Security & Privacy News

4149 news in this category

1. "Disturbing" new detail emerges about DeepSeek and what it does with your data

   By Karlston, February 6, 2025   

   • deepseek
   • privacy
   • 0 comments
   • 1,133 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 6, 2025

2. Firefox continues Manifest V2 support as Chrome disables MV2 ad-blockers

   By Karlston, February 26, 2025   

   • google chrome
   • manifest v2
   • 2 comments
   • 1,423 views
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   • Comment by DKT27
   • February 27, 2025

3. Chrome extensions with 6 million installs have hidden tracking code

   By Karlston, April 17, 2025   

   • chrome extensions
   • malware
   • 0 comments
   • 1,022 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 17, 2025

4. Microsoft shares details on a new Teams mandatory security requirement update

   By Karlston, August 15, 2025   

   • microsoft teams
   • 0 comments
   • 558 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 15, 2025

5. Report: Court documents reveal new details in UK-Apple user data dispute

   By Karlston, August 30, 2025   

   • apple
   • backdoor
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • apple
     • backdoor
     • united kingdom
   • 0 comments
   • 417 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 30, 2025

6. Hell freezes over as Chrome allows a way to hide sponsored search results

   By Karlston, October 14, 2025
   • 0 comments
   • 464 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 14, 2025

7. On Windows Patch day, Google helped Intel improve a major security feature on its CPUs

   By Karlston, February 11
   • 1 comment
   • 259 views
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   • Comment by Tzcon
   • February 11

8. Mozilla: Anthropic’s Mythos found 271 security vulnerabilities in Firefox 150

   By Karlston, April 22   

   • mozilla firefox
   • vulnerabilties
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • mozilla firefox
     • vulnerabilties
     • ai
   • 0 comments
   • 219 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 22

9. International cyber attack disrupts swathe of universities and schools

   By aum, May 9
   • 0 comments
   • 175 views
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   • Added by aum
   • May 9

10. Wanted: Disgruntled Employees to Deploy Ransomware

    By Karlston, August 19, 2021   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,552 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 19, 2021

11. A new APT is targeting hotels across the world

    By aum, September 23, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,180 views
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    • Added by aum
    • September 23, 2021

12. Microsoft Wants to Help You Get a Job in Cybersecurity

    By aum, October 29, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,211 views
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    • Added by aum
    • October 29, 2021

13. OpenSubtitles Hacked, 7 Million Subscribers’ Details Leaked Online

    By Karlston, January 19, 2022
    • 3 comments
    • 2,055 views
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    • Comment by xxvv
    • February 5, 2022

14. Google “hijacked millions of customers and orders” from restaurants, lawsuit says

    By aum, March 14, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,118 views
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    • Added by aum
    • March 14, 2022

15. Ransomware Can Encrypt 100,000 Files in Minutes

    By aum, March 27, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,025 views
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    • Added by aum
    • March 27, 2022

16. The Tricky Aftermath of Source Code Leaks

    By Karlston, April 11, 2022
    • 1 comment
    • 1,246 views
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    • Comment by DKT27
    • April 14, 2022

17. Bitwarden Password Manager can now generate unique usernames

    By Karlston, April 26, 2022   

    • bitwarden
    • 0 comments
    • 1,473 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 26, 2022

18. PrivacyTests reveals how your web browser does privacy-wise

    By Karlston, June 15, 2022   

    • browsers
    • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 1,736 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 15, 2022

19. How to transfer your Google Authenticator 2FA to a new phone

    By Karlston, April 28, 2023   

    • google authenticator
    • 2fa
    • 0 comments
    • 1,073 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 28, 2023

20. How to manually scan for unknown tracker devices in Android

    By Karlston, August 11, 2023   

    • android
    • 0 comments
    • 1,608 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 11, 2023

21. Fake LastPass password manager spotted on Apple’s App Store

    By Karlston, February 8, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,188 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 8, 2024

22. Microsoft says it's struggling to fight off Russian cyberspies who stole company secrets

    By aum, March 8, 2024
    • 1 comment
    • 1,326 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • March 10, 2024

23. Apple warns iPhone users in 92 countries of 'mercenary spyware' attack

    By Karlston, April 11, 2024   

    • apple
    • iphone
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • apple
      • iphone
      • warning
    • 0 comments
    • 1,392 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 11, 2024

24. Researchers Uncover Flaws in Windows Smart App Control and SmartScreen

    By aum, August 5, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 974 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 5, 2024

25. AMD fixes bug that lets hackers load malicious microcode patches

    By Karlston, February 6, 2025   

    • amd
    • 0 comments
    • 1,250 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 6, 2025