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1. 50K WordPress sites exposed to RCE attacks by critical bug in backup plugin

   By Karlston, December 12, 2023   

   • wordpress
   • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 1,211 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • December 12, 2023

2. Toyota warns customers of data breach exposing personal, financial info

   By Karlston, December 12, 2023   

   • toyota
   • data breach
   • 0 comments
   • 887 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • December 12, 2023

3. Verizon Accepted Fake Search Warrant, Gave Customer's New Address and Phone Number to Stalker

   By aum, December 11, 2023
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   • 827 views
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   • December 11, 2023

4. A whole new kind of Linux malware has been found in the wild

   By aum, December 11, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 803 views
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   • Added by aum
   • December 11, 2023

5. Be skeptical about QR codes, warns the FTC

   By Karlston, December 11, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 843 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • December 11, 2023

6. Are Your Wearable Devices Vulnerable To Viruses And Malware?

   By aum, December 10, 2023
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   • 760 views
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   • Added by aum
   • December 10, 2023

7. AV-Comparatives, AV-TEST show how Defender, McAfee, Norton, AVG hog your Windows 11, 10 PCs

   By Karlston, December 9, 2023
   • 1 comment
   • 1,054 views
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   • Comment by Edion Gecos
   • December 10, 2023

8. A new Windows malware hunter was tested by AV-TEST and it was quite terrible

   By Karlston, December 9, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 1,077 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • December 9, 2023

9. Stolen Checks Are for Sale Online. We Called Some of the Victims.

   By aum, December 9, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 861 views
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   • Added by aum
   • December 9, 2023

10. Stealthy Linux rootkit found in the wild after going undetected for 2 years

    By aum, December 8, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 796 views
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    • Added by aum
    • December 8, 2023

11. New 5Ghoul attack impacts 5G phones with Qualcomm, MediaTek chips

    By Karlston, December 8, 2023   

    • 5g
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,003 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 8, 2023

12. Cisco goes all in on AI to strengthen its cybersecurity strategy

    By aum, December 7, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 907 views
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    • Added by aum
    • December 7, 2023

13. WhatsApp is rolling out self-destructing voice messages

    By Karlston, December 7, 2023   

    • whatsapp
    • 0 comments
    • 802 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 7, 2023

14. Meta begins rolling out E2E encryption on Messenger chats and calls

    By Karlston, December 7, 2023   

    • meta
    • messenger
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      Tagged with:

      • meta
      • messenger
      • encryption
    • 0 comments
    • 853 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 7, 2023

15. Russia hacking: 'FSB in years-long cyber attacks on UK', says government

    By aum, December 7, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 755 views
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    • Added by aum
    • December 7, 2023

16. Microsoft appoints new CISO, shifts security leadership

    By aum, December 6, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 762 views
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    • Added by aum
    • December 6, 2023

17. This huge Russian phishing campaign is hitting targets across the world

    By aum, December 6, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 803 views
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    • Added by aum
    • December 6, 2023

18. Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack

    By Karlston, December 6, 2023
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    • 1,063 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 6, 2023

19. Fancy Bear goes phishing in US, European high-value networks

    By aum, December 6, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 784 views
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    • Added by aum
    • December 6, 2023

20. Gmail’s AI-powered spam detection is its biggest security upgrade in years

    By Karlston, December 5, 2023   

    • google
    • spam
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • google
      • spam
      • ai
    • 0 comments
    • 1,032 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 5, 2023

21. Hackers stole ancestry data of 6.9 million users, 23andMe finally confirmed

    By Karlston, December 5, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 840 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 5, 2023

22. Fake WordPress security advisory pushes backdoor plugin

    By Karlston, December 4, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 729 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 4, 2023

23. Ad Speedup: mute, skip and fast forward ads on YouTube

    By Karlston, December 3, 2023   

    • youtube
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 1,102 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 3, 2023

24. Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates

    By Karlston, December 2, 2023   

    • google
    • ads
    • 2 comments
    • 1,276 views
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    • Comment by Matt
    • December 2, 2023

25. TrickBot malware dev pleads guilty, faces 35 years in prison

    By Karlston, December 2, 2023   

    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 943 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 2, 2023