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1. Apple emergency updates fix 3 new zero-days exploited in attacks

   By Karlston, September 21, 2023   

   • apple
   • security patches
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • apple
     • security patches
     • zero-days
   • 0 comments
   • 866 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 21, 2023

2. GitHub passkeys generally available for passwordless sign-ins

   By Karlston, September 21, 2023   

   • github
   • passkeys
   • 0 comments
   • 923 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 21, 2023

3. Amazon’s generative-AI-powered Alexa is as big a privacy red flag as old Alexa

   By Karlston, September 21, 2023   

   • amazon alexa
   • privacy
   • 0 comments
   • 864 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 21, 2023

4. Pizza Hut Australia warns 193,000 customers of a data breach

   By Karlston, September 21, 2023   

   • data breach
   • 0 comments
   • 798 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 21, 2023

5. AV-TEST: Microsoft Defender, Kaspersky, Malwarebytes, Norton, can hog Windows PCs

   By Karlston, September 21, 2023   

   • av-test
   • 2 comments
   • 1,540 views
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   • Comment by Karlston
   • September 25, 2023

6. Free Download Manager releases script to check for Linux malware

   By Karlston, September 21, 2023   

   • free download manager
   • linux
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • free download manager
     • linux
     • malware
   • 0 comments
   • 942 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 21, 2023

7. Signal adds quantum-resistant encryption to its E2EE messaging protocol

   By Karlston, September 20, 2023   

   • signal
   • 0 comments
   • 689 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 20, 2023

8. Microsoft Defender, Kaspersky, McAfee get worse while Avast, AVG shine in Windows web test

   By Karlston, September 20, 2023   

   • av-comparatives
   • 0 comments
   • 876 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 20, 2023

9. Chinese hackers are exploiting a new Linux backdoor to target national governments

   By aum, September 19, 2023
   • 1 comment
   • 781 views
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   • Comment by Nuclear Fallout
   • September 19, 2023

10. Microsoft researchers leak 38TB of sensitive data due to misconfigured storage on GitHub

    By Karlston, September 18, 2023   

    • microsoft
    • data leak
    • 1 comment
    • 1,267 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • September 19, 2023

11. Probe reveals previously secret Israeli spyware that infects targets via ads

    By aum, September 18, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 799 views
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    • Added by aum
    • September 18, 2023

12. The Week in Ransomware - September 15th 2023 - Russian Roulette

    By Karlston, September 16, 2023   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 923 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 16, 2023

13. Brave Browser 1.58 launches with YouTube adblocking improvements

    By Karlston, September 15, 2023   

    • brave browser
    • youtube
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • brave browser
      • youtube
      • adblock
    • 0 comments
    • 1,085 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 15, 2023

14. TikTok issued a $368 million fine for the way it handles data of young users

    By Karlston, September 15, 2023   

    • tiktok
    • data slurping
    • (and 1 more)

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      • tiktok
      • data slurping
      • fine
    • 0 comments
    • 974 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 15, 2023

15. WhatsApp head denies reports of ads coming to its app

    By Karlston, September 15, 2023   

    • whatsapp
    • ads
    • 1 comment
    • 937 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • September 15, 2023

16. Microsoft Uncovers Flaws in ncurses Library Affecting Linux and macOS Systems

    By aum, September 15, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 826 views
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    • Added by aum
    • September 15, 2023

17. How to choose the right password

    By aum, September 15, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,050 views
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    • Added by aum
    • September 15, 2023

18. Google reaches $93 million privacy settlement with California

    By aum, September 15, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 522 views
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    • Added by aum
    • September 15, 2023

19. Hackers Say They Stole 6 Terabytes of Data From MGM, Caesars Casinos

    By aum, September 15, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 748 views
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    • Added by aum
    • September 15, 2023

20. Caesars Entertainment Confirms Hack in Second Recent Casino Attack

    By aum, September 14, 2023
    • 1 comment
    • 831 views
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    • Comment by Arachnoid
    • September 14, 2023

21. Hackers claim it only took a 10-minute phone call to shut down MGM Resorts

    By aum, September 14, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 890 views
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    • Added by aum
    • September 14, 2023

22. Hackers claim MGM cyberattack as outage drags into fourth day

    By aum, September 14, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 825 views
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    • Added by aum
    • September 14, 2023

23. Microsoft Teams phishing attack targets corporate networks

    By aum, September 14, 2023
    • 1 comment
    • 892 views
    • 
    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • September 14, 2023

24. Update everything: Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Edge just patched a big flaw

    By Karlston, September 14, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,237 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 14, 2023

25. With 0-days hitting Chrome, iOS, and dozens more this month, is no software safe?

    By Karlston, September 14, 2023   

    • software
    • 0-day
    • 0 comments
    • 1,047 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 14, 2023