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1. Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer

   By lurch234, February 4, 2024
   • 2 comments
   • 970 views
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   • Comment by lurch234
   • February 4, 2024

2. Instagram makes more money from ads than YouTube does, and it has for years

   By Karlston, April 6, 2024   

   • instagram
   • ads
   • 0 comments
   • 887 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 6, 2024

3. Twilio kills off Authy for desktop, forcibly logs out all users

   By Karlston, August 2, 2024   

   • authy for desktop
   • end of life
   • 0 comments
   • 704 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 2, 2024

4. New Malware Hits 300,000 Users with Rogue Chrome and Edge Extensions

   By aum, August 10, 2024
   • 0 comments
   • 583 views
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   • Added by aum
   • August 10, 2024

5. Microsoft Defender will isolate undiscovered endpoints to block attacks

   By Karlston, April 12   

   • microsoft defender
   • 0 comments
   • 270 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 12

6. Chrome now features better privacy and security without draining the battery

   By Karlston, July 20, 2021   

   • google chrome
   • 0 comments
   • 1,001 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 20, 2021

7. WhatsApp to appeal $266 million fine for violating EU privacy laws

   By Karlston, September 2, 2021   

   • whatsapp
   • fine
   • (and 1 more)

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     • whatsapp
     • fine
     • privacy
   • 0 comments
   • 1,252 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 2, 2021

8. Critical Jupiter WordPress plugin flaws let hackers take over sites

   By Karlston, May 18, 2022   

   • wordpress
   • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 983 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 18, 2022

9. TikTok denies security breach after hackers leak user data, source code

   By alf9872000, September 5, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 680 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • September 5, 2022

10. Tax filing websites have been sending users’ financial information to Facebook

    By aum, November 22, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 713 views
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    • Added by aum
    • November 22, 2022

11. Microsoft warns of new Minecraft DDoS malware infecting Windows, Linux

    By alf9872000, December 16, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 802 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • December 16, 2022

12. There’s a new form of keyless car theft that works in under 2 minutes

    By Karlston, April 8, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 797 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 8, 2023

13. A future Google Chrome update will safeguard your private network devices

    By Karlston, February 19, 2024   

    • google chrome
    • 1 comment
    • 613 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • February 19, 2024

14. Microsoft Authenticator gets three major improvements to enable secure authentication

    By Karlston, October 23, 2024   

    • microsoft authenticator
    • 0 comments
    • 679 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 23, 2024

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

    By Karlston, February 1   

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

16. Critical Flaws Affect Embedded TCP/IP Stack Widely Used in Industrial Control Devices

    By aum, August 4, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 693 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 4, 2021

17. Microsoft Edge ‘Super Duper Secure Mode’ now has a Settings toggle

    By Karlston, August 17, 2021   

    • microsoft edge
    • 0 comments
    • 879 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 17, 2021

18. Microsoft: These are the building blocks of QBot malware attacks

    By Karlston, December 12, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,071 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 12, 2021

19. EXCLUSIVE iPhone flaw exploited by second Israeli spy firm-sources

    By aum, February 3, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 698 views
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    • Added by aum
    • February 3, 2022

20. Europe Is Building a Huge International Facial Recognition System

    By Karlston, April 6, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 894 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 6, 2022

21. FCC tackles a thorny robocall problem—how to verify caller ID on old landlines

    By Karlston, October 10, 2022   

    • fcc
    • robocalls
    • (and 1 more)

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      • fcc
      • robocalls
      • landlines
    • 0 comments
    • 705 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 10, 2022

22. Hackers leak personal info allegedly stolen from 5.7M Gemini users

    By alf9872000, December 16, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 682 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • December 16, 2022

23. 2022 sees over 5000 times new Windows malware vs macOS, over 60 times vs Linux

    By Karlston, December 27, 2022   

    • windows
    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 793 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 27, 2022

24. Hackers use fake ChatGPT apps to push Windows, Android malware

    By alf9872000, February 23, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 662 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • February 23, 2023

25. Nintendo hacker Bowser released from prison, will pay off fine for the rest of his life

    By Karlston, April 18, 2023   

    • nintendo
    • 0 comments
    • 657 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 18, 2023