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1. Google rolls back decision to kill third-party cookies in Chrome

   By Karlston, July 23, 2024   

   • google chrome
   • 1 comment
   • 444 views
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   • Comment by UberGeek
   • July 23, 2024

2. New details reveal how hackers hijacked 35 Google Chrome extensions

   By Karlston, January 1   

   • google chrome
   • extensions
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • google chrome
     • extensions
     • phishing
   • 0 comments
   • 511 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 1

3. Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon

   By Karlston, October 14, 2024   

   • google chrome
   • adblockers
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • google chrome
     • adblockers
     • banned
   • 13 comments
   • 1,029 views
   • 
   • Comment by vide
   • October 17, 2024

4. Google Chrome bug lets sites write to clipboard without asking

   By alf9872000, August 31, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 679 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • August 31, 2022

5. Google Chrome extensions can be fingerprinted to track you online

   By Karlston, June 19, 2022   

   • google chrome
   • 0 comments
   • 634 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 19, 2022

6. Chrome extensions with 1 million installs hijack targets’ browsers

   By alf9872000, October 24, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 653 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • October 24, 2022

7. Fake Bitwarden ads on Facebook push info-stealing Chrome extension

   By Karlston, November 18, 2024   

   • facebook
   • malware
   • 1 comment
   • 900 views
   • 
   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • November 18, 2024

8. New malware backdoors VMware ESXi servers to hijack virtual machines

   By alf9872000, September 30, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 594 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • September 30, 2022

9. Exploit released for critical VMware auth bypass bug, patch now

   By Karlston, May 26, 2022   

   • vmware
   • exploit
   • 0 comments
   • 1,097 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 26, 2022

10. BitRAT malware now spreading as a Windows 10 license activator

    By Karlston, March 22, 2022   

    • malware
    • 3 comments
    • 2,095 views
    • 
    • Comment by vissha
    • March 23, 2022

11. Microsoft pulls Defender update fixing Windows LSA Protection bug

    By alf9872000, May 17, 2023
    • 1 comment
    • 834 views
    • 
    • Comment by straycat19
    • May 18, 2023

12. Microsoft fixes Windows vulnerable driver blocklist sync issue

    By alf9872000, October 26, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 555 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • October 26, 2022

13. Google: How Android’s Private Compute Core protects your data

    By alf9872000, December 8, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 651 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • December 8, 2022

14. New malware for Windows Subsystem for Linux steals browser auth cookies

    By aum, May 28, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 641 views
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    • Added by aum
    • May 28, 2022

15. Microsoft blocked billions of brute-force and phishing attacks last year

    By Karlston, February 3, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 637 views
    • 
    • Added by Karlston
    • February 3, 2022

16. Windows 11 is getting a built-in passkey manager for Windows Hello

    By Karlston, June 26, 2023   

    • windows 11
    • windows hello
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • windows 11
      • windows hello
      • passkeys
    • 0 comments
    • 992 views
    • 
    • Added by Karlston
    • June 26, 2023

17. Google releases 165 YARA rules to detect Cobalt Strike attacks

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

18. Microsoft Defender falsely detects Win32/Hive.ZY in Google Chrome, Electron apps

    By alf9872000, September 4, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 651 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • September 4, 2022

19. Microsoft confirms they were hacked by Lapsus$ extortion group

    By Karlston, March 23, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 659 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 23, 2022

20. Microsoft Defender weakness lets hackers bypass malware detection

    By Karlston, January 13, 2022   

    • microsoft defender
    • vulnerability
    • 1 comment
    • 1,153 views
    • 
    • Comment by DKT27
    • January 13, 2022

21. Buggy Microsoft Defender ASR rule deletes Windows app shortcuts

    By alf9872000, January 13, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 776 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • January 13, 2023

22. Unpatched Windows vulnerability allows attackers to gain admin rights

    By Karlston, November 23, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 812 views
    • 
    • Added by Karlston
    • November 23, 2021

23. Windows MSHTML zero-day exploits shared on hacking forums

    By Karlston, September 12, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,052 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 12, 2021

24. New Mēris botnet breaks DDoS record with 21.8 million RPS attack

    By Karlston, September 9, 2021   

    • yandex
    • ddos
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • yandex
      • ddos
      • botnet
    • 0 comments
    • 1,293 views
    • 
    • Added by Karlston
    • September 9, 2021

25. Ransomware gangs target companies using these criteria

    By Karlston, September 6, 2021   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,007 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 6, 2021