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I will never click another sponsored link on Google again
By Katie Wickens published
news So many tactics are being employed to spread malicious download links on the web's most popular search engine.

It's not just you: spam is back
By Jeremy Peel published
Phish in a barrel Elon Musk and the pandemic are partly to blame.

Yikes, hackers are hiding malware inside a fake Pokémon NFT card game
By Jorge Jimenez published
News Pokémon Card Game isn't a real PC game, just a clever trap by hackers.

Phishing scammers impersonate WhatsApp by buying a top ad spot on Google
By Katie Wickens published
news The ad has since been taken down, and although it was pretty convincing the scam did have a couple of glaring oversights.

Uber's been hacked by an 18 year old, go figure
By Katie Wickens published
news Apparently the hacker seems to have no clue what to do with the power they now hold.

Crypto-hackers are holding the Costa Rican healthcare system to ransom for $5B in bitcoin
By Katie Wickens published
news 'To decrypt your systems you have to pay $5,000,000 in bitcoin,' the group is reported to have as its demands.

'Fixed' Chrome extension flaw could allow hackers to record both your webcam and desktop feeds
By Katie Wickens published
news A Screencastify vulnerability that allows monitoring by malicious actors was apparently fixed, but experts says it still has security flaws.

'Security researchers' aka hackers make $800k in prize money for exploiting Windows 11 and Teams
By Jorge Jimenez published
News Day 1 of the Pwn2own hacking event is already proving very lucrative for its participants.
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