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

   By Karlston, February 16, 2024   

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

2. 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
   • 1,183 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 15, 2024

3. AI-powered romantic chatbots are a privacy nightmare

   By Karlston, February 15, 2024   

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

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

   By Karlston, February 15, 2024   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

   By Karlston, February 13, 2024   

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

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

   By Karlston, February 12, 2024   

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

10. 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
    • 1,279 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 11, 2024

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

    By Karlston, February 10, 2024   

    • canada
    • 1 comment
    • 1,042 views
    • 
    • Comment by Arachnoid
    • February 10, 2024

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

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

13. Critical flaw in Shim bootloader impacts major Linux distros

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

14. Ransomware payments reached record $1.1 billion in 2023

    By Karlston, February 7, 2024   

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

15. The unlikely 3 million electric toothbrush DDoS attack

    By Karlston, February 7, 2024   

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

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

    By Karlston, February 7, 2024   

    • bitlocker
    • cracked
    • 0 comments
    • 1,151 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 7, 2024

17. Critical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkits

    By Karlston, February 7, 2024   

    • linux
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,151 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 7, 2024

18. Mozilla’s new service tries to wipe your data off the web

    By Karlston, February 6, 2024   

    • mozilla
    • 0 comments
    • 867 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 6, 2024

19. Verizon insider data breach hits over 63,000 employees

    By Karlston, February 6, 2024   

    • verizon
    • data breach
    • 0 comments
    • 811 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 6, 2024

20. Microsoft Outlook December updates trigger ICS security alerts

    By Karlston, February 6, 2024   

    • microsoft outlook
    • 1 comment
    • 1,014 views
    • 
    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • February 6, 2024

21. 1Password is down, preventing some users from logging in

    By Karlston, February 5, 2024   

    • 1password
    • 0 comments
    • 931 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 5, 2024

22. The ransomware business is booming, even as enforcers shut down some major players

    By Karlston, February 5, 2024   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 882 views
    • 
    • Added by Karlston
    • February 5, 2024

23. KeePass 2.56 released: options search and history improvements

    By Karlston, February 5, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 777 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 5, 2024

24. Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer

    By lurch234, February 4, 2024
    • 2 comments
    • 979 views
    • 
    • Comment by lurch234
    • February 4, 2024

25. Microsoft explains how Russian hackers spied on its executives

    By MagicSahar, February 4, 2024
    • 1 comment
    • 826 views
    • 
    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • February 5, 2024