Latest articles by Paul Wagenseil
Two security firms are warning of a flood of Squid Game-related scams and malware, including poisoned downloads and bogus Halloween costumes.
Apple devices are worse off than Android, Windows
Russian cybercriminals are using fake marketing proposals to sucker YouTube content creators into downloading malicious software that steals their accounts, Google said.
The Pixel 6 brings significant improvements to Android privacy and security, even if many of them involve playing catch-up with Apple.
The Brave browser has made its own privacy-focused search engine the default, displacing Google and promising users no tracking or profiling.
WhatsApp now lets you encrypt your chat backups with a private key, Facebook said in a series of online postings. Here's how the process works.
Low-cost wireless carrier Visible denied it had suffered a data breach even as a rash of account takeovers continued.
Apple has doubled down on its argument that letting iPhone users sideload apps would wreck iOS security, releasing a new 'threat analysis' to explain its point of view.
Yubico this week brought out the YubiKey Bio hardware security key, which has a fingerprint scanner that works well but also some surprising functional limitations.
Apps on Android and iOS are roughly equal in how much they track and profile you, Oxford researchers have found.
The Maximus Answer DualCam video doorbell has nearly perfect security, except in two areas, Bitdefender researchers find.
The online gaming streaming and chat service Twitch has been hacked, with source code and financial information posted online.
About 4.6 million people who shopped on the Neiman Marcus website before June 2020 had credit cards and account passwords stolen in a data breach, the company said.
We've cast a wide net to pick the next Bond: here are our 17 picks for the next 007.
Apple Pay transactions involving a Visa card can be stolen over the air, but the problem remains unfixed while the two companies squabble over who is at fault.
The expiration of a security certificate on Sept. 30 may kill internet access for older iPhones, Macs, smart TVs and millions of other devices.
An Android malware campaign called 'GriftHorse' has infected up to 10 million users worldwide and stolen millions of dollars.
Apple's 'Found AirTag' pages can be hacked to lure people to phishing sites, a researcher says.
A new strain of malware called BloodyStealer is out to swipe online gaming accounts, including those from Bethesda, EA, Epic Games, GOG and Steam.
Google pushed out a surprise update for desktop Chrome to fix a single flaw used by hackers to attack computers.
An researcher posted exploits for three apparent iOS 15 security flaws online because he said Apple has done nothing to patch them after having known of them for nearly five months.
Older iPhones and Macs from 2013 and 2014 just got security patches to fix flaws being actively exploited by hackers.
Xiaomi and Huawei phones pose security and privacy risks and shouldn't be used, warns the Lithuanian government. OnePlus phones were found to be harmless.
