Security & Privacy News

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1. US seizes $3.6 billion stolen in 2016 Bitfinex cryptoexchange hack

   By Karlston, February 8, 2022
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   • February 8, 2022

2. ‘Supercookies’ Have Privacy Experts Sounding the Alarm

   By Karlston, June 28, 2022   

   • supercookies
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   • 862 views
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   • June 28, 2022

3. Google’s Nest Will Provide Data to Police Without a Warrant

   By aum, July 27, 2022
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   • 604 views
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   • July 27, 2022

4. Apple rushes macOS, iOS, and iPadOS updates to squash 'actively exploited' bugs

   By Karlston, August 18, 2022   

   • apple
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   • 702 views
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   • August 18, 2022

5. Health system data breach due to Meta Pixel hits 3 million patients

   By alf9872000, October 20, 2022
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   • 654 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • October 20, 2022

6. DraftKings warns data of 67K people was exposed in account hacks

   By alf9872000, December 19, 2022
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   • 598 views
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   • December 19, 2022

7. Cybersecurity Budgets Are Going Up. So Why Aren't Breaches Going Down?

   By alf9872000, February 2, 2023
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   • 729 views
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   • February 2, 2023

8. WordPress plugin installed on 1 million+ sites logged plaintext passwords

   By Karlston, July 13, 2023   

   • wordpress
   • plugin
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   • 1,249 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 13, 2023

9. A New Supply Chain Attack Hit Close to 100 Victims—and Clues Point to China

   By aum, August 22, 2023
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   • 856 views
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   • August 22, 2023

10. Tech giants strongly oppose Australia's ban on social media for children under 16

    By Karlston, November 27, 2024
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    • 789 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 27, 2024

11. Clop Gang Partners Laundered $500 Million in Ransomware Payments

    By aum, June 25, 2021
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    • 693 views
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    • June 25, 2021

12. Microsoft Exchange Bug Exposes ~100,000 Windows Domain Credentials

    By aum, September 23, 2021
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    • 897 views
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    • Added by aum
    • September 23, 2021

13. Microsoft explains why TPM 2.0 and VBS on Windows 11 are so key for next-gen security

    By Karlston, October 5, 2021   

    • windows 11
    • tpm 2.0
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      • tpm 2.0
      • vbs
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    • 1,009 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 5, 2021

14. New hacker group from India exposed, targeting defense units in China, Pakistan

    By aum, November 20, 2021
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    • 1,012 views
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    • Added by aum
    • November 20, 2021

15. Microsoft Defender Preview is now available on Windows 10 and 11

    By Karlston, February 8, 2022
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    • 983 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 8, 2022

16. Brave joins Mozilla in declaring Google's First-Party Sets feature harmful to privacy

    By Karlston, May 23, 2022   

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    • May 23, 2022

17. Fake 'Cthulhu World' P2E project used to push info-stealing malware

    By alf9872000, August 29, 2022
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    • August 29, 2022

18. Beware: HP Support Assistant found vulnerable to DLL hijacking privilege escalation

    By Karlston, September 8, 2022   

    • hp
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    • September 8, 2022

19. Unpatched 15-year old Python bug allows code execution in 350k projects

    By alf9872000, September 21, 2022
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    • September 21, 2022

20. OldGremlin hackers use Linux ransomware to attack Russian orgs

    By alf9872000, October 20, 2022
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • October 20, 2022

21. Epic Games to pay $520 million for privacy violations, dark patterns

    By alf9872000, December 19, 2022
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • December 19, 2022

22. WhatsApp spam calls may become a thing of the past

    By Karlston, March 6, 2023   

    • whatsapp
    • spam
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    • 854 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 6, 2023

23. Microsoft enhances Windows 11 Phishing Protection with new features

    By Karlston, July 23, 2023   

    • windows 11
    • phishing
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    • 1,108 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 23, 2023

24. We just saw one of the biggest months of ransomware ever recorded

    By aum, October 24, 2023
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    • 717 views
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    • Added by aum
    • October 24, 2023

25. Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing data

    By Karlston, February 23, 2024   

    • avast
    • data slurping
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    • 1,031 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 23, 2024