Security & Privacy News

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

   By Karlston, August 23, 2024
   • 1 comment
   • 1,736 views
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   • Comment by esi
   • August 25, 2024

2. Cloudflare Is Blocking AI Crawlers by Default

   By Karlston, July 1, 2025   

   • cloudflare
   • ai
   • 0 comments
   • 567 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 1, 2025

3. Fake VPN checker tool lets hackers bypass antivirus protections

   By aum, October 9, 2025
   • 0 comments
   • 368 views
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   • Added by aum
   • October 9, 2025

4. Newsletter platform Substack notifies users of data breach

   By Karlston, February 5   

   • substack
   • data breach
   • 0 comments
   • 264 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 5

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

   By Karlston, June 23, 2021
   • 1 comment
   • 1,822 views
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   • Comment by vitorio
   • June 24, 2021

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

   By aum, August 17, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 1,087 views
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   • Added by aum
   • August 17, 2021

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

   By Karlston, October 2, 2021   

   • android
   • firefox
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • android
     • firefox
     • password manager
   • 0 comments
   • 1,859 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 2, 2021

8. Microsoft Defender weakness lets hackers bypass malware detection

   By Karlston, January 13, 2022   

   • microsoft defender
   • vulnerability
   • 1 comment
   • 1,804 views
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   • Comment by DKT27
   • January 13, 2022

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

   By Karlston, July 7, 2022   

   • end-to-end encryption
   • 0 comments
   • 1,231 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 7, 2022

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

    By Karlston, September 16, 2022   

    • uber
    • cybersecurity incident
    • 1 comment
    • 1,367 views
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    • Comment by Arachnoid
    • September 17, 2022

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

    By alf9872000, November 22, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,006 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • November 22, 2022

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

    By alf9872000, January 5, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,318 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • January 5, 2023

13. Cybercriminals are now exploiting OneNote to spread malware

    By Karlston, January 23, 2023   

    • microsoft onenote
    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,726 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 23, 2023

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

    By alf9872000, March 31, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,108 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • March 31, 2023

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

    By aum, May 29, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,064 views
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    • Added by aum
    • May 29, 2023

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

    By aum, August 10, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,389 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 10, 2023

17. How to Be More Anonymous Online

    By aum, January 5, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,261 views
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    • Added by aum
    • January 5, 2024

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

    By Karlston, November 22, 2024   

    • tv
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 1,543 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 22, 2024

19. Google fixes fourth actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2025

    By Karlston, July 1, 2025   

    • google chrome
    • zero-day
    • 0 comments
    • 579 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 1, 2025

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

    By aum, August 4, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,243 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 4, 2021

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

    By Karlston, June 12, 2022   

    • browsers
    • 0 comments
    • 1,641 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 12, 2022

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

    By Karlston, July 7, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,165 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 7, 2022

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

    By alf9872000, September 6, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,026 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • September 6, 2022

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

    By Karlston, December 1, 2022   

    • lastpass
    • 0 comments
    • 1,460 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 1, 2022

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

    By alf9872000, January 5, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,094 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • January 5, 2023