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1. Thousands scammed by AI voices mimicking loved ones in emergencies

   By Karlston, March 7, 2023
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   • March 7, 2023

2. The Week in Ransomware - August 11th 2023 - Targeting Healthcare

   By Karlston, August 12, 2023   

   • ransomware
   • 0 comments
   • 1,782 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 12, 2023

3. GTA 5 source code reportedly leaked online a year after RockStar hack

   By Karlston, December 25, 2023
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   • 1,731 views
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   • December 25, 2023

4. Cloudflare blocks record 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack against hosting provider

   By Karlston, June 21, 2025   

   • ddos
   • cloudflare
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   • 744 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 21, 2025

5. Microsoft cautions new Windows 11 / 10 ISO installs must have this Defender update

   By Karlston, August 16, 2025
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   • 537 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 16, 2025

6. Microsoft is threatening legal action for disclosing exploits

   By Karlston, May 30
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   • 173 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 30

7. Report: Microsoft Defender is hogging Intel CPUs while AMD Ryzen remains unscathed

   By Karlston, June 28, 2022   

   • microsoft defender
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   • 1,348 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 28, 2022

8. New working speculative execution attack sends Intel and AMD scrambling

   By Karlston, July 12, 2022   

   • intel
   • amd
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   • 1,373 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 12, 2022

9. Linux Malware Found To Be at an All-Time High in 2022

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

10. Identity Thieves Bypassed Experian Security to View Credit Reports

    By aum, January 9, 2023
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    • Added by aum
    • January 9, 2023

11. Hackers weaponize Microsoft Visual Studio add-ins to push malware

    By alf9872000, February 3, 2023
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    • 1,341 views
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    • February 3, 2023

12. The World’s Real ‘Cybercrime’ Problem

    By alf9872000, March 15, 2023
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    • 1,122 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • March 15, 2023

13. Hackers are stealing Gmail messages — delete this extension right now

    By alf9872000, March 24, 2023
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    • 1,421 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • March 24, 2023

14. Sites scramble to block ChatGPT web crawler after instructions emerge

    By Karlston, August 12, 2023
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    • 1,417 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 12, 2023

15. A Closer Look at the Snatch Data Ransom Group

    By Karlston, October 1, 2023   

    • ransomware group
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    • 1,239 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 1, 2023

16. Google’s revised Chrome extension standard loosens restrictions on ad blockers

    By Karlston, November 17, 2023   

    • google chrome
    • ad blockers
    • 0 comments
    • 1,050 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 17, 2023

17. Google Chrome now scans for compromised passwords in the background

    By Karlston, December 25, 2023   

    • google chrome
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    • 1,036 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 25, 2023

18. ASUS warns of critical auth bypass flaw in routers using AiCloud

    By Karlston, April 18, 2025   

    • asus
    • routers
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      • asus
      • routers
      • vulnerability
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    • 1,070 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 18, 2025

19. Google Chrome will be able to automatically change your bad passwords

    By Karlston, May 20, 2025   

    • google chrome
    • passwords
    • 0 comments
    • 757 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 20, 2025

20. Microsoft Edge gets security fixes ahead of major update

    By Karlston, August 1, 2025   

    • microsoft edge
    • security fixes
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    • 559 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 1, 2025

21. Microsoft Teams to protect against malicious URLs, dangerous file types

    By Karlston, August 16, 2025   

    • microsoft teams
    • 0 comments
    • 447 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 16, 2025

22. Beware: PayPal subscriptions abused to send fake purchase emails

    By Karlston, December 14, 2025   

    • paypal
    • email scam
    • 2 comments
    • 440 views
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    • Comment by andy2004
    • December 15, 2025

23. Facebook's Zuckerberg targeted in US privacy lawsuit

    By aum, May 23, 2022
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    • 1,002 views
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    • Added by aum
    • May 23, 2022

24. Optus confirms 2.1 million ID numbers exposed in data breach

    By Karlston, October 4, 2022   

    • australia
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    • 1,478 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 4, 2022

25. Indian ban on BBC Modi film puts Musk’s Twitter ‘free speech’ to the test

    By aum, January 25, 2023
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    • 994 views
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    • Added by aum
    • January 25, 2023