments
    • 999 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 23, 2024

19. Hackers earn $1,132,500 for 29 zero-days at Pwn2Own Vancouver

    By Karlston, March 22, 2024   

    • pwn2own 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 763 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 22, 2024

20. Unpatchable vulnerability in Apple chip leaks secret encryption keys

    By Karlston, March 21, 2024   

    • apple
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,050 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 21, 2024

21. Proton Pass gets passkey support for both free and paid users

    By Karlston, March 21, 2024   

    • proton pass
    • 0 comments
    • 784 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 21, 2024

22. Hackers Found a Way to Open Any of 3 Million Hotel Keycard Locks in Seconds

    By Karlston, March 21, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 751 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 21, 2024

23. Windows 11, Tesla, and Ubuntu Linux hacked at Pwn2Own Vancouver

    By Karlston, March 21, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 883 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 21, 2024

24. Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent

    By Karlston, March 20, 2024   

    • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 806 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 20, 2024

25. Microsoft finally killing 1024-bit TLS so Windows stops loading old outdated shady web apps

    By Karlston, March 16, 2024   

    • microsoft windows
    • tls
    • 0 comments
    • 907 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 16, 2024