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1. Motorola announces partnership with GrapheneOS Foundation

   By Karlston, March 3   

   • motorola
   • grapheneos
   • 0 comments
   • 204 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 3

2. Microsoft admits to signing rootkit malware in supply-chain fiasco

   By vissha, June 26, 2021   

   • microsoft
   • supply-chain attack
   • (and 5 more)

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     • microsoft
     • supply-chain attack
     • rootkit
     • malware
     • supply chain
     • code-signing
     • security
   • 0 comments
   • 2,166 views
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   • Added by vissha
   • June 26, 2021

3. A Batch of 1 Million Credit Cards Is Shared for Free on New Dark Web Carding Site

   By aum, August 8, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 1,334 views
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   • Added by aum
   • August 8, 2021

4. Microsoft and Google release urgent browser security update for Risk Level 4 Drive-by exploit

   By Karlston, August 21, 2021   

   • chromium browsers
   • security updates
   • 0 comments
   • 1,180 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 21, 2021

5. Security experts say new EU rules will damage WhatsApp encryption

   By Karlston, March 29, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 1,031 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 29, 2022

6. Cloudflare reports that it has blocked one of the largest HTTPS DDoS attacks ever seen

   By Karlston, April 28, 2022   

   • cloudflare
   • ddos
   • 0 comments
   • 1,821 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 28, 2022

7. Russian Hacker Arrested in India for Reportedly Helping Students Cheat in JEE-Main Exam

   By aum, October 5, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 1,049 views
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   • Added by aum
   • October 5, 2022

8. Google Play apps with >20M downloads depleted batteries and network bandwidth

   By Karlston, October 21, 2022   

   • google play
   • 0 comments
   • 1,110 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 21, 2022

9. White House invites dozens of nations for ransomware summit

   By aum, October 31, 2022
   • 0 comments
   • 996 views
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   • Added by aum
   • October 31, 2022

10. Hacker leaks alleged Activision employee data on cybercrime forum

    By alf9872000, February 27, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,052 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • February 27, 2023

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

    By Karlston, March 7, 2023   

    • youtube
    • ads
    • 1 comment
    • 1,271 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • March 7, 2023

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

    By alf9872000, June 1, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,411 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • June 1, 2023

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

    By Karlston, October 13, 2023   

    • microsoft edge
    • 0 comments
    • 1,348 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 13, 2023

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

    By Karlston, June 27, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,420 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 27, 2024

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

    By Karlston, October 29, 2024   

    • free
    • france
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      • free
      • france
      • data breach
    • 0 comments
    • 1,467 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 29, 2024

16. Google admits to anti-competitive conduct in Australia

    By Karlston, August 18, 2025   

    • google
    • anti-competitive
    • (and 1 more)

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      • google
      • anti-competitive
      • australia
    • 0 comments
    • 429 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 18, 2025

17. Meta must stop forcing algorithmic feeds on users, court rules

    By Karlston, October 2, 2025   

    • meta
    • 0 comments
    • 404 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 2, 2025

18. Researchers report rare intrusion by suspected Chinese hackers into Russian tech firm

    By aum, October 15, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 371 views
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    • Added by aum
    • October 15, 2025

19. Clueless cops post seized crypto wallet password. $5M quickly stolen.

    By Karlston, March 3   

    • oops
    • 0 comments
    • 322 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 3

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

    By Karlston, September 9, 2021   

    • yandex
    • ddos
    • (and 1 more)

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      • yandex
      • ddos
      • botnet
    • 0 comments
    • 1,943 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 9, 2021

21. LastPass says no passwords were compromised following breach scare

    By Karlston, December 29, 2021   

    • lastpass
    • 2 comments
    • 3,803 views
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    • Comment by DKT27
    • January 1, 2022

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

    By Karlston, April 28, 2022   

    • microsoft edge
    • vpn
    • (and 1 more)

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      • microsoft edge
      • vpn
      • cloudflare
    • 0 comments
    • 1,525 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 28, 2022

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

    By alf9872000, November 17, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,071 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • November 17, 2022

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

    By Karlston, December 31, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,010 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 31, 2022

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

    By Karlston, June 24, 2023   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,619 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 24, 2023