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1. Apple is already defending iMessage against tomorrow’s quantum computing attacks

   By Karlston, February 21, 2024   

   • apple imessage
   • 0 comments
   • 768 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 21, 2024

2. Signal rolls out usernames that let you hide your phone number

   By Karlston, February 21, 2024   

   • signal
   • 0 comments
   • 688 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 21, 2024

3. Police arrest LockBit ransomware members, release decryptor in global crackdown

   By Karlston, February 20, 2024   

   • ransomeware
   • 0 comments
   • 789 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 20, 2024

4. Anatsa Android malware downloaded 150,000 times via Google Play

   By alf9872000, February 19, 2024
   • 0 comments
   • 562 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • February 19, 2024

5. Hackers exploit critical RCE flaw in Bricks WordPress site builder

   By Karlston, February 19, 2024
   • 0 comments
   • 686 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 19, 2024

6. KeyTrap attack: Internet access disrupted with one DNS packet

   By Karlston, February 19, 2024   

   • dns
   • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 758 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 19, 2024

7. A future Google Chrome update will safeguard your private network devices

   By Karlston, February 19, 2024   

   • google chrome
   • 1 comment
   • 539 views
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   • Comment by Karlston
   • February 19, 2024

8. European Court of Human Rights rules against government backdoors in end-to-end encryption

   By Karlston, February 17, 2024
   • 0 comments
   • 761 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 17, 2024

9. EU watchdogs are concerned about Meta's "Pay or Okay" model for ad-free subscriptions

   By Karlston, February 16, 2024   

   • meta
   • privacy
   • 1 comment
   • 856 views
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   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • February 16, 2024

10. New ‘Gold Pickaxe’ Android, iOS malware steals your face for fraud

    By Karlston, February 15, 2024   

    • android
    • ios & ipados
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • android
      • ios & ipados
      • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,067 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 15, 2024

11. AI-powered romantic chatbots are a privacy nightmare

    By Karlston, February 15, 2024   

    • ai chatbots
    • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 874 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 15, 2024

12. Microsoft: New critical Exchange bug exploited as zero-day

    By Karlston, February 15, 2024   

    • microsoft exchange server
    • zero-day
    • 0 comments
    • 787 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 15, 2024

13. DuckDuckGo browser gets end-to-end encrypted sync feature

    By alf9872000, February 14, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 789 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • February 14, 2024

14. Encrypted email service Skiff gets acquired, will shut down in six months

    By Karlston, February 14, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 815 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 14, 2024

15. Can a $10 Raspberry Pi break your PC’s disk encryption? It’s complicated.

    By Karlston, February 13, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 799 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 13, 2024

16. Bank of America warns customers of data breach after vendor hack

    By Karlston, February 13, 2024   

    • bank of america
    • data breach
    • 0 comments
    • 775 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 13, 2024

17. ExpressVPN bug has been leaking some DNS requests for years

    By Karlston, February 12, 2024   

    • expressvpn
    • bug
    • 0 comments
    • 631 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 12, 2024

18. KB5035238: Microsoft released Group Policy security fix for oldest Windows 10 version

    By Karlston, February 11, 2024   

    • windows 10
    • 1507
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • windows 10
      • 1507
      • security patch
    • 0 comments
    • 1,180 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 11, 2024

19. Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts

    By Karlston, February 10, 2024   

    • canada
    • 1 comment
    • 953 views
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    • Comment by Arachnoid
    • February 10, 2024

20. Fake LastPass password manager spotted on Apple’s App Store

    By Karlston, February 8, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 683 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 8, 2024

21. Critical flaw in Shim bootloader impacts major Linux distros

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

22. Ransomware payments reached record $1.1 billion in 2023

    By Karlston, February 7, 2024   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 743 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 7, 2024

23. The unlikely 3 million electric toothbrush DDoS attack

    By Karlston, February 7, 2024   

    • ddos
    • 0 comments
    • 755 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 7, 2024

24. YouTuber breaks BitLocker encryption in less than a minute using $5 Raspberry Pi Pico

    By Karlston, February 7, 2024   

    • bitlocker
    • cracked
    • 0 comments
    • 1,020 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 7, 2024

25. Critical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkits

    By Karlston, February 7, 2024   

    • linux
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,058 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 7, 2024