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1. Hackers earn $1,132,500 for 29 zero-days at Pwn2Own Vancouver

   By Karlston, March 22, 2024   

   • pwn2own 2024
   • 0 comments
   • 850 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 22, 2024

2. Microsoft fixes six security vulnerabilities in the latest Edge update

   By Karlston, June 21, 2024   

   • microsoft edge
   • security patches
   • 0 comments
   • 696 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 21, 2024

3. Hackers steal banking creds from iOS, Android users via PWA apps

   By Karlston, August 23, 2024
   • 1 comment
   • 1,058 views
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   • Comment by esi
   • August 25, 2024

4. John McAfee found dead by apparent suicide in Barcelona prison cell

   By Karlston, June 23, 2021
   • 1 comment
   • 1,275 views
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   • Comment by vitorio
   • June 24, 2021

5. Dallas cops lost 8TB of criminal case data during bungled migration, says the DA... four months later

   By aum, August 17, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 687 views
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   • Added by aum
   • August 17, 2021

6. Firefox 93 for Android becomes system-wide password manager

   By Karlston, October 2, 2021   

   • android
   • firefox
   • (and 1 more)

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     • android
     • firefox
     • password manager
   • 0 comments
   • 1,363 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 2, 2021

7. Microsoft Defender weakness lets hackers bypass malware detection

   By Karlston, January 13, 2022   

   • microsoft defender
   • vulnerability
   • 1 comment
   • 1,217 views
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   • Comment by DKT27
   • January 13, 2022

8. End-to-end encryption’s central role in modern self-defense

   By Karlston, July 7, 2022   

   • end-to-end encryption
   • 0 comments
   • 769 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 7, 2022

9. Uber faces major cybersecurity breach, investigation underway [Update]

   By Karlston, September 16, 2022   

   • uber
   • cybersecurity incident
   • 1 comment
   • 800 views
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   • Comment by Arachnoid
   • September 17, 2022

10. US offshore oil and gas rigs at ‘significant’ risk of cyberattacks, warns government watchdog

    By alf9872000, November 22, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 596 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • November 22, 2022

11. Slack's private GitHub code repositories stolen over holidays

    By alf9872000, January 5, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 878 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • January 5, 2023

12. Cybercriminals are now exploiting OneNote to spread malware

    By Karlston, January 23, 2023   

    • microsoft onenote
    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,253 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 23, 2023

13. Microsoft will block 120 high-risk file extensions in OneNote

    By alf9872000, March 31, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 644 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • March 31, 2023

14. Watch out - that Amazon or Microsoft ad could just be malware

    By aum, May 29, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 664 views
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    • Added by aum
    • May 29, 2023

15. ‘Defender-Pretender’: How Researchers Undermined Windows Malware Security

    By aum, August 10, 2023
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    • 825 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 10, 2023

16. How to Be More Anonymous Online

    By aum, January 5, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 829 views
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    • Added by aum
    • January 5, 2024

17. An ad giant wants to run your next TV’s operating system

    By Karlston, November 22, 2024   

    • tv
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 963 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 22, 2024

18. Several Malware Families Targeting IIS Web Servers With Malicious Modules

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

19. Your browser stores passwords and sensitive data in clear text in memory

    By Karlston, June 12, 2022   

    • browsers
    • 0 comments
    • 1,167 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 12, 2022

20. The Danger of License Plate Readers in Post-Roe America

    By Karlston, July 7, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 739 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 7, 2022

21. Second largest U.S. school district LAUSD hit by ransomware

    By alf9872000, September 6, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 627 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • September 6, 2022

22. LastPass confirms another security breach, customer data accessed this time

    By Karlston, December 1, 2022   

    • lastpass
    • 0 comments
    • 1,025 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 1, 2022

23. New SHC-compiled Linux malware installs cryptominers, DDoS bots

    By alf9872000, January 5, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 707 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • January 5, 2023

24. Belarus hackers target foreign diplomats with help of local ISPs, researchers say

    By aum, August 10, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 691 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 10, 2023

25. Google Chrome 132 update fixes 16 unique security issues

    By Karlston, January 16   

    • google chrome
    • update
    • 0 comments
    • 398 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 16