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1. Hackers try to exploit WordPress plugin vulnerability that’s as severe as it gets

   By Karlston, April 27, 2024   

   • wordpress
   • plugin
   • (and 1 more)

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     • wordpress
     • plugin
     • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 1,559 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 27, 2024

2. WhatsApp says it will leave India if forced to break end-to-end encryption

   By Karlston, April 26, 2024   

   • whatsapp
   • india
   • 1 comment
   • 1,720 views
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   • Comment by Karlston
   • April 26, 2024

3. Millions of IPs remain infected by USB worm years after its creators left it for dead

   By Karlston, April 26, 2024   

   • usb
   • worm
   • 0 comments
   • 1,571 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 26, 2024

4. Microsoft is reportedly making security improvements its current top priority at the company

   By Karlston, April 25, 2024   

   • microsoft
   • security
   • 1 comment
   • 1,733 views
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   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • April 25, 2024

5. Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed

   By Karlston, April 25, 2024   

   • reddit
   • ads
   • 0 comments
   • 1,346 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 25, 2024

6. Google can’t quit third-party cookies—delays shut down for a third time

   By Karlston, April 25, 2024   

   • google
   • third-party cookies
   • 1 comment
   • 1,061 views
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   • Comment by Karlston
   • April 25, 2024

7. Proton Mail offers monitoring of the dark web for its email addresses with its paid plans

   By Karlston, April 22, 2024   

   • proton mail
   • dark web
   • 0 comments
   • 1,207 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 22, 2024

8. Ransomware payments drop to record low of 28% in Q1 2024

   By Karlston, April 21, 2024   

   • ransomware
   • 0 comments
   • 1,273 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 21, 2024

9. Hackers Linked to Russia’s Military Claim Credit for Sabotaging US Water Utilities

   By aum, April 20, 2024
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   • 1,387 views
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   • Added by aum
   • April 20, 2024

10. MITRE Response to Cyber Attack in One of Its R&D Networks

    By aum, April 20, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,275 views
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    • Added by aum
    • April 20, 2024

11. The Week in Ransomware - April 19th 2024 - Attacks Ramp Up

    By Karlston, April 20, 2024   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,350 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 20, 2024

12. Roku forcing 2-factor authentication after 2 breaches of 600K accounts

    By Karlston, April 19, 2024   

    • roku
    • breach
    • (and 1 more)

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      • roku
      • breach
      • 2fa
    • 0 comments
    • 1,381 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 19, 2024

13. Cybercriminals pose as LastPass staff to hack password vaults

    By Karlston, April 18, 2024   

    • lastpass
    • phishing
    • 0 comments
    • 1,448 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 18, 2024

14. Multiple botnets exploiting one-year-old TP-Link flaw to hack routers

    By Karlston, April 17, 2024   

    • tp-link
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,440 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 17, 2024

15. PuTTY SSH client flaw allows recovery of cryptographic private keys

    By Karlston, April 16, 2024   

    • putty
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,422 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 16, 2024

16. YouTube is making a bigger effort to go after third-party apps that block its ads

    By Karlston, April 16, 2024   

    • youtube
    • adblockers
    • 1 comment
    • 1,907 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • April 16, 2024

17. Ransomware gang starts leaking alleged stolen Change Healthcare data

    By Karlston, April 16, 2024   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,334 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 16, 2024

18. New SteganoAmor attacks use steganography to target 320 orgs globally

    By Karlston, April 16, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,457 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 16, 2024

19. Microsoft fixed Windows CVE-2024-26248, CVE-2024-29056 Kerberos PAC validation flaw

    By Karlston, April 14, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,601 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 14, 2024

20. Firebird RAT creator and seller arrested in the U.S. and Australia

    By Karlston, April 13, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,109 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 13, 2024

21. VPN by Google One is shutting down for good

    By MagicSahar, April 13, 2024   

    • vpn
    • 0 comments
    • 978 views
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    • Added by MagicSahar
    • April 13, 2024

22. Roku discovers second data breach affecting over half a million accounts

    By Karlston, April 12, 2024   

    • roku
    • data breach
    • 0 comments
    • 1,312 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 12, 2024

23. Telegram fixes Windows app zero-day caused by file extension typo

    By Karlston, April 12, 2024   

    • telegram
    • windows
    • (and 1 more)

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      • telegram
      • windows
      • zero-day
    • 0 comments
    • 2,378 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 12, 2024

24. Elon Musk’s X botched an attempt to replace “twitter.com” links with “x.com”

    By Karlston, April 12, 2024   

    • twitter/x
    • 0 comments
    • 1,466 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 12, 2024

25. Apple warns iPhone users in 92 countries of 'mercenary spyware' attack

    By Karlston, April 11, 2024   

    • apple
    • iphone
    • (and 1 more)

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      • apple
      • iphone
      • warning
    • 0 comments
    • 1,431 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 11, 2024