Who knew the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would adopt new cybersecurity rules forcing public companies to disclose hacks within four days? That’s good news …
The latest Ukraine news continues to paint a picture of a more or less conventional military conflict, following Russia’s invasion of its much smaller, democratic …
LastPass is a password manager app, the kind of security application we always advise people to use to increase the safety of their passwords. These …
Just as we learned that nation-state hackers have started studying the Log4j vulnerability issue that shocked the cybersecurity world last week, other researchers signaled a …
Security researchers recently stunned the world with the Log4Shell hack, revealing that the entire internet is scrambling to patch a vulnerability in a widely used …
Massive data breaches have become so common that we’ve gotten numb to reports detailing another hack or 0-day exploit. That doesn’t reduce the risk of such …
Robinhood saw tremendous growth in recent years thanks to its innovative idea that allows anyone to trade stocks and cryptocurrencies directly from their smartphone. You …
Every time a massive data breach makes the news, we remind you about the best practices you need to employ to protect your online properties. …
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 …
Microsoft surprised fans a few weeks ago with the Windows version we thought we’d never get. After several years of Windows 10, we’re finally moving …
Despite the seemingly unstoppable wave of cyberattacks that should teach users to improve their defenses against, not all internet users learn from their mistakes. Some …
One news publication I’ve written a fair amount of content for always required that writers prepare and submit invoices in PDF form, ostensibly because they’re …
With major hacks and data breaches happening almost daily, protecting your online accounts and passwords is as important as ever. You should use strong, unique …
It might be tempting to assume that your credit card number is the holy grail for hackers, in terms of the value that it can …
The Colonial Pipeline disaster is just the latest example proving that hacks are all around us, and hackers continue to harass all sorts of targets, …
Internet banking is one of the key activities that hackers target on computers and smartphones. Security has increased dramatically in the past few years to …
It will never cease to baffle me how many people still choose childishly simple passwords like “12345” or “password” to attempt to secure their digital …
In the seemingly never-ending cascade of news headlines about hacks, data breaches and ransomware attacks like the one from this weekend executed by a Russian …
US national security officials are still scrambling to get to the bottom of this weekend’s Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack that was believed to have been …
Unless operations are restored by Tuesday at the major US fuel pipeline that a Russian gang of cybercriminals hit with a ransomware attack on Friday, …
Check Point Research (CPR) security researchers have discovered a significant security vulnerability in a Qualcomm chip found inside hundreds of millions of Android handsets. The …
I’m just about finished reading New York Times writer Nicole Perlroth’s fantastic new book, This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends, in which …
Encrypted instant messaging app Signal hacked security company Cellebrite a few days ago. The Signal developers showed that the app law enforcement agencies use around …
Moxie Marlinspike, the CEO of Signal, has hacked and trolled Cellebrite in the best possible way. This is the kind of epic hack that will …
A 2019 Facebook data breach came back to haunt the company and affected users a few weeks ago when the data that hackers scraped from …
WhatsApp is the world’s most popular chat app, with well over 2 billion users exchanging end-to-end encrypted texts and making calls across the platform. Like …
Several “hack” reports emerged last week concerning popular social networks, including Facebook and LinkedIn. The Facebook and Microsoft systems were not breached, but attackers scraped …
