Hacking’s Not the Problem. Data Collection Is.
A 19 year old breached nine companies and sold 64 million identity records. The real failure is the companies that collected that data in the first place.
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Microsoft’s Zero-Days Now Live Inside Your IDE
The December patches show a shift. Zero-days no longer live only in Windows. They now live inside IDEs, AI assistants and the autocomplete layer that touches your entire workflow.
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Ransomware’s New Secret Weapon
Shanya proves stealth is now a commodity. Ransomware gangs no longer build their own evasion. They rent it and walk straight past EDR tools still relying on a broken Windows trust model.
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SpyFone stays banned
The FTC denied SpyFone’s attempt to escape its 2021 ban because nothing changed. SpyFone was stalkerware and the industry still harms real people.
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The VPN Industry’s Rot Laid Bare
A new peer reviewed study shows enormous VPN brands lying about ownership, hard coding encryption keys, and quietly piping user data through insecure tunnels. The rot is systemic and it has been hidden behind Singapore shell companies and marketing gloss.
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New Albiriox MaaS Malware
Albiriox is a new Android MaaS threat built for on device fraud, VNC control and credential theft. It targets more than 400 financial apps and bypasses FLAG_SECURE protections.
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Monero Keeps You Hidden
Monero hides the sender, receiver and amount on every transaction. In a world built on surveillance finance, this is what real digital cash looks like.
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"Alexa, Who Else is Listening?"
Smart speakers are marketed as helpers but operate as networked microphones feeding Amazon and Google. Every misfire and bug proves how fragile your privacy becomes once you let them in.
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Why Your Smart Lightbulb Is A Security Nightmare
Smart lightbulbs look harmless but most are insecure, invasive and built to fail. The fewer IoT gadgets you own, the safer your home becomes.
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Why WireGuard Encryption is Superior
WireGuard stripped VPNs back to what matters, modern cryptograpy, tiny attack surface, insane speed, and zero legacy baggage. Here is why we built Blackout on top of it.
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