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4149 news in this category

1. Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users

   By Karlston, October 10, 2024   

   • internet archive
   • data breach
   • 1 comment
   • 1,800 views
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   • Comment by vide
   • October 17, 2024

2. Microsoft blocks critical Secure Boot loophole after over 7 months — fortifying Windows 11 against sophisticated firmware attacks camouflaged as verified UEFI apps

   By Karlston, January 18, 2025   

   • secure boot
   • security update
   • 0 comments
   • 1,191 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 18, 2025

3. Giving your healthcare info to a chatbot is, unsurprisingly, a terrible idea

   By Karlston, January 23
   • 0 comments
   • 292 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 23

4. Supporting Let’s Encrypt, the nonprofit making HTTPS free for all

   By aum, June 15, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 1,373 views
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   • Added by aum
   • June 15, 2021

5. Cyber Ratings report: Microsoft Edge offers better malware and phishing protection

   By Karlston, December 17, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 1,688 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • December 17, 2021

6. Google Chat adds warning banners to protect against phishing attacks

   By Karlston, May 20, 2022   

   • phishing
   • google chat
   • 0 comments
   • 983 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 20, 2022

7. New Syslogk Linux Rootkit Lets Attackers Remotely Command It Using "Magic Packets"

   By aum, June 14, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 1,000 views
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   • Added by aum
   • June 14, 2022

8. Privacy-focused web browsers are stuck in a rut, but why?

   By aum, October 2, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 1,117 views
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   • Added by aum
   • October 2, 2022

9. A scientist’s quest for an accessible, unhackable voting machine

   By Karlston, October 28, 2022
   • 1 comment
   • 1,410 views
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   • Comment by aum
   • October 28, 2022

10. Glupteba malware is back in action after Google disruption

    By alf9872000, December 17, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,196 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • December 17, 2022

11. Netgear warns users to patch recently fixed WiFi router bug

    By Karlston, December 29, 2022   

    • netgear
    • routers
    • (and 1 more)

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      • netgear
      • routers
      • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,984 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 29, 2022

12. Tax prep sites gave millions of taxpayers’ info to Facebook and Google

    By aum, July 12, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,015 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 12, 2023

13. The Week in Ransomware - December 22nd 2023 - BlackCat hacked

    By Karlston, December 23, 2023   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,642 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 23, 2023

14. Microsoft updates Edge to fix security vulnerabilities exploited in the wild

    By Karlston, May 11, 2024   

    • microsoft edge
    • security update
    • 0 comments
    • 1,538 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 11, 2024

15. How Researchers Cracked an 11-Year-Old Password to a $3 Million Crypto Wallet

    By Karlston, May 28, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,777 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 28, 2024

16. Apple’s AI promise: “Your data is never stored or made accessible to Apple”

    By Karlston, June 11, 2024   

    • apple
    • ai
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • apple
      • ai
      • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 1,471 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 11, 2024

17. Massive Data Leak Exposes 1.5 Billion Records from Chinese Platforms and Government

    By Karlston, February 4, 2025   

    • data leak
    • china
    • 0 comments
    • 1,059 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 4, 2025

18. Android phones will soon reboot themselves after sitting unused for 3 days

    By Karlston, April 15, 2025   

    • android
    • phones
    • 0 comments
    • 937 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 15, 2025

19. Hunters International ransomware shuts down, releases free decryptors

    By Karlston, July 3, 2025   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 738 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 3, 2025

20. In search of riches, hackers plant 4G-enabled Raspberry Pi in bank network

    By Karlston, July 31, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 500 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 31, 2025

21. Unpacking Passkeys Pwned: Possibly the most specious research in decades

    By Karlston, August 28, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 474 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 28, 2025

22. Microsoft delays controversial location tracking feature in Teams

    By Karlston, January 23   

    • microsoft teams
    • location tracking
    • 1 comment
    • 273 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • January 25

23. The iOS 15 Privacy Settings You Should Change Right Now

    By Karlston, September 21, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,299 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 21, 2021

24. PANIC STATIONS Microsoft warns BILLIONS of passwords have been hacked – check yours now

    By aum, October 28, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,737 views
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    • Added by aum
    • October 28, 2021

25. Raspberry Pi removes default user to hinder brute-force attacks

    By Karlston, April 8, 2022   

    • raspberry pi
    • 0 comments
    • 1,560 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 8, 2022