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1. There is a new PayPal Phishing Scam that you need to know about (using real PayPal emails)

   By Karlston, February 25   

   • phishing
   • paypal
   • 0 comments
   • 243 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 25

2. YouTube improving viewer experience by showing fewer disruptive mid-roll ads

   By Karlston, February 25   

   • youtube
   • 0 comments
   • 235 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 25

3. Ads Popped Up on Drivers’ Screens. There May Be More on the Way

   By Karlston, February 25
   • 1 comment
   • 214 views
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   • Comment by Karlston
   • February 25

4. Australia bans all Kaspersky products on government systems

   By Karlston, February 25   

   • kaspersky
   • australia
   • 0 comments
   • 237 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 25

5. How North Korea pulled off a $1.5 billion crypto heist—the biggest in history

   By Karlston, February 25
   • 0 comments
   • 276 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 25

6. Gmail: Google plans to end SMS verification in favor of QR codes

   By Karlston, February 24   

   • gmail
   • verification
   • 1 comment
   • 225 views
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   • Comment by charlien
   • February 24

7. Microsoft Edge get three security patches in the latest update

   By Karlston, February 22   

   • microsoft edge
   • security patches
   • 0 comments
   • 333 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 22

8. The US Is Considering a TP-Link Router Ban—Should You Worry?

   By Karlston, February 21   

   • tp-link
   • routers
   • 1 comment
   • 325 views
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   • Comment by Mutton
   • February 22

9. Apple pulls iCloud end-to-end encryption feature in the UK

   By Karlston, February 21   

   • apple
   • icloud
   • 0 comments
   • 222 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 21

10. Did Microsoft just try to gaslight us? The tech giant has seemingly backtracked on changes to the account sign-in experience.

    By Karlston, February 20
    • 1 comment
    • 295 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • February 22

11. WinRAR 7.10 boosts Windows privacy by stripping MoTW data

    By Karlston, February 19   

    • winrar
    • privacy
    • 9 comments
    • 605 views
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    • Comment by mp68terr
    • March 3

12. Google Chrome's AI-powered security feature rolls out to everyone

    By Karlston, February 17   

    • google chrome
    • security
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • google chrome
      • security
      • ai
    • 1 comment
    • 304 views
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    • Comment by dabourzannan
    • February 17

13. Angry users react as Apple reportedly considers bringing ads to Apple Maps

    By Karlston, February 17   

    • apple maps
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 250 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 17

14. Reddit plans to lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says

    By Karlston, February 14   

    • reddit
    • paywall
    • 0 comments
    • 435 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 14

15. Discord now lets you quietly block people

    By Karlston, February 10   

    • discord
    • 0 comments
    • 383 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 10

16. Massive brute force attack uses 2.8 million IPs to target VPN devices

    By Karlston, February 9
    • 0 comments
    • 359 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 9

17. AMD fixes bug that lets hackers load malicious microcode patches

    By Karlston, February 6   

    • amd
    • 0 comments
    • 387 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 6

18. "Disturbing" new detail emerges about DeepSeek and what it does with your data

    By Karlston, February 6   

    • deepseek
    • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 330 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 6

19. Despite Catastrophic Hacks, Ransomware Payments Dropped Dramatically Last Year

    By Karlston, February 5   

    • ransomware
    • 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 300 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 5

20. Netgear warns users to patch critical WiFi router vulnerabilities

    By Karlston, February 5   

    • netgear
    • routers
    • (and 1 more)

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      • netgear
      • routers
      • vulnerabilties
    • 0 comments
    • 326 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 5

21. Australia bans DeepSeek on government devices citing 'unacceptable security risk'

    By Karlston, February 5   

    • deepseek
    • australia
    • 0 comments
    • 266 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 5

22. Inside the Bust That Took Down Pavel Durov—and Upended Telegram

    By Karlston, February 4   

    • telegram
    • pavel durov
    • 0 comments
    • 522 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 4

23. Massive Data Leak Exposes 1.5 Billion Records from Chinese Platforms and Government

    By Karlston, February 4   

    • data leak
    • china
    • 0 comments
    • 296 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 4

24. Microsoft Defender VPN to be discontinued for Microsoft 365 subscribers

    By Karlston, February 1   

    • microsoft 365
    • microsoft defender vpn
    • 0 comments
    • 274 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 1

25. Gmail Security Warning For 2.5 Billion Users—AI Hack Confirmed

    By Karlston, January 31   

    • gmail
    • 0 comments
    • 588 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 31