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1. 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea.

   By Karlston, October 27, 2025
   • 2 comments
   • 588 views
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   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • October 27, 2025

2. Email fatigue among users opens doors for cybercriminals

   By Karlston, July 7, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 1,083 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 7, 2021

3. Firefox Relay update brings larger attachment sizes and a filter for promotional emails

   By Karlston, March 12, 2022   

   • firefox relay
   • 0 comments
   • 1,304 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 12, 2022

4. Student arrested for running one of Germany’s largest dark web markets

   By alf9872000, October 28, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 1,009 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • October 28, 2022

5. DHS Cyber Safety Board to review Lapsus$ gang’s hacking tactics

   By alf9872000, December 2, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 989 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • December 2, 2022

6. The Week in Ransomware - January 6th 2023 - Targeting Healthcare

   By Karlston, January 7, 2023   

   • ransomware
   • 0 comments
   • 1,144 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 7, 2023

7. Are Smart Locks More Secure Than Traditional Locks?

   By Karlston, April 2, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 1,159 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 2, 2023

8. Newly Discovered "By-Design" Flaw in Microsoft Azure Could Expose Storage Accounts to Hackers

   By aum, April 11, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 1,040 views
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   • Added by aum
   • April 11, 2023

9. The Week in Ransomware - May 19th 2023 - A Shifting Landscape

   By Karlston, May 20, 2023   

   • ransomware
   • 0 comments
   • 1,661 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 20, 2023

10. CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage

    By aum, July 24, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 908 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 24, 2024

11. Microsoft quietly updated Defender for Windows 11/10/Server install images

    By Karlston, August 12, 2024   

    • microsoft defender
    • 0 comments
    • 1,237 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 12, 2024

12. Hackers earn $1,078,750 for 28 zero-days at Pwn2Own Berlin

    By Karlston, May 19, 2025   

    • pwn2own 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 767 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 19, 2025

13. Microsoft no longer claims that Windows 11 has all the protection that you need

    By Karlston, May 29   

    • windows 11
    • 0 comments
    • 162 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 29

14. Critical entities targeted in suspected Chinese cyber spying

    By aum, June 15, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,210 views
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    • Added by aum
    • June 15, 2021

15. Tor Browser adds new anti-censorship feature, V2 onion warnings

    By Karlston, July 7, 2021   

    • tor browser
    • 0 comments
    • 1,532 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 7, 2021

16. DuckDuckGo Introduces Email Protection to Hide Your Email and Block Trackers

    By aum, July 23, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,345 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 23, 2021

17. Chinese LuoYu Hackers Using Man-on-the-Side Attacks to Deploy WinDealer Backdoor

    By aum, June 3, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,112 views
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    • Added by aum
    • June 3, 2022

18. Critical RCE vulnerability impacts 29 models of DrayTek routers

    By Karlston, August 5, 2022   

    • draytek
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,471 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 5, 2022

19. Hackers use Microsoft IIS web server logs to control malware

    By alf9872000, October 28, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,047 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • October 28, 2022

20. Google discloses CentOS Linux kernel vulnerabilities following failure to issue timely fixes

    By aum, March 24, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,035 views
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    • Added by aum
    • March 24, 2023

21. AV-TEST: Microsoft Defender, Kaspersky, Malwarebytes, Norton, can hog Windows PCs

    By Karlston, September 21, 2023   

    • av-test
    • 2 comments
    • 2,274 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • September 25, 2023

22. The Week in Ransomware - September 29th 2023 - Dark Angels

    By Karlston, September 30, 2023   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,627 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 30, 2023

23. This Machine Exposes Privacy Violations

    By aum, July 24, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,104 views
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    • Added by aum
    • July 24, 2024

24. Windows 11/10 system driver has BSOD-triggering CVE-2024-6768 flaw on fully updated PCs

    By Karlston, August 12, 2024   

    • windows 10
    • windows 11
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • windows 10
      • windows 11
      • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 1,469 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 12, 2024

25. The Day Anubis Saved Our Websites From a DDoS Attack

    By lurch234, May 5, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 5,181 views
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    • Added by lurch234
    • May 5, 2025