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1. Microsoft admits 8.5 million CrowdStruck machines estimate was lowballed

   By aum, July 29, 2024
   • 1 comment
   • 1,004 views
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   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • July 29, 2024

2. US claims TikTok shipped personal data to China – very personal data

   By aum, July 29, 2024
   • 0 comments
   • 935 views
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   • Added by aum
   • July 29, 2024

3. Secure Boot useless on hundreds of PCs from major vendors after key leak

   By aum, July 29, 2024
   • 0 comments
   • 996 views
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   • Added by aum
   • July 29, 2024

4. Google apologizes after 15 million Chrome users lost access to their passwords

   By aum, July 29, 2024
   • 0 comments
   • 958 views
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   • Added by aum
   • July 29, 2024

5. Vandalism hits communication lines in France, but the Paris Olympics aren’t affected

   By aum, July 29, 2024
   • 0 comments
   • 1,001 views
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   • Added by aum
   • July 29, 2024

6. Saboteurs Cut Internet Cables in Latest Disruption During Paris Olympics

   By aum, July 29, 2024
   • 0 comments
   • 931 views
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   • Added by aum
   • July 29, 2024

7. Passwords disappear for millions of Windows users thanks to Google

   By Karlston, July 29, 2024   

   • google
   • password manager
   • 0 comments
   • 1,060 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 29, 2024

8. Google Workspace security flaw exposed thousands of accounts to hackers

   By Karlston, July 28, 2024   

   • google workspace
   • 0 comments
   • 898 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 28, 2024

9. Elon Musk is silently training his Grok AI on your X data, but you can stop him

   By Karlston, July 27, 2024   

   • twitter/x
   • 3 comments
   • 1,802 views
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   • Comment by Akaneharuka
   • July 28, 2024

10. Secure Boot is completely broken on 200+ models from 5 big device makers

    By Karlston, July 26, 2024   

    • secure boot
    • broken
    • 2 comments
    • 1,678 views
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    • Comment by UberGeek
    • July 26, 2024

11. North Korean Hackers Shift from Cyber Espionage to Ransomware Attacks

    By aum, July 25, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,043 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 25, 2024

12. CrowdStrike disruption direct losses to reach $5.4B for Fortune 500, study finds

    By coopers, July 25, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,067 views
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    • Added by coopers
    • July 25, 2024

13. Chinese Hackers Target Taiwan and U.S. NGO with MgBot and MACMA Malware

    By aum, July 24, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,026 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 24, 2024

14. CrowdStrike Timeline Mystery

    By aum, July 24, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,154 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 24, 2024

15. Google Chrome's newest update makes it a lot better at identifying malicious downloads

    By aum, July 24, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 893 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 24, 2024

16. CrowdStrike reveals cause of faulty update that led to Windows crashes

    By aum, July 24, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,032 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 24, 2024

17. Chrome Browser to Better Explain Why It Blocked a File Download

    By aum, July 24, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 966 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 24, 2024

18. This Machine Exposes Privacy Violations

    By aum, July 24, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,136 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 24, 2024

19. CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage

    By aum, July 24, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 934 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 24, 2024

20. CrowdStrike blames bug that caused worldwide outage on faulty testing software

    By aum, July 24, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,007 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 24, 2024

21. Forget security – Google's reCAPTCHA v2 is exploiting users for profit

    By aum, July 24, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 862 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 24, 2024

22. BreachForums v1 hacking forum data leak exposes members’ info

    By Karlston, July 23, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,904 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 23, 2024

23. Fake CrowdStrike repair manual pushes new infostealer malware

    By Karlston, July 23, 2024   

    • crowdstrike
    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,175 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 23, 2024

24. How Russia-Linked Malware Cut Heat to 600 Ukrainian Buildings in Deep Winter

    By aum, July 23, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,065 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 23, 2024

25. Google isn’t killing third-party cookies in Chrome after all

    By aum, July 23, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,179 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 23, 2024