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1. Cloudflare now blocks all unencrypted traffic to its API endpoints

   By Karlston, March 24   

   • cloudflare
   • https
   • 0 comments
   • 334 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 24

2. Discord heightens ad focus by introducing video ads to mobile apps in June

   By Karlston, March 21   

   • discord
   • ads
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • discord
     • ads
     • enshittification
   • 1 comment
   • 356 views
   • 
   • Comment by Karlston
   • March 21

3. WordPress security plugin WP Ghost vulnerable to remote code execution bug

   By Karlston, March 20   

   • wordpress
   • plugin
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • wordpress
     • plugin
     • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 311 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 20

4. Windows has an 8-year-old security issue that is exploited and known by Microsoft for some time

   By Karlston, March 19   

   • windows
   • security issue
   • 0 comments
   • 314 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 19

5. Google pushing "Ad blockers violate YouTube's Terms of Service" banners on YouTube

   By Karlston, March 18   

   • google
   • youtube
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • google
     • youtube
     • ads
   • 0 comments
   • 327 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 18

6. Google not letting YouTube videos play with Opera, Firefox adblockers. Chrome is slow.

   By Karlston, March 17   

   • google
   • youtube
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • google
     • youtube
     • ads
   • 1 comment
   • 299 views
   • 
   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • March 18

7. New Akira ransomware decryptor cracks encryptions keys using GPUs

   By Karlston, March 16   

   • ransomware
   • decryptor
   • 0 comments
   • 440 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 16

8. Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28

   By Karlston, March 15   

   • amazon
   • alexa
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • amazon
     • alexa
     • privacy
   • 0 comments
   • 466 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 15

9. New Reddit controls let you block your most-hated advertisers for a year

   By Karlston, March 14   

   • reddit
   • ads
   • 0 comments
   • 323 views
   • 
   • Added by Karlston
   • March 14

10. A New Era of Attacks on Encryption Is Starting to Heat Up

    By Karlston, March 14   

    • encryption
    • 0 comments
    • 342 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 14

11. Meta faces new AI copyright infringement lawsuit in France

    By Karlston, March 12   

    • meta
    • copyright
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • meta
      • copyright
      • france
    • 0 comments
    • 363 views
    • 
    • Added by Karlston
    • March 12

12. Microsoft patches Windows Kernel zero-day exploited since 2023

    By Karlston, March 12
    • 0 comments
    • 350 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 12

13. X hit by ‘massive cyberattack’ amid Dark Storm’s DDoS claims

    By Karlston, March 10
    • 0 comments
    • 364 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 10

14. Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices [Updated]

    By Karlston, March 9
    • 1 comment
    • 449 views
    • 
    • Comment by Tzcon
    • March 9

15. Undocumented "backdoor" found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices

    By Karlston, March 9   

    • bluetooth
    • backdoor
    • 3 comments
    • 692 views
    • 
    • Comment by Mutton
    • March 9

16. 1Password now lets you add location to your passwords

    By Karlston, March 7   

    • 1password
    • 0 comments
    • 369 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 7

17. Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes

    By Karlston, March 6   

    • botnet
    • ddos
    • 1 comment
    • 421 views
    • 
    • Comment by Mutton
    • March 6

18. Firefox users slam Mozilla over controversial data privacy update — while ironically using "the biggest data-mining operating system in the world (aka Microsoft Windows)"

    By Karlston, March 5   

    • mozilla firefox
    • privacy
    • 1 comment
    • 464 views
    • 
    • Comment by Mutton
    • March 5

19. Nearly 12,000 API keys and passwords found in AI training dataset

    By Karlston, March 3   

    • ai
    • 0 comments
    • 396 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 3

20. Ransomware gangs exploit Paragon Partition Manager bug in BYOVD attacks

    By Karlston, March 2
    • 0 comments
    • 397 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 2

21. Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic

    By Karlston, March 1   

    • mozilla firefox
    • 0 comments
    • 377 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 1

22. Microsoft wants you on AES as Windows 11 24H2, Server 2025 ditches ancient DES encryption

    By Karlston, March 1   

    • windows 11 24h2
    • windows server 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 384 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 1

23. Copilot exposes private GitHub pages, some removed by Microsoft

    By Karlston, February 28   

    • microsoft copilot
    • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 402 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 28

24. Vo1d malware botnet grows to 1.6 million Android TVs worldwide

    By Karlston, February 28   

    • android tv
    • botnet
    • 0 comments
    • 387 views
    • 
    • Added by Karlston
    • February 28

25. Microsoft completes EU Data Boundary solution

    By Karlston, February 27   

    • microsoft
    • eu
    • 0 comments
    • 323 views
    • 
    • Added by Karlston
    • February 27