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Security researcher Pawel Wylecial publicly disclosed yesterday a Safari vulnerability that could convince users to secretly send any file on their sy

It’s that time again: a bunch of crappy apps have made their way to the Google Play Store, and it’s on you to make sure you don’t have them on your An

TikTok’s days as a viable social media platform might be numbered, at least in the U.S. (unless something changes before Trump’s recent executive orde

If you’re concerned about privacy and security while paying for stuff online, there’s a new way to safeguard yourself: Popular encrypted password mana

No, you’re not getting an iPhone 12, not now, and certainly not for free. As of this writing, there is no iPhone 12—it only exists in the realm of rum

A new phishing scam is duping unsuspecting victims with enticing links promising access to President Trump’s alleged health records and top-secret COV

In a recent email, Barnes & Noble informed its customers of a security breach on October 12 that may have exposed email addresses and other accoun

A technical preview of Zoom’s end-to-end encryption (E2EE) will roll out to free and premium users in the next Windows, Mac, and Android app updates,

WhatsApp’s long-awaited disappearing messages feature will roll out for all users soon, but you should make sure you’re comfortable with how the featu

All Chrome users should install the latest browser update—version 86.0.4240.183 on PC and version 86.0.4240.185 on Android—as soon as possible. The pa

Adobe usually patches its products once a month to provide new security updates, but the company has just rolled out an extra update that fixes 14 sec

An improperly-secured Amazon Web Services (AWS) server left over 10 million hotel reservations logs from numerous Cloud Hospitality websites openly ex

The Go SMS Pro texting app has over 100 million installations from the Google Play Store, but popularity doesn’t matter: You need to stop using it and

Thousands of Spotify users just learned the hard way why you shouldn’t reuse passwords. Cybersecurity company VPNMentor has discovered an improperly-s

A simple but noteworthy attack is making the rounds on popular chat service WhatsApp. It’s incredibly easy for someone to pull off—all they need is ac

This should be common sense at this point, but the fact that they continue to trend on social media suggests plenty of people need the reminder: Stop

Microsoft is testing out a new password-management feature in its Authenticator app, which makes the former even more useful as a one-stop shop for al

I won’t bemoan the the right-wing exodus from Twitter, Facebook, and various other social networks over the past few months. (The fewer people sharing

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

Before you share the private contents of a Zoom meeting publicly—ideally for noble reasons—know that there are lots of different ways that the meeting

It’s time to stop giving out your real phone number around the web. If you can avoid it, don’t link your phone number to your various online accounts,

Whether you’re buying gifts for other people, taking advantage of seasonal deals, or surviving through the pandemic, you might have a spike in package

There’s a sucker born every minute, but it’s not going to be you this time around because you’re not going to let some scammer try to steal access to

Kerboom. That’s the sound of your Telegram account automatically deleting itself. Honestly, I wish this feature was baked into more services. Wouldn’t

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

Whether you’re a spy or a geek, there are plenty of ways to share and receive files with others without revealing anyone’s identity. Whatever your rea

Setting your messages to “auto-delete” is great, because it kills two birds with one stone: your various apps and social networks won’t get clogged up

This week, a stunning story from Vice revealed how easy it is for an attacker to siphon away your text messages. They don’t need access to your phone;

As a pet owner, you’ve likely come home or woken up to find some evidence of late-night shenanigans around your living space. Fortunately, though, if

Fleeceware is one of the worst scams you can deal with on your device, because it has one, singular goal: extracting as much money from you as possibl

Nothing says fun like a company describing its own data breach as “catastrophic.” That’s a “c” word you definitely don’t want to hear if you have an a

An old data breach is still a data breach, and you’re probably still going to need to pay attention to it when it has to do with Facebook, a site most

You know you shouldn’t open unsolicited file attachments. The rule holds true whether you get them in an email, as a link on a public social media mes

Though the result is more annoying than dangerous, a newly exploited quirk of WhatsApp’s two-factor authentication system does appear to make it relat

Security researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia took to Twitter the other day to warn about a new scam making the rounds—the goofily named “WhatsApp Pink.” T

Whether the loophole lasts a day, month, or forever, a new “Facebook Email Search” program again shows why you might not want to use your regular emai

Windows users with Nvidia graphics cards should update their display drivers immediately to patch several problematic (and potentially crash-inducing)

Even though you just installed iOS 14.5—you are using the new operating system, correct?—it’s time to take a trip back to the Settings app and grab a

Do you still own tech from 2009 or thereabouts? Maybe an old CPU or motherboard that’s sitting in a box in your closet “just in case” you need a backu

What a mess. No sooner had Twitter unveiled its new Tip Jar feature—which allows anyone using the app in English (at least, during the rollout) to sen

Peloton has suffered a data breach. The good news? The information about your exercise habits that subsequently became freely accessible by outsiders

Google is going to start enrolling all of its users in two-step verification, if they haven’t set it up already. Will it come as a shock to some? Sure

Hearing your wireless devices are vulnerable to something called “FragAttacks” doesn’t exactly inspire joy. However, the word is scarier than the risk

Eufy makes a ton of cameras for various household needs: doorbell cameras, cameras you can set on at table to chat with people while you work, securit

It’s not the best week for a new feature that lets you turn your smart assistant display into a security camera, but one company’s misfortune is anoth

Snapchat users have bombarded with repeated, unexpected two-factor authentication (2FA) text messages this week, but it’s unclear whether the cause is

Network-attached storage (NAS) devices are external hard drives with network connectivity. They’re essentially private cloud drives you can set up in

Microsoft recently released emergency patches to fix a major zero-day security flaw in Windows’ Print Spooler code dubbed “PrintNightmare,” but they d

Keep your keycard with you, don’t leave valuables in your room unattended, and keep the door locked. Most of us follow basic security precautions at h

A new security vulnerability has been discovered in the latest versions of Windows that hackers could use to remotely install programs, steal data and

In the last few years, VPNs have gone from a niche data security tool to an everyday product you’ll see advertised on any vaguely tech-adjacent YouTub

Usually, it’s not easy to install spyware on smartphones and tablets, and especially on the iPhone or iPad. But Pegasus spyware is an exception. In Ju

Beware, Android users—a new trojan malware is infecting smartphones worldwide, stealing thousands of users’ personal data and compromising their Faceb

We all have accounts we no longer use, but some apps and websites make deleting your profile a pain. In those cases, simply ignoring them is an easier

T-Mobile confirmed a security breach that leaked over 48 million current, former, and prospective users. T-Mobile says it closed the server vulnerabil

Someone recently broke into my car two nights in a row. The first time I figured it was a slip up on my end, and that I forgot to lock it after I got

Microsoft recently added a passwordless sign-in option to Microsoft accounts for consumer-level Windows users, including anyone using Windows 10 Home

Cybersecurity sucks. It feels like every day we learn about another hack or leak that throws our private digital lives out in the open. Unfortunately,