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4199 news in this category

1. Google stopped 5.1 billion rogue ads from reaching users, fired millions of bad accounts

   By Karlston, April 16, 2025   

   • google
   • ads
   • 0 comments
   • 812 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 16, 2025

2. Researchers claim breakthrough in fight against AI’s frustrating security hole

   By Karlston, April 16, 2025   

   • ai
   • security
   • 0 comments
   • 947 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 16, 2025

3. Microsoft makes it harder to enable ActiveX in Office apps to improve security

   By Karlston, April 15, 2025   

   • microsoft office
   • activex
   • 0 comments
   • 950 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 15, 2025

4. Android phones will soon reboot themselves after sitting unused for 3 days

   By Karlston, April 15, 2025   

   • android
   • phones
   • 0 comments
   • 971 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 15, 2025

5. Chrome 136 fixes 20-year browser history privacy risk

   By Karlston, April 14, 2025   

   • google chrome
   • 0 comments
   • 986 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 14, 2025

6. TraderTraitor: The Kings of the Crypto Heist

   By Karlston, April 14, 2025
   • 0 comments
   • 1,014 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 14, 2025

7. SSL/TLS certificate lifespans reduced to 47 days by 2029

   By Karlston, April 14, 2025
   • 0 comments
   • 990 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 14, 2025

8. Microsoft Defender will isolate undiscovered endpoints to block attacks

   By Karlston, April 12, 2025   

   • microsoft defender
   • 0 comments
   • 980 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 12, 2025

9. Researcher uncovers dozens of sketchy Chrome extensions with 4 million installs

   By Karlston, April 11, 2025   

   • google chrome
   • extensions
   • 0 comments
   • 957 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 11, 2025

10. OpenAI helps spammers plaster 80,000 sites with messages that bypassed filters

    By Karlston, April 10, 2025   

    • openai
    • spam
    • 0 comments
    • 1,029 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 10, 2025

11. WhatsApp attachment flaw could trick Windows users into downloading and installing malware

    By Karlston, April 9, 2025   

    • whatsapp
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 996 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 9, 2025

12. Fake Microsoft Office add-in tools push malware via SourceForge

    By Karlston, April 9, 2025   

    • sourceforge
    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,042 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 9, 2025

13. WhatsApp flaw can let attackers run malicious code on Windows PCs

    By Karlston, April 8, 2025   

    • whatsapp
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 993 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 8, 2025

14. Coinbase to fix 2FA account activity entry freaking out users

    By Karlston, April 5, 2025   

    • coinbase
    • 0 comments
    • 1,011 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 5, 2025

15. WinRAR flaw bypasses Windows Mark of the Web security alerts

    By Karlston, April 5, 2025   

    • winrar
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,239 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 5, 2025

16. Mozilla improves the way Firefox add-ons and extensions will collect your data

    By Karlston, April 4, 2025   

    • mozilla firefox
    • data collection
    • 1 comment
    • 1,302 views
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    • Comment by Bagels
    • April 4, 2025

17. Microsoft is killing something inside Edge but it's to improve user data privacy

    By Karlston, April 4, 2025   

    • microsoft edge
    • 1 comment
    • 1,153 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • April 5, 2025

18. Proton launches redesigned VPN client for Windows with new profiles feature

    By Karlston, April 3, 2025   

    • proton vpn
    • windows
    • 0 comments
    • 961 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 3, 2025

19. Microsoft's ‘ultimate goal is to remove passwords completely’ — this overhaul could make it happen

    By Karlston, April 2, 2025   

    • microsoft
    • passkeys
    • 0 comments
    • 980 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 2, 2025

20. Microsoft uses AI to find flaws in GRUB2, U-Boot, Barebox bootloaders

    By Karlston, April 1, 2025   

    • bootloaders
    • ai
    • 0 comments
    • 1,045 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 1, 2025

21. Hackers abuse WordPress MU-Plugins to hide malicious code

    By Karlston, April 1, 2025   

    • wordpress plugins
    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 968 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 1, 2025

22. New Ubuntu Linux security bypasses require manual mitigations

    By Karlston, March 28, 2025   

    • ubuntu
    • vulnerabilties
    • 0 comments
    • 1,153 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 28, 2025

23. Mozilla warns Windows users of critical Firefox sandbox escape flaw

    By Karlston, March 27, 2025   

    • mozilla firefox
    • security update
    • 0 comments
    • 1,380 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 27, 2025

24. The Best Password Managers to Secure Your Digital Life

    By Karlston, March 26, 2025   

    • password managers
    • 0 comments
    • 1,875 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 26, 2025

25. Broadcom warns of authentication bypass in VMware Windows Tools

    By Karlston, March 26, 2025   

    • vmware tools
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,208 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 26, 2025