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Zero-day used to infect Chrome users could pose threat to Edge and Safari users, too
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A secretive seller of cyberattack software recently exploited a previously unknown Chrome vulnerability and two other…
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Pro-Russia hack campaigns are running rampant in Ukraine
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Pro-Russian threat actors are continuing their unrelenting pursuit of Ukrainian targets, with an array of campaigns…
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Netflix loses 970,000 subscribers, says ads and new fees are key to recovery
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Christopher Ames) Netflix yesterday reported a loss of 970,000 paid streaming subscribers in its Q2…
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Critical flaws in GPS tracker enable “disastrous” and “life-threatening” hacks
Enlarge A security firm and the US government are advising the public to immediately stop using a popular GPS tracking…
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Netflix adds “extra home” fee, will block usage in other homes if you don’t pay
Enlarge Four months ago, Netflix began its crackdown on password sharing by creating an “extra member” fee for users who…
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Servers running Digium Phones VoiP software are getting backdoored
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Servers running the open source Asterisk communication software for Digium VoiP services are under attack by…
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Hackers are targeting industrial systems with malware
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) From the what-could-possibly-go-wrong files comes this: An industrial control engineer recently made a workstation part of…
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Cryptocurrency flowing into “mixers” hits an all-time high. Wanna guess why?
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The amount of cryptocurrency flowing into privacy-enhancing mixer services has reached an all-time high this year…
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Microsoft wins deal to serve ads on Netflix, edging out Comcast and Google
Enlarge (credit: Netflix) Netflix has hired Microsoft to provide the advertising technology for the streaming service’s planned ad-supported tier, the…
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Vulnerabilities allowing permanent infections affect 70 Lenovo laptop models
Enlarge (credit: Lenovo) For owners of more than 70 Lenovo laptop models, it’s time once again to patch the UEFI…
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