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1. Discord heightens ad focus by introducing video ads to mobile apps in June

   By Karlston, March 21, 2025   

   • discord
   • ads
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • discord
     • ads
     • enshittification
   • 1 comment
   • 1,149 views
   • 
   • Comment by Karlston
   • March 21, 2025

2. WordPress security plugin WP Ghost vulnerable to remote code execution bug

   By Karlston, March 20, 2025   

   • wordpress
   • plugin
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • wordpress
     • plugin
     • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 1,006 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 20, 2025

3. Windows has an 8-year-old security issue that is exploited and known by Microsoft for some time

   By Karlston, March 19, 2025   

   • windows
   • security issue
   • 0 comments
   • 1,063 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 19, 2025

4. Google pushing "Ad blockers violate YouTube's Terms of Service" banners on YouTube

   By Karlston, March 18, 2025   

   • google
   • youtube
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • google
     • youtube
     • ads
   • 0 comments
   • 1,080 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 18, 2025

5. Google not letting YouTube videos play with Opera, Firefox adblockers. Chrome is slow.

   By Karlston, March 17, 2025   

   • google
   • youtube
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • google
     • youtube
     • ads
   • 1 comment
   • 1,037 views
   • 
   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • March 18, 2025

6. New Akira ransomware decryptor cracks encryptions keys using GPUs

   By Karlston, March 16, 2025   

   • ransomware
   • decryptor
   • 0 comments
   • 1,252 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 16, 2025

7. Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28

   By Karlston, March 15, 2025   

   • amazon
   • alexa
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • amazon
     • alexa
     • privacy
   • 0 comments
   • 1,509 views
   • 
   • Added by Karlston
   • March 15, 2025

8. New Reddit controls let you block your most-hated advertisers for a year

   By Karlston, March 14, 2025   

   • reddit
   • ads
   • 0 comments
   • 970 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 14, 2025

9. A New Era of Attacks on Encryption Is Starting to Heat Up

   By Karlston, March 14, 2025   

   • encryption
   • 0 comments
   • 1,011 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 14, 2025

10. Meta faces new AI copyright infringement lawsuit in France

    By Karlston, March 12, 2025   

    • meta
    • copyright
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • meta
      • copyright
      • france
    • 0 comments
    • 1,028 views
    • 
    • Added by Karlston
    • March 12, 2025

11. Microsoft patches Windows Kernel zero-day exploited since 2023

    By Karlston, March 12, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 1,023 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 12, 2025

12. X hit by ‘massive cyberattack’ amid Dark Storm’s DDoS claims

    By Karlston, March 10, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 1,019 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 10, 2025

13. Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices [Updated]

    By Karlston, March 9, 2025
    • 1 comment
    • 1,375 views
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    • Comment by Tzcon
    • March 9, 2025

14. Undocumented "backdoor" found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices

    By Karlston, March 9, 2025   

    • bluetooth
    • backdoor
    • 3 comments
    • 1,841 views
    • 
    • Comment by Mutton
    • March 9, 2025

15. 1Password now lets you add location to your passwords

    By Karlston, March 7, 2025   

    • 1password
    • 0 comments
    • 1,147 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 7, 2025

16. Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes

    By Karlston, March 6, 2025   

    • botnet
    • ddos
    • 1 comment
    • 1,302 views
    • 
    • Comment by Mutton
    • March 6, 2025

17. Firefox users slam Mozilla over controversial data privacy update — while ironically using "the biggest data-mining operating system in the world (aka Microsoft Windows)"

    By Karlston, March 5, 2025   

    • mozilla firefox
    • privacy
    • 1 comment
    • 1,290 views
    • 
    • Comment by Mutton
    • March 5, 2025

18. Nearly 12,000 API keys and passwords found in AI training dataset

    By Karlston, March 3, 2025   

    • ai
    • 0 comments
    • 1,176 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 3, 2025

19. Ransomware gangs exploit Paragon Partition Manager bug in BYOVD attacks

    By Karlston, March 2, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 1,083 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 2, 2025

20. Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic

    By Karlston, March 1, 2025   

    • mozilla firefox
    • 0 comments
    • 1,052 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 1, 2025

21. Microsoft wants you on AES as Windows 11 24H2, Server 2025 ditches ancient DES encryption

    By Karlston, March 1, 2025   

    • windows 11 24h2
    • windows server 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 1,093 views
    • 
    • Added by Karlston
    • March 1, 2025

22. Copilot exposes private GitHub pages, some removed by Microsoft

    By Karlston, February 28, 2025   

    • microsoft copilot
    • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 1,160 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 28, 2025

23. Vo1d malware botnet grows to 1.6 million Android TVs worldwide

    By Karlston, February 28, 2025   

    • android tv
    • botnet
    • 0 comments
    • 1,125 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 28, 2025

24. Microsoft completes EU Data Boundary solution

    By Karlston, February 27, 2025   

    • microsoft
    • eu
    • 0 comments
    • 1,050 views
    • 
    • Added by Karlston
    • February 27, 2025

25. Microsoft Edge will also block uBlock Origin, but it may not be just yet (Update)

    By Karlston, February 26, 2025   

    • microsoft edge
    • manifest v3
    • 2 comments
    • 1,808 views
    • 
    • Comment by SPECTRUM
    • February 28, 2025