Category: Security

You know not to open unsolicited file attachments. The rule remains in effect whether you receive them via email, as a link in a public […]

The old data leak is still a data leak and you probably still have to pay attention to it when it comes to Facebook, a […]

Nothing is more fun than a company describing its own data breach as “catastrophic.” This is the “c” word that you definitely don’t want to […]

Fleeceware is one of the worst scams you can face on your device because it has one single goal: to get as much money from […]

As a pet owner, you probably came home or woke up to find evidence of nightly shenanigans around your living quarters. However, fortunately, if you […]

Vice talked about how easy it is for an attacker to intercept your text messages this week. They don’t need access to your phone; they […]

Setting your messages to “auto-delete” is great because it kills two birds with one stone: your various apps and social networks won’t be jammed with […]

Whether you are a spy or a computer geek, there are many ways to share and receive files with others without revealing anyone’s identity. Whatever […]

Over the weekend, some Slack Android users received a seemingly random email urging them to update their passwords. The email claims that a bug in […]

Kerboom. This is the sound when your Telegram account is automatically deleted. To be honest, I would like to see this feature built into more […]

A goof is born every minute, but this time you won’t because you won’t let a scammer try to steal access to your Venmo account. […]

Whether you’re shopping for gifts for other people, taking advantage of seasonal offers, or experiencing a pandemic, you may have a surge in parcels being […]

It’s time to stop sharing your real phone number on the Internet. If you can avoid this, do not tie your phone number to different […]

Before sharing personal Zoom meeting content publicly – ideally for noble reasons – know that there are many different ways a meeting organizer can define […]

Ring has just added end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to a select number of its smarthome cameras, protecting videos recorded by your Ring devices with an added […]

I won’t complain about the exodus of the right-wing from Twitter, Facebook and other social media over the past few months. (The fewer people sharing […]

Microsoft is testing a new password management feature in its Authenticator app, making the former even more useful as a one-stop center for all of […]

This should be common sense at this point, but the fact that they continue to evolve on social media suggests that a lot of people […]

A simple but noteworthy attack extends to the popular chat service WhatsApp. For some, this is incredibly easy – all they need is access to […]

Thousands of Spotify users have learned the hard way why passwords should not be reused. Cybersecurity company VPNMentor has discovered an inappropriately secure database containing […]

The Go SMS Pro texting app has over 100 million installs from the Google Play Store, but popularity doesn’t matter: you need to stop using […]

An inadequately secure Amazon Web Services (AWS) server left over 10 million hotel booking logs open from multiple Cloud Hospitality websites , potentially putting millions […]

Adobe usually updates its products once a month to provide new security updates, but the company has just released an additional update that addresses 14 […]

All Chrome users should get the latest browser update, version 86.0.4240.183 for PC and version 86.0.4240.185 for Android, as soon as possible. The patches address […]

The long-awaited WhatsApp disappearing messages feature will soon be available to all users , but before using it, you should make sure you understand how […]

Zoom’s end-to-end encryption technical preview (E2EE) will be available to free and premium users in the next app updates for Windows, Mac and Android, with […]

In a recent email, Barnes & Noble informed their customers of a hack on October 12th that could have leaked email addresses and other account […]

The new phishing is tricking unsuspecting victims with tempting links promising access to President Trump’s alleged medical records and top-secret information about COVID-19 treatments. In […]

No, you won’t get the iPhone 12, not now, and certainly not free. As of this writing, there is no iPhone 12 – it only […]

If you’re worried about privacy and security when paying online, there’s a new way to stay safe: The popular encrypted password manager 1Password now supports […]

TikTok’s days as a viable social media platform may be numbered , at least in the US (unless something changes before Trump’s recent executive order […]

It’s time again: a bunch of crappy apps have hit the Google Play Store and you have to make sure they aren’t installed on your […]

Security researcher Pavel Uilsial yesterday publicly exposed a Safari vulnerability that could convince users to secretly send any file on their system to a recipient. […]

If you are a Mac developer or want to try out new applications by creating Xcode projects, you need to be aware of a serious […]

If you are using Drizli, your data is probably being sold online. An online alcohol delivery service recently notified its customers that a hacker had […]

If you are an Instacart shopper, hackers can sell your data online. According to a recent Buzzfeed report, 278,531 Instacart accounts are being sold in […]

If you recently purchased a TiVO Stream 4K, you may have been a little put off by the security notice you received, implying that something […]

We wish we didn’t need VPNs, but they can be a necessary part of a balanced breakfast of data security. ISPs, governments, advertisers, and even […]

Yesterday’s giant security breach on Twitter has led various high-profile accounts – from Bill Gates to Barack Obama to even the eternally silent Apple – […]

A database of personal information about over 142 million MGM Resorts guests is sold online. The data sells for $ 2,900 on the darknet and […]