Security & Privacy News

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

   By Karlston, April 11, 2024   

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

2. AT&T: Data breach affects 73 million or 51 million customers. No, we won’t explain.

   By Karlston, April 11, 2024   

   • at&t
   • data breach
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   • 1,448 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 11, 2024

3. Proton acquires Standard Notes to expand its service ecosystem

   By Karlston, April 10, 2024   

   • proton
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   • 1,617 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 10, 2024

4. A security group found a Microsoft server with key data that was not password protected

   By Karlston, April 10, 2024   

   • microsoft
   • 1 comment
   • 1,404 views
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   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • April 11, 2024

5. Over 90,000 LG Smart TVs may be exposed to remote attacks

   By Karlston, April 9, 2024   

   • lg
   • smart tvs
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     • smart tvs
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   • 0 comments
   • 1,359 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 9, 2024

6. Here's how a German Microsoft software engineer's 'curiosity and craftsmanship' saved the world's internet from the 'most widespread and effective backdoor ever planted in any software product'

   By Karlston, April 9, 2024
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   • 1,691 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 9, 2024

7. Elon Musk's X makes passkey login feature available to all iOS users globally

   By Karlston, April 9, 2024   

   • twitter/x
   • passkeys
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   • 1,293 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 9, 2024

8. Notepad++ wants your help in "parasite website" shutdown

   By Karlston, April 8, 2024   

   • notepad++
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   • 1,601 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 8, 2024

9. Home Depot confirms third-party data breach exposed employee info

   By Karlston, April 8, 2024   

   • home depot
   • data breach
   • 0 comments
   • 1,275 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 8, 2024

10. Instagram makes more money from ads than YouTube does, and it has for years

    By Karlston, April 6, 2024   

    • instagram
    • ads
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    • 1,406 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 6, 2024

11. Over 92,000 exposed D-Link NAS devices have a backdoor account

    By Karlston, April 6, 2024   

    • d-link
    • nas
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      • nas
      • vulnerability
    • 1 comment
    • 3,005 views
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    • Comment by Nuclear Fallout
    • April 6, 2024

12. Roku’s idea of showing ads on your HDMI inputs seems like an inevitable hell

    By Karlston, April 6, 2024   

    • roku
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 1,322 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 6, 2024

13. Microsoft blamed for “a cascade of security failures” in Exchange breach report

    By Karlston, April 4, 2024   

    • microsoft
    • 1 comment
    • 1,570 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • April 4, 2024

14. Users say Google’s VPN app “breaks” the Windows DNS settings

    By Karlston, April 3, 2024   

    • google
    • vpn app
    • 0 comments
    • 1,116 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 3, 2024

15. New XZ backdoor scanner detects implant in any Linux binary

    By Karlston, April 2, 2024   

    • linux
    • backdoor
    • 0 comments
    • 1,772 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 2, 2024

16. Discord starts down the dangerous road of ads this week

    By Karlston, April 2, 2024   

    • discord
    • ads
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    • 1,690 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 2, 2024

17. Google agrees to destroy browsing data collected in Incognito mode

    By Akaneharuka, April 2, 2024   

    • google
    • privacy
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      • privacy
      • data
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    • 1,182 views
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    • Added by Akaneharuka
    • April 2, 2024

18. Google agrees to delete Incognito data despite prior claim that’s “impossible”

    By Akaneharuka, April 2, 2024   

    • google
    • privacy
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      • google
      • privacy
      • data
    • 0 comments
    • 1,149 views
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    • Added by Akaneharuka
    • April 2, 2024

19. Red Hat, Debian Linux distributions narrowly avoid shipping critical SSH backdoor

    By aum, April 1, 2024
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    • 1,210 views
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    • Added by aum
    • April 1, 2024

20. Google to destroy billions of data records to settle "incognito" lawsuit

    By aum, April 1, 2024
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    • 1,164 views
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    • Added by aum
    • April 1, 2024

21. Significant compromise likely with exploitation of new Linux vulnerability

    By aum, April 1, 2024
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    • 1,214 views
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    • Added by aum
    • April 1, 2024

22. Software Engineer Stops Attempt to Add Backdoor to Linux Operating Systems

    By aum, April 1, 2024
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    • 1,424 views
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    • Added by aum
    • April 1, 2024

23. What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world

    By Karlston, April 1, 2024   

    • linux
    • backdoor
    • 1 comment
    • 2,230 views
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    • Comment by Nuclear Fallout
    • April 1, 2024

24. Discord to start showing ads in the coming week after resisting for almost a decade

    By Karlston, April 1, 2024   

    • discord
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 1,447 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 1, 2024

25. AT&T confirms data breach affecting more than 70 million customers

    By Karlston, March 31, 2024   

    • at&t
    • data breach
    • 0 comments
    • 1,407 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 31, 2024