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1. Broadcom warns of authentication bypass in VMware Windows Tools

   By Karlston, March 26, 2025   

   • vmware tools
   • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 1,210 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 26, 2025

2. Critical flaw in Next.js lets hackers bypass authorization

   By Karlston, March 24, 2025   

   • next.js
   • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 1,034 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 24, 2025

3. Oops: Google says it might have deleted your Maps Timeline data

   By Karlston, March 24, 2025   

   • google
   • maps timeline
   • 0 comments
   • 802 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 24, 2025

4. The Quantum Apocalypse Is Coming. Be Very Afraid

   By Karlston, March 24, 2025   

   • quantum computers
   • encryption
   • 1 comment
   • 1,288 views
   • 
   • Comment by funkyy
   • March 26, 2025

5. Cloudflare now blocks all unencrypted traffic to its API endpoints

   By Karlston, March 24, 2025   

   • cloudflare
   • https
   • 0 comments
   • 1,103 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 24, 2025

6. 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
   • 1,194 views
   • 
   • Comment by Karlston
   • March 21, 2025

7. 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
   • 1,053 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 20, 2025

8. 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
   • 1,087 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 19, 2025

9. 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
   • 1,129 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 18, 2025

10. 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
    • 1,077 views
    • 
    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • March 18, 2025

11. New Akira ransomware decryptor cracks encryptions keys using GPUs

    By Karlston, March 16, 2025   

    • ransomware
    • decryptor
    • 0 comments
    • 1,306 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 16, 2025

12. 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
    • 1,537 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 15, 2025

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

    By Karlston, March 14, 2025   

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

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

    By Karlston, March 14, 2025   

    • encryption
    • 0 comments
    • 1,049 views
    • 
    • Added by Karlston
    • March 14, 2025

15. 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
    • 1,063 views
    • 
    • Added by Karlston
    • March 12, 2025

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

    By Karlston, March 12, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 1,051 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 12, 2025

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

    By Karlston, March 10, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 1,049 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 10, 2025

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

    By Karlston, March 9, 2025
    • 1 comment
    • 1,435 views
    • 
    • Comment by Tzcon
    • March 9, 2025

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

    By Karlston, March 9, 2025   

    • bluetooth
    • backdoor
    • 3 comments
    • 1,939 views
    • 
    • Comment by Mutton
    • March 9, 2025

20. 1Password now lets you add location to your passwords

    By Karlston, March 7, 2025   

    • 1password
    • 0 comments
    • 1,184 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 7, 2025

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

    By Karlston, March 6, 2025   

    • botnet
    • ddos
    • 1 comment
    • 1,343 views
    • 
    • Comment by Mutton
    • March 6, 2025

22. 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
    • 1,328 views
    • 
    • Comment by Mutton
    • March 5, 2025

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

    By Karlston, March 3, 2025   

    • ai
    • 0 comments
    • 1,223 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 3, 2025

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

    By Karlston, March 2, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 1,116 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 2, 2025

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

    By Karlston, March 1, 2025   

    • mozilla firefox
    • 0 comments
    • 1,097 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 1, 2025