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1. A 13-year-old prodigy helped improve the security of Microsoft products

   By Karlston, July 2, 2025   

   • microsoft
   • security
   • 1 comment
   • 683 views
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   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • July 4, 2025

2. A backdoor in mobile phone encryption from the '90s still exists

   By aum, June 16, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 1,339 views
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   • Added by aum
   • June 16, 2021

3. A Batch of 1 Million Credit Cards Is Shared for Free on New Dark Web Carding Site

   By aum, August 8, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 1,360 views
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   • Added by aum
   • August 8, 2021

4. A big bet to kill the password for good

   By Karlston, March 20, 2022   

   • passwords
   • 0 comments
   • 1,494 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 20, 2022

5. A Clever Honeypot Tricked Hackers Into Revealing Their Secrets

   By Karlston, August 10, 2023   

   • honeypot
   • 0 comments
   • 1,561 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 10, 2023

6. A Closer Look at the LAPSUS$ Data Extortion Group

   By Karlston, March 24, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 2,088 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 24, 2022

7. A Closer Look at the Snatch Data Ransom Group

   By Karlston, October 1, 2023   

   • ransomware group
   • 0 comments
   • 1,273 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 1, 2023

8. A Controversial Tool Calls Out Thousands of Hackable Websites

   By Karlston, July 27, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 1,553 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 27, 2021

9. A critical exploit bypasses Microsoft Defender in Windows 11 and Windows 10 — so much for "everyday risk protection without additional software"

   By Karlston, June 30   

   • microsoft defender
   • exploit
   • 1 comment
   • 298 views
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   • Comment by lurch234
   • June 30

10. A Critical Random Number Generator Flaw Affects Billions of IoT Devices

    By aum, August 9, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,273 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 9, 2021

11. A Decade-Long Chinese Espionage Campaign Targets Southeast Asia and Australia

    By aum, June 9, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,338 views
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    • Added by aum
    • June 9, 2022

12. A fake dead grandmother's locket was used to break Bing Chat's CAPTCHA filter

    By aum, October 3, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,210 views
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    • Added by aum
    • October 3, 2023

13. A Flaw in Millions of Apple, AMD, and Qualcomm GPUs Could Expose AI Data

    By Karlston, January 16, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,483 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 16, 2024

14. A Flaw in Windows Update Opens the Door to Zombie Exploits

    By Karlston, August 7, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,111 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 7, 2024

15. A future Google Chrome update will safeguard your private network devices

    By Karlston, February 19, 2024   

    • google chrome
    • 1 comment
    • 1,263 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • February 19, 2024

16. A Google Drive security update will break some of your shared links

    By Karlston, June 25, 2021   

    • google drive
    • security update
    • 0 comments
    • 1,228 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 25, 2021

17. A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale

    By aum, May 23
    • 1 comment
    • 340 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • May 24

18. A Hacker Is Selling the Personal Details of 1 Billion Chinese Citizens

    By aum, July 4, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,191 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 4, 2022

19. A hacker stole more than $55 million in crypto after a bZx developer fell for a phishing attack

    By aum, November 7, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,579 views
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    • Added by aum
    • November 7, 2021

20. A Juror Explains Why a C.I.A. Hacker Was Convicted

    By aum, July 26, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,087 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 26, 2022

21. A jury will decide if Amazon illegally tricked people into paying for Prime

    By Karlston, September 21, 2025   

    • amazon
    • prime
    • 0 comments
    • 444 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 21, 2025

22. A Leak Details Apple’s Secret Dirt on a Trusted Security Startup

    By alf9872000, November 21, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,138 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • November 21, 2022

23. A Linux Zero-Day Was Finally Patched After Half a Decade of Inaction With Help From Google

    By aum, August 11, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,029 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 11, 2022

24. A look at the intimate details Amazon knows about us

    By aum, November 19, 2021
    • 1 comment
    • 1,495 views
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    • Comment by vissha
    • November 19, 2021

25. A look at the new Sugar ransomware demanding low ransoms

    By Karlston, February 4, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,234 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 4, 2022