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1. Nelnet Servicing breach exposes data of 2.5M student loan accounts

   By alf9872000, August 30, 2022
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   • 931 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • August 30, 2022

2. FreakOut malware worms its way into vulnerable VMware servers

   By Karlston, June 4, 2021   

   • vmware
   • malware
   • 0 comments
   • 2,721 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 4, 2021

3. New Golang botnet empties Windows users’ cryptocurrency wallets

   By Karlston, February 18, 2022   

   • botnet
   • 0 comments
   • 1,502 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 18, 2022

4. Extortion DDoS attacks grow stronger and more common

   By Karlston, January 11, 2022   

   • ddos
   • 0 comments
   • 1,991 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 11, 2022

5. US charges Latvian for helping develop the Trickbot malware

   By Karlston, June 5, 2021   

   • trickbot malware
   • 0 comments
   • 1,270 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 5, 2021

6. 'iSpoof' service dismantled, main operator and 145 users arrested

   By alf9872000, November 25, 2022
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   • 1,381 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • November 25, 2022

7. DuckDuckGo's email protection service is now available for all users

   By Karlston, August 26, 2022   

   • duckduckgo
   • email
   • 0 comments
   • 1,549 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 26, 2022

8. Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo grew by 46% in 2021

   By Karlston, December 26, 2021   

   • duckduckgo
   • 0 comments
   • 2,363 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • December 26, 2021

9. DuckDuckGo browser allows Microsoft trackers due to search agreement

   By Karlston, May 25, 2022   

   • duckduckgo
   • browser
   • 1 comment
   • 1,681 views
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   • Comment by Nuclear Fallout
   • May 25, 2022

10. DuckDuckGo browser gets end-to-end encrypted sync feature

    By alf9872000, February 14, 2024
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    • 1,357 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • February 14, 2024

11. New "Elon Musk Club" crypto giveaway scam promoted via email

    By Karlston, September 19, 2021   

    • email scam
    • 0 comments
    • 1,352 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 19, 2021

12. Apple fixes new zero-day exploited to hack macOS, iOS devices

    By Karlston, January 26, 2022
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    • 1,226 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 26, 2022

13. Twilio hack exposed Signal phone numbers of 1,900 users

    By Karlston, August 16, 2022   

    • signal
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    • 1,113 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 16, 2022

14. Google force installs Massachusetts MassNotify app on Android phones

    By Karlston, June 19, 2021
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    • 1,129 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 19, 2021

15. European police takes down call centers behind cryptocurrency

    By alf9872000, January 12, 2023
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    • 1,060 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • January 12, 2023

16. May Android security updates patch 4 zero-days exploited in the wild

    By mood, May 19, 2021   

    • android
    • security updates
    • 0 comments
    • 2,048 views
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    • Added by mood
    • May 19, 2021

17. Ransomware operators behind hundreds of attacks arrested in Ukraine

    By Karlston, October 4, 2021   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,479 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 4, 2021

18. Russian hackers had months-long access to Denmark's central bank

    By Karlston, June 29, 2021
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    • 1,176 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 29, 2021

19. PyPI packages caught stealing credit card numbers, Discord tokens

    By Karlston, July 30, 2021
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    • 1,285 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 30, 2021

20. Vivaldi and Microsoft patch 0-day vulnerability in their browsers

    By Karlston, April 16, 2022   

    • microsoft edge
    • vivaldi
    • (and 1 more)

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      • microsoft edge
      • vivaldi
      • 0-day
    • 0 comments
    • 1,461 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 16, 2022

21. New SkinnyBoy malware used by Russian hackers to breach sensitive orgs

    By Karlston, June 3, 2021   

    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,814 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 3, 2021

22. Microsoft: Kubernetes clusters hacked in malware campaign via PostgreSQL

    By alf9872000, January 10, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,225 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • January 10, 2023

23. FBI investigates data breach impacting U.S. House members and staff

    By alf9872000, March 9, 2023
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    • 1,033 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • March 9, 2023

24. The Week in Ransomware - September 9th 2022 - Schools under fire

    By Karlston, September 9, 2022   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,124 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 9, 2022

25. Critical Sophos Firewall vulnerability allows remote code execution

    By Karlston, March 27, 2022   

    • sophos
    • 0 comments
    • 1,233 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 27, 2022