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1. Microsoft patches Windows Kernel zero-day exploited since 2023

   By Karlston, March 12, 2025
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   • March 12, 2025

2. How I Almost Got Hacked By A 'Job Interview'

   By lurch234, November 23, 2025
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   • 491 views
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   • Added by lurch234
   • November 23, 2025

3. Microsoft Confirms It Can Share Windows 11 BitLocker Keys With Law Enforcement

   By Karlston, January 24
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   • 403 views
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   • Comment by BioHazard
   • January 25

4. Priest outed via Grindr app highlights rampant data tracking

   By aum, July 23, 2021
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   • 1,105 views
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   • Added by aum
   • July 23, 2021

5. CISA teams up with Microsoft, Google, Amazon to fight ransomware

   By Karlston, August 6, 2021
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   • 1,031 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 6, 2021

6. Inside the Lab Where Intel Tries to Hack Its Own Chips

   By Karlston, February 23, 2022   

   • intel
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   • 1,235 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 23, 2022

7. “Downthem” DDoS-for-Hire Boss Gets 2 Years in Prison

   By Karlston, June 14, 2022   

   • ddos
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   • 1,481 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 14, 2022

8. What Are Shadow IDs, and How Are They Crucial in 2022?

   By aum, June 27, 2022
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   • 1,197 views
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   • Added by aum
   • June 27, 2022

9. Ransomware gang's Cobalt Strike servers DDoSed with anti-Russia messages

   By alf9872000, September 7, 2022
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   • 1,089 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • September 7, 2022

10. Twitter source code indicates end-to-end encrypted DMs are coming

    By alf9872000, November 16, 2022
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • November 16, 2022

11. Russian cybergangs stole over 50 million passwords this year

    By alf9872000, November 23, 2022
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • November 23, 2022

12. Pakistan degrades access to Wikipedia and threatens to block it over "sacrilegious" content

    By aum, February 2, 2023
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    • 955 views
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    • Added by aum
    • February 2, 2023

13. India reportedly planning security screening of every major smartphone OS update

    By Karlston, March 14, 2023   

    • india
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    • 1,238 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 14, 2023

14. VirusTotal apologizes for data leak affecting 5,600 customers

    By alf9872000, July 21, 2023
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • July 21, 2023

15. It's worth listening to Google

    By Karlston, October 23, 2023   

    • google
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    • 1,047 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 23, 2023

16. Meta faces new AI copyright infringement lawsuit in France

    By Karlston, March 12, 2025   

    • meta
    • copyright
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      • meta
      • copyright
      • france
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    • 1,033 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 12, 2025

17. Experts Warn of Widespread SonicWall VPN Compromise Impacting Over 100 Accounts

    By aum, October 11, 2025
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    • 332 views
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    • Added by aum
    • October 11, 2025

18. Facebook scatters privacy settings all over the place on mobile

    By Karlston, August 6, 2021   

    • facebook
    • privacy
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      • facebook
      • privacy
      • mobile
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    • 1,751 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 6, 2021

19. Brave improves bounce tracking protection with new Debouncing feature

    By Karlston, October 15, 2021   

    • brave browser
    • tracking
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 15, 2021

20. Android malware Escobar steals your Google Authenticator MFA codes

    By Karlston, March 12, 2022   

    • malware
    • android
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    • 1,143 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 12, 2022

21. Estonian Tied to 13 Ransomware Attacks Gets 66 Months in Prison

    By Karlston, March 25, 2022   

    • ransomware
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    • 1,080 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 25, 2022

22. Quantum ransomware seen deployed in rapid network attacks

    By Karlston, April 25, 2022   

    • ransomware
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    • 1,171 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 25, 2022

23. Cloudflare mitigates record-breaking HTTPS DDoS attack

    By Karlston, June 14, 2022   

    • cloudflare
    • ddos
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    • 1,501 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 14, 2022

24. Google: Former Conti cybercrime gang members now targeting Ukraine

    By alf9872000, September 7, 2022
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    • 990 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • September 7, 2022

25. US govt: Iranian hackers breached federal agency using Log4Shell exploit

    By alf9872000, November 16, 2022
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    • 1,044 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • November 16, 2022