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4145 news in this category

1. Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Amazon partner admits your phone could listen to everything

   By Karlston, September 4, 2024   

   • privacy
   • snooping
   • 1 comment
   • 1,295 views
   • 
   • Comment by aeri
   • September 5, 2024

2. YubiKeys are vulnerable to cloning attacks thanks to newly discovered side channel

   By Karlston, September 4, 2024   

   • yubikeys
   • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 1,949 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 4, 2024

3. D-Link says it is not fixing four RCE flaws in DIR-846W routers

   By Karlston, September 3, 2024   

   • d-link
   • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 1,355 views
   • 
   • Added by Karlston
   • September 3, 2024

4. Major Sites Are Saying No to Apple’s AI Scraping

   By Karlston, August 29, 2024   

   • apple
   • ai
   • 0 comments
   • 1,319 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 29, 2024

5. WhatsApp testing Passkeys feature to make accessing your encrypted backups much easier

   By Karlston, August 28, 2024   

   • whatsapp
   • 0 comments
   • 1,246 views
   • 
   • Added by Karlston
   • August 28, 2024

6. Uber fined $325 million for moving driver data from Europe to US

   By Karlston, August 26, 2024   

   • uber
   • 0 comments
   • 1,197 views
   • 
   • Added by Karlston
   • August 26, 2024

7. Telegram says CEO has ‘nothing to hide’ after being arrested in France

   By Karlston, August 26, 2024   

   • telegram
   • 3 comments
   • 2,118 views
   • 
   • Comment by aeri
   • August 30, 2024

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

   By Karlston, August 23, 2024
   • 1 comment
   • 1,728 views
   • 
   • Comment by esi
   • August 25, 2024

9. Phrack hacker zine publishes new edition after three years

   By Karlston, August 21, 2024
   • 0 comments
   • 1,497 views
   • 
   • Added by Karlston
   • August 21, 2024

10. Toyota confirms third-party data breach impacting customers

    By Karlston, August 21, 2024   

    • toyota
    • data breach
    • 1 comment
    • 1,384 views
    • 
    • Comment by esi
    • August 24, 2024

11. WhatsApp may bring support for usernames with an option to set PIN to limit spam messages

    By Karlston, August 20, 2024   

    • whatsapp
    • pin
    • 1 comment
    • 1,438 views
    • 
    • Comment by UberGeek
    • August 21, 2024

12. Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.

    By Karlston, August 19, 2024   

    • smart tv
    • ads
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • smart tv
      • ads
      • privacy
    • 2 comments
    • 2,212 views
    • 
    • Comment by meohmy
    • August 27, 2024

13. New Mad Liberator gang uses fake Windows update screen to hide data theft

    By Karlston, August 17, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,248 views
    • 
    • Added by Karlston
    • August 17, 2024

14. NationalPublicData.com Hack Exposes a Nation’s Data

    By Karlston, August 16, 2024
    • 2 comments
    • 1,736 views
    • 
    • Comment by aeri
    • August 30, 2024

15. Debian LTS Team takes over Debian 11 security updates from today

    By Karlston, August 15, 2024   

    • debian
    • lts
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • debian
      • lts
      • security updates
    • 0 comments
    • 1,247 views
    • 
    • Added by Karlston
    • August 15, 2024

16. Microsoft posts guidance for CVE-2024-21302 VBS flaw that downgrades modern Windows PCs

    By Karlston, August 15, 2024   

    • windows
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,624 views
    • 
    • Added by Karlston
    • August 15, 2024

17. Proton VPN: free VPN users can use the browser extensions now

    By Karlston, August 14, 2024   

    • proton vpn
    • 1 comment
    • 1,373 views
    • 
    • Comment by esi
    • August 27, 2024

18. India telecom watchdog directs carriers to stop spam calls, blacklist callers

    By aum, August 13, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,225 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 13, 2024

19. Windows 11/10 system driver has BSOD-triggering CVE-2024-6768 flaw on fully updated PCs

    By Karlston, August 12, 2024   

    • windows 10
    • windows 11
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • windows 10
      • windows 11
      • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,463 views
    • 
    • Added by Karlston
    • August 12, 2024

20. Microsoft quietly updated Defender for Windows 11/10/Server install images

    By Karlston, August 12, 2024   

    • microsoft defender
    • 0 comments
    • 1,233 views
    • 
    • Added by Karlston
    • August 12, 2024

21. Google services go down for subset of users, including Search, YouTube, and Meet

    By aum, August 12, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 988 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 12, 2024

22. Malicious browser extensions leveraged in widespread malware compromise

    By aum, August 12, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,177 views
    • 
    • Added by aum
    • August 12, 2024

23. Australian gold mining company Evolution Mining announces ransomware attack

    By aum, August 12, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,089 views
    • 
    • Added by aum
    • August 12, 2024

24. Apple Prototypes and Corporate Secrets Are for Sale Online—If You Know Where to Look

    By aum, August 12, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,096 views
    • 
    • Added by aum
    • August 12, 2024

25. How Phishing Attacks Adapt Quickly to Capitalize on Current Events

    By aum, August 12, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,095 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 12, 2024