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1	Aug 13, '20	A 73-year-old man outsmarted hackers trying to steal thousands of pounds in a complicated #PayPalScam. Instead of falling victim, the retiree took £1380 from the scammer and refuse	39.9×	0	11k	2.1k	115
2	Jan 7, '25	New @MyArcadeRetro handheld console, what do you think?👀 #CES2025 #atari #gaming	19.9×	58k	545	229	123
3	Aug 26, '25	Check out @0dayCTF stealing a password in seconds #hacking #Defcon #privacy	13.7×	40k	608	95	291
4	Nov 26, '22	#WhatsApp #dataleak: 500 million user records for sale. The #threat actor told @CyberNews they were selling the #US #dataset for $7,000, the #UK – $2,500, and #Germany – $2,000. Ch	9.4×	0	1.5k	824	115
5	Jan 13, '21	When #WhatsApp updated its #privacy policy to allow it to share its users’ data with Facebook, users began abandoning the platform for #Telegram and #Signal. For those who are cons	7.1×	0	1.7k	392	78
6	Mar 20, '20	The unsecured #database contained a folder that included more than 200 million incredibly detailed #records of what looked like profiles of #US users. Read more @ #Cybernews >	4.9×	0	871	482	24
7	Feb 9, '21	For years, @cybergeekgirl had been working in the entertainment industry in the UK. Yet, she decided to quit show business for #cybersecurity. Her first husband lured her into the	4.4×	0	1.4k	145	33
8	Feb 24, '21	Far from the nightmarish scenarios of all-consuming artificial intelligence of the Terminator franchise, in reality groups of neural networks are being deployed to protect humanity	4.4×	0	1.4k	160	23
9	Oct 6, '20	The #cybersecurity field is in its infancy, and we’ll definitely see more #women joining, President of @Women4Cyber Anett Madi-Nator reckons.	4.1×	0	1.2k	178	21
10	Jan 4, '21	A British judge has decided that #Wikileaks founder Julian Assange cannot be #extradited to the US.	4.1×	0	1.2k	189	10
11	Sep 22, '20	Belarusian Mikita Cherkasau told CyberNews that the deanonymization of police forces could be a game-changer. #PersonalData #leak	4.0×	0	1k	285	9
12	Jul 14, '20	📌 Stuck between a rock and a hard place after the introduction of China’s new national security law, #tech giants based in Hong Kong are now facing a difficult question: should th	3.6×	0	959	199	5
13	Mar 9, '20	During our research into dating apps, we’ve discovered that it is possible to track @okcupid users and find their exact location. This presents a major threat for OKCupid users who	3.5×	0	703	263	24
14	Jan 5, '21	Digital currency #bitcoin has emerged as a rival to #gold and could trade as high as $146,000 if it becomes established as a safe-haven asset, #investment bank JPMorgan (JPM) said	3.4×	0	1.1k	115	9
15	Jan 7, '21	The technology that helps create #deepfakes is very data-hungry and even a short deepfake video requires thousands of real pictures. But with advances in #AI, anyone can become a t	3.4×	0	959	146	24
16	Sep 29, '20	#BlackMirror is a dystopian science fiction TV series about our dependence on social media and #technology. Is it really fiction, though, CyberNews asked technology lawyer and scho	3.4×	0	979	153	26
17	Feb 4, '21	There are numerous fake face generators used to populate fake social media accounts. But with the help of a tool developed by @SensityAI, there is a way to accurately tell whether	3.2×	0	848	147	63
18	Feb 26, '21	🤖 Since personal computers have been around for decades, some hobbyists take-up bringing gorgeous devices back to life. We take a look at the most fantastic #RetroComputers, some	3.1×	0	921	122	30
19	Mar 5, '21	Security researchers unveiled a resurgence in dangerous #cyberattacks against #GitHub and Docker Hub where attackers place malicious Monero cryptominers on the platforms and execut	3.0×	0	993	90	11
20	Mar 3, '21	Technical requirements scare people away, even though vacancies do not require people to be #hackers. Conversation about talent, role of a technologist and must-read books with @th	2.9×	0	942	100	11
21	Feb 4, '21	In addition to relentless pursuit of easy profit, #copyright trolls also aim to undermine decentralized networks and impose centralized governance on the Internet. Users' #privacy	2.9×	0	906	110	8
22	Mar 5, '21	There is no single way to determine which #Programming#Language is the most popular. However, if we look at a very particular indicator, online searches for tutorials related to a	2.8×	0	975	67	9
23	Dec 10, '20	French data privacy watchdog CNIL said on Thursday it had fined Alphabet’s #Google 100 million euros ($121 million) for #breaching rules on online trackers (cookies).	2.8×	0	849	111	3
24	Mar 13, '21	Recently, #Israel allocated $60 million to build its first #QuantumComputer and became the latest country to join the global race for designing emerging technology that comes with	2.8×	0	848	107	17
25	Jan 22, '21	#Alphabet Inc is shutting down Loon after concluding the business, which offers balloons as an alternative to cell towers, is not commercially viable, #Google’s parent company said	2.8×	0	894	90	10
26	Aug 20, '20	📍 "Who controls the past, controls the future; who controls the present, controls the past” has become a living nightmare for Hongkongers, believes Glacier Kwong. #HongKong	2.7×	0	573	230	12
27	Oct 7, '20	Just a few months ago, working from home was a perk. Now it's become a serious security risk. Here's how to keep yourself and your company data #secure. 🏠 #workfromhome	2.6×	0	793	119	10
28	Feb 9, '21	📣 Be careful if you ever receive a message from a Facebook friend asking “Is that you?” under an image or video. It might be a #phishing #scam that targeted nearly 500,000 people	2.6×	0	768	123	8
29	Feb 3, '21	#Ransomware and #malware attacks, #phishing campaigns, data breaches and supply chain attacks made the headlines on almost a daily basis in 2020. So, let’s take a look at some of t	2.5×	0	738	136	9
30	Mar 25, '21	The world is waking up to the fact that the #tech industry is built on unsustainable business models. So, where do we go from here? #sustainability	2.5×	0	764	104	6
31	Jan 21, '21	We recently discovered a database with 2 million user records that belongs to @MyFreeCams for sale on a #hacker forum. Due to the nature of the platform, the leak could put #MyFree	2.4×	0	693	115	12
32	Feb 19, '21	The #hackers behind the worst intrusion of U.S. government agencies in years won access to #Microsoft’s secret source code for authenticating customers, potentially aiding one of t	2.4×	0	716	110	12
33	Mar 13, '21	Technology is prone to lose functionality. Diminished performance, however, can be compensated nostalgia. Since #PC's have been around for decades, we’ve compiled a list of the mac	2.3×	0	795	51	6
34	Feb 15, '21	#Quantum #computing is transitioning from scientific curiosity to technical reality. There’s so much hype around it because it comes with a promise to solve problems that were prev	2.2×	0	685	97	7
35	Feb 28, '21	Your DigitalFootprint paints a picture of who you really are. But what if you took back control of your data and brought it to life by creating a digital twin powered by #AI?	2.2×	0	644	95	14
36	Jan 28, '21	It’s arguably the most stunning cyber enforcement victory of the 21st century. But the raid on those behind the #Emotet #botnet has an unusual twist in the tale. The feds seem to h	2.2×	0	653	101	7
37	Feb 12, '21	⚠️ The largest commercial bank in #Ukraine has 40 million user records sold on a popular #HackerForum. The database contains very sensitive information that can be used for various	2.1×	0	634	95	6
38	Dec 17, '20	“Across the world, bad actors and #criminals are using technologies like #robocalls to take advantage of the public’s uncertainties about the #pandemic to send out record numbers o	2.1×	0	647	91	4
39	Mar 16, '21	Many tools have popped up claiming to be able to undo any #blurring or pixelization of sensitive images or text. We look at the best way to avoid those tools so your private inform	2.1×	0	695	60	14
40	Jan 12, '21	"#Parler is the only platform that asks for a government-issued ID to verify its users’ general accounts" - this is one of our takeaways analyzing alt social platforms' #DataCollec	2.1×	0	563	96	22
41	Jan 28, '21	Everyone’s information is available. It doesn’t matter who you are. Brett Johnson (@GOllumfun), a former #cybercriminal, thinks that once we accept that, we can start to adequately	2.0×	0	641	79	8
42	Mar 19, '21	Being very good at something can become very dull, very quickly. That is how troves of peculiar #ProgrammingLanguages, dubbed esoteric or esolangs were born. Take a look at some of	2.0×	0	664	58	6
43	Jan 20, '21	In 2020, there was a rise in #cybercrime. Yet nothing caused disruption or damage beyond repair, the head of Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (@EC3Europol) Edvardas Šileris tol	1.8×	0	582	65	6
44	Nov 5, '20	We see a lack of control in #AI. It’s very difficult to control unless you are actually controlling the #data itself, professor Vincent Wade says.	1.8×	0	610	52	7
45	Dec 18, '20	The #software that professor Nuno Fonseca developed is used by the creators of such blockbuster #films as Aquaman, Wonder Woman, and Game of Thrones.	1.8×	0	614	51	6
46	Sep 11, '20	📍 The ethical hacker behind @DailyMailUK #attack explained that only a lack of imagination could stop #malicious actors from doing anything they want with the data they can easily	1.8×	0	470	112	14
47	Jan 14, '21	Many prophesied that #deepfakes – media doctored with the help of #ArtificialIntelligence –will wreak havoc around the world. It did not. However, the idea that anyone can fake a v	1.8×	0	554	59	15
48	Nov 13, '20	“#Technology is changing much faster than our ability to #secure it,” @k8em0, a hacker and a pioneer in vulnerability disclosure, told CyberNews. By @lapienyte	1.8×	0	551	49	16
49	Jan 18, '21	Recent #SolarWinds and #JetBrains attacks are prime examples of why state-sponsored attacks are so dangerous. The hackers leveraged sophisticated, novel techniques to break into ne	1.7×	0	488	88	13
50	Feb 22, '21	The most populous US cities are under heavy #surveillance. Atlanta alone has 50 CCTV #cameras per 1,000 inhabitants. But do these #security measures actually provide #safety to tho	1.7×	0	548	64	5
51	Dec 11, '20	What happens when the guardians of high-profile networks become attractive #targets for state-sponsored #hackers? @FireEye is not the first defender to be compromised, and they cer	1.7×	0	572	49	6
52	Dec 21, '20	Our journalist name was #stolen for an information operation known as "#Ghostwriter" campaign. A video, #fake email address, multiple articles and a blog were set up to disseminate	1.7×	0	514	62	14
53	Mar 21, '21	At the age of 21, Agnese Morici saw her dream to be a diplomat shattered into pieces. Six years and many broken stereotypes later, she proudly calls herself a #cybersecurity expert	1.7×	0	521	62	11
54	Jan 3, '21	Beneath the surface, there is a much deeper layer of the internet inaccessible via your common browser – the #DarkWeb and #DeepWeb. But accessing this part of the net is not very s	1.7×	0	494	69	12
55	Feb 1, '21	The #ransomware industry has come a long way. A new ransomware technique is exploding in light of the pandemic. It's called “double extortion”. Cartels not only lock companies’ fil	1.6×	0	501	70	9
56	Dec 28, '20	Do you want to see the coolest custom mechanical keyboards? Mechanical keyboards seem to be gaining popularity nowadays, mostly due to its very passionate, enthusiastic fanbase. We	1.6×	0	543	35	16
57	Nov 5, '20	Our Investigation team discovered a significant #hack of 7,500 educational organisations. These accesses are being #sold by a threat actor on multiple Russian hacker forums. Read a	1.5×	0	516	41	6
58	Oct 9, '20	Over the past year, tech support #scams have been surging as more and more #victims fall for devious, yet completely avoidable fraudster tricks. Learn how to spot these scams and o	1.5×	0	463	63	9
59	Jul 29, '20	#Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, #Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, #Google’s Sundar Pichai, and #Apple’s Tim Cook are scheduled to sit before the House Judiciary #Antitrust Subcommittee and defend	1.5×	0	336	80	4
60	Dec 21, '20	With the fear of #cybercriminals attacking company IT networks, it's easy to forget that the biggest #risks begin closer to home. According to research by Atlas VPN, the sheer scal	1.5×	0	500	41	6
61	Oct 14, '20	The controversial recidivism #algorithms could send you to prison and even determine the length of your sentence. Almost anyone could quickly have a dramatic fall from grace. But w	1.5×	0	422	71	6
62	Feb 5, '21	Criminals quickly followed the spread of coronavirus, and Interpol’s Secretary-General Jürgen Stock has had to deal (@INTERPOL_SG) with the situation that he has never seen in his	1.4×	0	454	58	6
63	Oct 26, '20	#iOS 14 claims to offer many #security and privacy enhancements that protect its users, unlike its competition. But is it enough to live up to its claims of being the privacy-focus	1.4×	0	500	32	8
64	Jan 4, '21	Stories about data breaches can be unnerving. Want something a little bit more wholesome? Just sit back and enjoy some of our #best #interviews from last year.	1.4×	0	489	40	3
65	Nov 11, '20	Ever wonder what could happen with your private messages if they end up in the “wrong hands”? The CyberNews investigation team discovered an #unsecured #database containing more th	1.4×	0	412	39	27
66	Feb 20, '21	It’s easy to do a proper job with the right equipment and plenty of time. Real life, however, is not always like that. Often we have to do with the tools that are immediately avail	1.4×	0	453	48	9
67	Jan 26, '21	Shares of U.S. #videogame retailer #GameStop skyrocketed by 144% on Monday as short sellers scrambled to cover their positions in the stock, which then pared gains in a roller coas	1.4×	0	482	28	9
68	Feb 1, '21	Using the top 10 passwords of 2020, @NordPass calculated how long it takes #hackers to be able to guess the #passwords – and the results are shocking. #infosec #privacy	1.4×	0	438	47	8
69	Mar 17, '21	Our latest investigation found that dangerous permission requests are incredibly common among top apps on Google Play. Not only that, super invasive permissions are often requested	1.4×	0	442	57	2
70	Nov 10, '20	Recently, academics managed to develop the largest-ever secure #quantum #network of its kind, communicating data in a way that would prevent most #cyberattacks. Will this herald th	1.4×	0	426	49	8
71	Oct 1, '20	“Curious eyes never run dry” reads Julian Assange’s famous message to former intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning. But will the journalists’ well of information run dry in case he	1.3×	0	362	78	5
72	Sep 28, '20	What are the most secure messaging apps? Let's deep-dive into Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp and others to see if they are really as secure as they claim, and what this means for you.	1.3×	0	365	75	7
73	Jan 26, '21	Mobile #phishing #attacks can fool even the smartest of us. But it’s not always greater sophistication that enables successful attacks. #infosec	1.3×	0	421	40	5
74	Dec 4, '20	What’s cooler than a million dollars? A #billion #dollars. The rise of #ransomware and its huge profits has been quantified throughout the last year by Group-IB: it seems #cybercri	1.2×	0	439	27	2
75	Dec 17, '20	How secure are #messaging #apps? CyberNews Investigation team discovered some good news: 86% of the apps we looked at were secure by default. Here you will find all you need to kno	1.2×	0	402	44	4
76	Jan 8, '21	During the #COVID-19 pandemic, data engineer George Paw, currently working in Australia, created a fake person generator . CyberNews sat down with him to discuss his product and ho	1.2×	0	359	51	8
77	Nov 19, '20	The CyberNews Investigation team carried out an infiltration operation against an #IRC #botnet and reported it to CERT Vietnam to help take it down.	1.2×	0	414	35	4
78	Dec 14, '20	Russia had nothing to do with alleged #monitoring by #hackers of internal email traffic at the U.S. Treasury and Commerce departments, the Kremlin said on Monday.	1.2×	0	378	36	3
79	Nov 20, '20	Shut down your #Facebook account, move on to #MeWe and bring your acquaintances with you. Balance out the “right-wing lean” and see if your life isn’t that much better now that you	1.2×	0	349	34	10
80	Jan 4, '21	It's no longer good enough for #security teams to build up bigger walls and wait for an #attack. In 2021 and beyond, the best defense against #cybercriminals will be a good offense	1.1×	0	337	51	5
81	Jan 28, '21	Have you ever wondered about your data’s safety? Our new breached accounts database includes as much as 15+ billion records. Find out if your email and related personal information	1.1×	0	382	28	9
82	Dec 30, '20	2020 was a big year for the #CyberNews #Investigation team. We dove deep into a wide range of topics affecting every consumers and businesses. All about 7 most popular CyberNews in	1.1×	0	377	32	7
83	Oct 29, '20	After being contacted by a woman who lost her money to a #PayPal-UPS scam, the CyberNews Investigation team dug deeper and discovered that the #scammers had a network of 39 sites s	1.1×	0	349	47	3
84	Nov 27, '20	Britain will impose a new competition regime next year to prevent #Google and #Facebook using their dominance to push out smaller firms and disadvantage consumers.	1.1×	0	351	40	2
85	Jan 11, '21	Think twice before sending any NSWF photos even in private chats. At CyberNews, we discovered an unsecured database that contains more than 1 million private photos. The database a	1.1×	0	332	45	7
86	Oct 13, '20	Apple unveils the 5G-enabled iPhone 12 #AppleEvent #timcook #iPhone12Series	1.1×	0	365	36	2
87	Mar 18, '21	#Cybersecurity is pictured as a profession requiring only hard skills, and therefore not always considered as a career choice, especially by girls. #womenintech	1.1×	0	331	42	6
88	Oct 27, '20	The shift to #WFH is creating a massive tech headache for security teams. Homes full of #IoT devices with poor security standards are already exposing businesses to vulnerabilities	1.1×	0	376	25	2
89	Nov 6, '20	Users of Apple’s #iPhone and #iPad could soon be able to play #Fortnite again via Nvidia’s cloud gaming service, the BBC reported on Thursday.	1.1×	0	384	19	3
90	Dec 27, '20	Will 2021 prove to be a new start for #cybersecurity in more ways than one, or will it be a continuation of the struggles encountered in 2020? Some believe the risks will be less #	1.1×	0	358	33	3
91	Dec 31, '20	A 140GB archive that purportedly belongs to Door Controls USA, a US-based door parts shop, has been #leaked on a popular #dark #web #hacker forum. According to the forum post, the	1.1×	0	347	39	2
92	Dec 29, '20	#Virtual wine tasting in South Africa or learning how to make coffee in Costa Rica can provide a much-needed #escape from being quarantined in our homes. But can it replace being s	1.1×	0	358	32	2
93	Jan 26, '21	Physical vs digital? Why not both? The convergence of our physical and virtual worlds has paved the way for a new #phygital reality. The hybrid approach aims to enable everyone to	1.0×	0	357	27	3
94	Dec 3, '20	What is the Internet's #favorite name?🥇 The most common name to use in #password is Eva, followed by Alexa and Anna. Read more about the way that people create passwords here ⬇️	1.0×	0	393	10	3
95	Mar 17, '21	Eloisa Marchesoni (@TheCrypthusiast), a believer in decentralized finance, reckons that soon enough, even countries’ gold reserves will be measured in #bitcoin. #crypto	1.0×	0	323	26	8
96	Oct 14	Legends say these two AI avatars are still saying goodbye to each other. Graham Dot Zip posted a YouTube video documenting a completely automated hiring exchange. The hiring compan	1.0×	2.9k	5	2	1
97	Dec 1, '20	Brazilian plane manufacturer @embraer said late on Monday that it had been targeted by #hackers, who obtained the “disclosure of #data allegedly attributed to the company.”	1.0×	0	326	33	3
98	Sep 23, '20	Haven't used a #PasswordManager before? Then it's time to learn about these handy tools that can one day save your #privacy and money. 🤫	1.0×	0	326	33	6
99	Mar 18, '21	If you’ve been smashing that 'Remind me tomorrow' button for months, it looks like you’re not alone. To put it very, very mildly.	1.0×	0	326	27	3
100	Mar 27, '21	Worldwide self-isolation caused years of progress in a few months over the last year. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the adoption of #cloud technology. Unsurprisingly, sporad	0.9×	0	317	25	0
101	Mar 28, '21	With #cybersecurity skills in short supply, the solutions to the problem of attracting fresh cyber talent are actually hiding in plain sight.	0.8×	0	275	20	2

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