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1. Japan’s largest port stops operations after ransomware attack

   By Karlston, July 5, 2023   

   • ransomware
   • japan
   • 0 comments
   • 1,685 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 5, 2023

2. NSA Employee Tried to Email US Secrets to Russia

   By aum, October 24, 2023
   • 3 comments
   • 1,720 views
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   • Comment by Mutton
   • October 26, 2023

3. India's Infosys says US unit hit by cyber security event

   By aum, November 3, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 1,300 views
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   • Added by aum
   • November 3, 2023

4. UK says AI will empower ransomware over the next two years

   By Karlston, January 24, 2024   

   • ransomware
   • ai
   • 0 comments
   • 1,394 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 24, 2024

5. Two certificate authorities booted from the good graces of Chrome

   By Karlston, June 4, 2025
   • 0 comments
   • 826 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 4, 2025

6. Microsoft says Windows 11’s built-in 'Defender' antivirus is "usually sufficient" for most PC users: "I haven't used a 3rd party antivirus since XP"

   By Karlston, April 22   

   • microsoft defender
   • 0 comments
   • 207 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 22

7. Mozi IoT Botnet Now Also Targets Netgear, Huawei, and ZTE Network Gateways

   By aum, August 20, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 1,139 views
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   • Added by aum
   • August 20, 2021

8. Microsoft: Attackers Exploiting Windows Zero-Day Flaw

   By Karlston, September 8, 2021   

   • windows
   • zero-day
   • 0 comments
   • 1,954 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 8, 2021

9. This Linux backdoor went undetected for 10 years

   By aum, February 26, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 1,286 views
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   • Added by aum
   • February 26, 2022

10. Massive DDoS Attack Knocked Israeli Government Websites Offline

    By aum, March 15, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,047 views
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    • Added by aum
    • March 15, 2022

11. Kaspersky uncovers fileless malware inside Windows event logs

    By aum, May 10, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,095 views
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    • Added by aum
    • May 10, 2022

12. Google Launches Major Open Source Bug Bounty Program

    By aum, August 30, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 942 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 30, 2022

13. Florida hospital takes IT systems offline after cyberattack

    By alf9872000, February 3, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,060 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • February 3, 2023

14. Dish Network Hit With Multi-Day Outage, Suspected Ransomware Attack

    By aum, February 26, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,162 views
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    • Added by aum
    • February 26, 2023

15. The Week in Ransomware - March 24th 2023 - Clop overload

    By Karlston, March 25, 2023   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,726 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 25, 2023

16. New tool exploits Microsoft Teams bug to send malware to users

    By Karlston, July 5, 2023   

    • malware
    • microsoft teams
    • 0 comments
    • 1,527 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 5, 2023

17. How is the Dark Web Reacting to the AI Revolution?

    By Karlston, July 24, 2023   

    • dark web
    • ai
    • 0 comments
    • 1,669 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 24, 2023

18. Ransomware attacks now target unpatched WS_FTP servers

    By Karlston, October 13, 2023   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,350 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 13, 2023

19. People Can't Pay Their Mortages Due to Cyberattack at This Texas-Based Lender

    By aum, November 3, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,193 views
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    • Added by aum
    • November 3, 2023

20. Chameleon malware blocks Android fingerprint authentication to steal your PIN

    By aum, December 25, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,170 views
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    • Added by aum
    • December 25, 2023

21. Google wants to make it impossible to block YouTube ads as they may be inside videos

    By Karlston, June 13, 2024   

    • youtube
    • ads
    • 5 comments
    • 1,498 views
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    • Comment by UberGeek
    • June 15, 2024

22. Microsoft offers free cybersecurity programs to European governments

    By Karlston, June 4, 2025   

    • microsoft
    • cybersecurity
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • microsoft
      • cybersecurity
      • europe
    • 0 comments
    • 1,041 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 4, 2025

23. TamperedChef infostealer delivered through fraudulent PDF Editor

    By Karlston, August 30, 2025   

    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 547 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 30, 2025

24. OpenAI researcher quits over ChatGPT ads, warns of “Facebook” path

    By Karlston, February 12   

    • openai
    • chatgpt
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • openai
      • chatgpt
      • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 253 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 12

25. A backdoor in mobile phone encryption from the '90s still exists

    By aum, June 16, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,315 views
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    • Added by aum
    • June 16, 2021