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1. One of YouTube's most irksome ad formats is finally going away April 6

   By Karlston, March 7, 2023   

   • youtube
   • ads
   • 1 comment
   • 780 views
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   • Comment by Karlston
   • March 7, 2023

2. CrowdStrike details Spyboy Terminator said to kill Microsoft Defender, Avast, and more EDRs

   By alf9872000, June 1, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 956 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • June 1, 2023

3. How to stop Microsoft Edge from importing Google Chrome browsing data at launch

   By Karlston, October 13, 2023   

   • microsoft edge
   • 0 comments
   • 839 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 13, 2023

4. Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims

   By Karlston, June 27, 2024
   • 0 comments
   • 793 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 27, 2024

5. Free, France’s second largest ISP, confirms data breach after leak

   By Karlston, October 29, 2024   

   • free
   • france
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • free
     • france
     • data breach
   • 0 comments
   • 751 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 29, 2024

6. New Mēris botnet breaks DDoS record with 21.8 million RPS attack

   By Karlston, September 9, 2021   

   • yandex
   • ddos
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • yandex
     • ddos
     • botnet
   • 0 comments
   • 1,383 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 9, 2021

7. LastPass says no passwords were compromised following breach scare

   By Karlston, December 29, 2021   

   • lastpass
   • 2 comments
   • 3,078 views
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   • Comment by DKT27
   • January 1, 2022

8. Microsoft testing integrated VPN ‘Secure Network' in Edge powered by Cloudflare

   By Karlston, April 28, 2022   

   • microsoft edge
   • vpn
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • microsoft edge
     • vpn
     • cloudflare
   • 0 comments
   • 1,068 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 28, 2022

9. QBot phishing abuses Windows Control Panel EXE to infect devices

   By alf9872000, November 17, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 696 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • November 17, 2022

10. Security researcher bags $107K bounty for hacking Google Home to spy on you

    By Karlston, December 31, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 596 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 31, 2022

11. The Week in Ransomware - June 23rd 2023 - The Reddit Files

    By Karlston, June 24, 2023   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,093 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 24, 2023

12. YouTube showing ads with uBlock Origin enabled? Here is a fix!

    By Karlston, September 3, 2023   

    • youtube
    • ads
    • 10 comments
    • 4,889 views
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    • Comment by jayballs
    • October 1, 2023

13. LastPass to enforce minimum Master Password length of 12 characters

    By Karlston, September 22, 2023   

    • lastpass
    • master password
    • 0 comments
    • 947 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 22, 2023

14. Major Sites Are Saying No to Apple’s AI Scraping

    By Karlston, August 29, 2024   

    • apple
    • ai
    • 0 comments
    • 759 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 29, 2024

15. Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon

    By Karlston, October 14, 2024   

    • google chrome
    • adblockers
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • google chrome
      • adblockers
      • banned
    • 13 comments
    • 1,175 views
    • 
    • Comment by vide
    • October 17, 2024

16. New tool bypasses Google Chrome’s new cookie encryption system

    By Karlston, October 29, 2024   

    • google chrome
    • 0 comments
    • 641 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 29, 2024

17. D-Link won’t fix critical bug in 60,000 exposed EoL modems

    By Karlston, November 12, 2024   

    • d-link
    • 0 comments
    • 807 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 12, 2024

18. 2022 may be the year cybercrime returns its focus to consumers

    By Karlston, February 27, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 966 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 27, 2022

19. Cybercriminals Are Using Bots to Steal Online Pharmacy Accounts

    By aum, August 8, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 615 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 8, 2022

20. Ransomware Group Bypasses "Enormous" Range of EDR Tools

    By aum, October 5, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 640 views
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    • Added by aum
    • October 5, 2022

21. Android April 2023 Security Updates fix several critical vulnerabilities

    By alf9872000, April 4, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 769 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • April 4, 2023

22. How to go incognito: Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari

    By Karlston, April 30, 2023   

    • incognito mode
    • browsers
    • 1 comment
    • 1,374 views
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    • Comment by DLord
    • April 30, 2023

23. White House challenges hackers to break top AI models at DEF CON 31

    By alf9872000, May 8, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 678 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • May 8, 2023

24. The Week in Ransomware - November 3rd 2023 - Hive's Back

    By Karlston, November 4, 2023   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,302 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 4, 2023

25. Google will turn off third-party tracking for some Chrome users soon

    By Karlston, December 14, 2023   

    • google chrome
    • third-party tracking
    • 0 comments
    • 631 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 14, 2023