Google lets you password protect your search history – how to do it right now
The internet has made our lives a lot more connected than they used to be. Unfortunately, that connectivity comes at a price, and pretty much …
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Avoid this enticing new Squid Game cryptocurrency scam at all costs
When something becomes as popular as Netflix’s Squid Game series did in as quickly as it did, people will try to take advantage of it …
Verizon’s Visible network confirms accounts were hacked and stolen
In recent years, mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) have become viable alternatives to major cell carriers. One of the most prominent MVNOs in the United …
Here’s what caused the huge Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp outage
It is only Tuesday, but this has already been one of the most eventful weeks of the year for Facebook. Hours after whistleblower Frances Haugen …
Apple admits iOS 15 has unpatched iPhone security flaws
It’s been a rough few weeks for Apple when it comes to iPhone security. Earlier this month, Apple issued a security update to address a …
Apple delays iPhone photo-scanning CSAM detection amid controversy
With just days to go before the reveal of the iPhone 13, Apple has made a stunning reversal. Apple will no longer roll out its …
T-Mobile hacker calls the carrier’s security ‘awful’ in new interview
It’s been over a week since T-Mobile confirmed a hack of its servers affecting tens of millions of customers. The carrier closed the access point …
AT&T responds to report that 70M customer records were breached in massive hack
Hackers stole nearly 48 million customer records from T-Mobile a few days ago, with the carrier confirming the findings earlier this week. T-Mobile said at …
Mastercard is ditching the magnetic stripe starting in 2024
Mastercard announced that all of its debit and credit cards will lose the iconic magnetic stripe starting in 2024. Various advancements in payment technology have …
T-Mobile hacker claims to have stolen data from over 100 million customers
A hacker claims to be in possession of personal data from over 100 million T-Mobile customers. Motherboard reports that the hacker posted about selling the …
Google just launched its first battery-powered Nest Cam and Doorbell
After listing them accidentally on the Google Store earlier this week, Google made its new Nest cameras and doorbell official. The new Google Nest Cam …
You can use this free tool to check your iPhone for Pegasus spyware
Israel’s NSO Group might prefer to work in the shadows, but the technology firm keeps making headline news. Earlier this week, a bombshell report from …
NYT: Chinese hackers detected and repurposed NSA malware for attacks
An unidentified group of hackers that are referred to as Shadow Brokers posted several NSA hacking tools online in 2016 and 2017. But a new …
Protect your data and privacy online with this inexpensive, ultra-fast VPN
If you use the Web without the protection of a VPN (Virtual Private Network) you’re leaving your devices open to an increasingly large number of …
Microsoft reveals Outlook hackers were able to gain access to private emails
In the latest of a seemingly endless string of high-profile hacks, Microsoft confirmed to TechCrunch over the weekend that a “limited” number of people who …
Over 540 million Facebook user records leaked by third parties
In what has become a depressingly common refrain for the social network behemoth, Facebook user data has once again been left exposed to the public. …
Google downplays the number of ‘potentially harmful apps’ on the Play Store
In a new report looking back over 2018, a year in which Google celebrated the 10th anniversary of the launch of the first commercial Android …
Nokia phones caught mysteriously sending data to Chinese servers
Nokia fans waited for years for the first Nokia-Android handsets to arrive, and it finally happened two years ago, when HMD Global unveiled its first …
Shocker! Facebook improperly stored hundreds of millions of passwords in plain text
Over the past few years, Facebook hasn’t done much to convince users that it takes user privacy as seriously as it should. Indeed, it seems …
The Trump administration wants to expand face-scanning at airports ASAP
The Trump administration is pushing hard for the installation of facial recognition technology at the biggest airports in the US, with a goal of eventually …
A $20,000 iPhone and $2,000 USB cable are all you need to hack iOS
If you’ve got the skills, then spending a few grand on a special type of iPhone or iPad and a special USB-cable may be enough …
Google warns everyone to update their Chrome browser right now
It’s always smart to keep all of your software up to date, but it’s not too often that a developer goes out of its way …
This web tool could be another step toward killing passwords for good
There are so many hassles and problems that can be tied to the necessity of securing accounts, websites and the like with passwords. Passwords that, …
Facebook will shut down the Onavo VPN app and its spying capabilities
Facebook used a VPN app for years to spy on the users that the same app should have been protecting against online threats. Facebook learned …
Google’s Adiantum brings fast encryption to cheap smartphones
Adiantum is no longer just the name of a genus of ferns, as Google used it for its brand new security product. It’s a new …
Hackers are passing around a massive collection of 2.2 billion stolen logins
We learned a few days ago that a hacker shared a huge collection of username and passwords, including some 773 million unique accounts and more …
How a dangerous piece of Android malware snuck into the Google Play store
Security researchers from Trend Micro recently unearthed a piece of Android malware known as Anibus that managed to sneak into the Google Play Store with …
The recent ‘Collection #1’ data breach that leaked 773M accounts is only the tip of the iceberg
Reports earlier this week revealed what’s being referred to “Collection #1,” an 87GB pile of data that included no less than 773 million unique email …
How to see if your email was stolen in the massive breach that exposed 773 million accounts
Remember how optimistic we all were that 2019 would be a better year than 2018? Well, so much for that idea. We’re barely three weeks …
Watch these researchers show how easy it is to hack construction cranes
It might sound like something out of a Hollywood blockbuster — hackers getting into position behind a control panel and taking over a construction site, …
