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Even though I’ve been immersed in all things tech for some time now, I’m not arrogant enough to think I’ll never be caught out by a phishing email or downloading dodgy software. That’s especially true as online scams grow in …
A powerful software exploit capable of penetrating and stealing information from potentially hundreds of millions of Apple iPhones was planted on dozens of websites in recent weeks, researchers said on Wednesday. The discovery marks the second time this month that …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, Fixing all this doesn’t scale. What scales is the spread of uncontrollably harmful consequences. When something scales faster than it can be absorbed or controlled, the resulting extremes break the system. That’s the problem of …
Facebook ban Starting on January 19, 2025 Facebook’s internal policy makers decided that Linux is malware and labelled groups associated with Linux as being “cybersecurity threats”. Any posts mentioning DistroWatch and multiple groups associated with Linux and Linux discussions have …
WTF?! A Korean ISP is reported to have intentionally installed malware on subscribers’ computers. The move was designed to interfere with and block torrent traffic, which is believed to have been placing financial pressure on the company. An investigative report from …
It doesn’t matter if you have Multi-factor authentication. Once they have your cookies..you’re screwed.. This is going to be BAD. AC