Security & Privacy News

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1. Your organization will soon be able to find out what extensions you have installed in Edge

   By Karlston, January 30   

   • microsoft edge
   • 1 comment
   • 247 views
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   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • January 30

2. Is Gmail’s New AI Watching You? What Gemini Really Does - and How to Turn It Off

   By Karlston, January 29
   • 0 comments
   • 286 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 29

3. Meta has fixed the WhatsApp security bug discovered by Google

   By Karlston, January 29   

   • whatsapp
   • 0 comments
   • 215 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 29

4. Aisuru botnet sets new record with 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack

   By Karlston, January 29   

   • ddos
   • 0 comments
   • 277 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 29

5. YouTube’s latest error message is really an ad-blocker crackdown — blocking playback unless you go Premium or disable the extension

   By Karlston, January 28   

   • youtube
   • ad-blockers
   • 1 comment
   • 292 views
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   • Comment by andy2004
   • January 28

6. Microsoft reminds customers that they have complete control over their data

   By Karlston, January 28   

   • microsoft
   • privacy
   • 1 comment
   • 228 views
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   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • January 29

7. Microsoft secretly tracked a child's device with cookies in Austria, now it has four weeks to comply: "Tracking minors clearly isn't privacy-friendly."

   By Karlston, January 28   

   • microsoft
   • privacy
   • 1 comment
   • 235 views
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   • Comment by Tzcon
   • January 28

8. Samsung confirms 'Galaxy privacy layer' to stop shoulder surfing

   By Karlston, January 28   

   • samsung
   • 0 comments
   • 210 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 28

9. WinRAR path traversal flaw still exploited by numerous hackers

   By Karlston, January 28   

   • winrar
   • 1 comment
   • 346 views
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   • Comment by MrZeb
   • February 10

10. There’s a rash of scam spam coming from a real Microsoft address

    By Karlston, January 28   

    • microsoft
    • spam
    • 1 comment
    • 479 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • January 29

11. WhatsApp introduces "Strict Account Settings" to shield high-risk users from cyber attacks

    By Karlston, January 27   

    • whatsapp
    • 0 comments
    • 272 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 27

12. Pornhub will block new users in the UK next month

    By Karlston, January 27   

    • pornhub
    • 0 comments
    • 201 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 27

13. "About any type of account imaginable" — 149 million usernames and passwords exposed, and it's way more than just Outlook, OnlyFans, and Gmail

    By Karlston, January 27
    • 0 comments
    • 211 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 27

14. Have I Been Pwned: SoundCloud data breach impacts 29.8 million accounts

    By Karlston, January 27
    • 0 comments
    • 190 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 27

15. WhatsApp has a big security issue, and Google has exposed it

    By Karlston, January 27   

    • whatsapp
    • 0 comments
    • 292 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 27

16. Microsoft patches actively exploited Office zero-day vulnerability

    By Karlston, January 27   

    • microsoft office
    • vulnerability
    • 0 comments
    • 296 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 27

17. Remove these malicious Chrome extensions now to protect your data

    By Karlston, January 26
    • 0 comments
    • 246 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 26

18. FBI bypasses "impenetrable" encryption using BitLocker keys supplied by Microsoft

    By Karlston, January 24
    • 2 comments
    • 490 views
    • 
    • Comment by dabourzannan
    • January 25

19. Get ready for the AI ad-pocalypse

    By Karlston, January 24
    • 0 comments
    • 288 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 24

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

    By Karlston, January 24
    • 3 comments
    • 394 views
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    • Comment by BioHazard
    • January 25

21. Microsoft delays controversial location tracking feature in Teams

    By Karlston, January 23   

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

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

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

23. Hackers get $1,047,000 for 76 zero-days at Pwn2Own Automotive 2026

    By Karlston, January 23   

    • pwn2own
    • 0 comments
    • 273 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 23

24. 149 Million Usernames and Passwords Exposed by Unsecured Database

    By aum, January 23
    • 0 comments
    • 274 views
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    • Added by aum
    • January 23

25. 1Password is introducing a new phishing prevention feature

    By Karlston, January 22   

    • 1password
    • phishing
    • 0 comments
    • 211 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 22