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1. AV-Comparatives, AV-TEST show how Defender, McAfee, Norton, AVG hog your Windows 11, 10 PCs

   By Karlston, December 9, 2023
   • 1 comment
   • 1,045 views
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   • Comment by Edion Gecos
   • December 10, 2023

2. How to watch age-restricted content on YouTube without signing in to your Google account

   By Karlston, January 19, 2024   

   • youtube
   • 1 comment
   • 1,502 views
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   • Comment by Karlston
   • January 19, 2024

3. Security Researcher Demos Microsoft Copilot Flaws at Black Hat Conference

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

4. Passkey technology is elegant, but it’s most definitely not usable security

   By Karlston, December 30, 2024   

   • passkeys
   • 0 comments
   • 847 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • December 30, 2024

5. Google Password Manager passkey support added to iOS and iPadOS 17 and newer

   By Karlston, January 16   

   • google password manager
   • ios & ipados
   • 0 comments
   • 412 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 16

6. CISA tags recently patched Chrome bug as actively exploited

   By Karlston, May 16   

   • google chrome
   • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 135 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 16

7. Apple silently fixes iOS zero-day, asks bug reporter to keep quiet

   By Karlston, October 13, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 786 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 13, 2021

8. Lapsus$ hackers threatening to release Vodafone's proprietary code

   By Karlston, March 10, 2022   

   • vodaphone
   • 0 comments
   • 710 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 10, 2022

9. Windows 11 and Teams got hacked several times during the first day of Pwn2Own 2022

   By Karlston, May 19, 2022   

   • pwn2own 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 696 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 19, 2022

10. Bitwarden's username generator now supports SimpleLogin, AnonAddy, and Firefox Relay email alias services

    By Karlston, June 2, 2022   

    • bitwarden
    • 1 comment
    • 1,315 views
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    • Comment by psyko666
    • June 2, 2022

11. Fake Chrome extension 'Internet Download Manager' has 200,000 installs

    By alf9872000, August 26, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,193 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • August 26, 2022

12. Critical RCE bugs in Android remote keyboard apps with 2M installs

    By alf9872000, December 1, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 699 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • December 1, 2022

13. Researchers Uncover Darknet Service Allowing Hackers to Trojonize Legit Android Apps

    By alf9872000, December 8, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 736 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • December 8, 2022

14. Ransomware attack at Louisiana hospital impacts 270,000 patients

    By alf9872000, December 28, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 768 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • December 28, 2022

15. Microsoft plans to kill malware delivery via Excel XLL add-ins

    By Karlston, January 23, 2023   

    • microsoft excel
    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,029 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 23, 2023

16. AMD and Intel CPU security bugs bring Linux patches

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

17. Massive cybercrime URL shortening service uncovered via DNS data

    By Karlston, October 31, 2023   

    • cybercrime
    • 0 comments
    • 955 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 31, 2023

18. New Outlook for Windows wants to send your non-MSA data to its servers for your own good

    By Karlston, November 13, 2023   

    • microsoft outlook for wimdows
    • 0 comments
    • 970 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 13, 2023

19. Hackers target WordPress calendar plugin used by 150,000 sites

    By Karlston, July 9, 2024   

    • wordpress plugin
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 663 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 9, 2024

20. China-based Evasive Panda hackers compromised an ISP to spread malware, report says

    By aum, August 2, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 495 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 2, 2024

21. First Bitwarden password manager update of 2025 improves password auto-fill

    By Karlston, January 16   

    • bitwarden
    • update
    • 0 comments
    • 789 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 16

22. Microsoft goes passwordless by default on new accounts

    By Karlston, May 2
    • 0 comments
    • 203 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 2

23. YouTube's Peak Points AI feature makes sure that you see ads at the most annoying moments

    By Karlston, May 16   

    • youtube
    • ads
    • 1 comment
    • 189 views
    • 
    • Comment by Karlston
    • May 17

24. Microsoft: SEO poisoning used to backdoor targets with malware

    By Karlston, June 14, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 931 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 14, 2021

25. MyKings botnet still active and making massive amounts of money

    By Karlston, October 13, 2021   

    • botnet
    • 0 comments
    • 1,017 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 13, 2021