Watch Out for This Amazon Prime Day Scam By Paul Wagenseil Phishing campaign that once targeted Apple users now goes after Amazon shoppers.
25 Million Android Phones Hit With 'Agent Smith' Malware: What to Know By Phillip Tracy Newly discovered adware was found infecting apps on perhaps 25 million Android devices.
More Than 1,000 Android Apps Steal Your Data Without Permission By Paul Wagenseil Apps use sneaky tactics to access location, ID data even after user denies it, study finds.
Fake Samsung App Fools 10 Million Users: What to Do By Paul Wagenseil An Android app that promises Samsung firmware updates isn't actually from Samsung and shows lots of ads.
Yep, There Are More Scam Calls Than Ever. Here's What to Do By Paul Wagenseil Government-impostor scam calls hit a new high in May, but there are easy ways to avoid being scammed.
Trump Administration May Ban Encrypted Messaging Apps By Adam Ismail Government officials want tech companies to put backdoors in encrypted communications apps — and may turn to Congress to make it happen.
No, Your OnePlus 7 Pro Wasn't Hacked — It Just Looked That Way By Adam Ismail A cryptic notification was issued to OnePlus 7 Pro units around the world this morning that left customers scratching their heads.
Microsoft Excel Tool Could Get You Hacked: What to Do By Paul Wagenseil Microsoft Excel's Power Query tool, aka Get & Transform, could let hackers inject malicious code right into your spreadsheets.
Privacy Guard Total Protection: Most Useful Tools By Brian Nadel PrivacyGuard has the most useful tools and most frequent credit-file information, but other services monitor more types of personal data.
New Mac Malware Sails Right Through Apple's Defenses By Marshall Honorof A zero-day flaw exists in macOS, and it may have already been exploited in the wild to spread malware called OSX/Linker.
Hackers Steal Tons of Phone Records From 10 Carriers Worldwide By Paul Wagenseil Ten different telecom companies worldwide were attacked by (possibly) Chinese hackers who stole huge amounts of call-record data.
Millions of Dell PCs Vulnerable to Attack: Patch Now By Paul Wagenseil Flaws in a diagnostics program on Dell machines, and possibly on PCs from other vendors, let hackers get total system control.
Google's New Chrome Extension Lets You Flag Suspicious Websites By Phillip Tracy Google Chrome's Suspicious Site Reporter extension makes it easy to flag suspicious websites and add them to the company's blacklist.
Surprise! iOS Apps Just as Bad as Android at Security (Report) By Paul Wagenseil Android and iOS apps are both pretty bad at keeping user data safe, and the apps' back-end servers are even worse, researchers find.
Firefox Gets Emergency Patch to Stop Zero-Day Attacks By Paul Wagenseil Firefox was updated to version 67.0.3 on all platforms, to fix a flaw being exploited in attacks against selected targets.
Patch Your TP-Link Wi-Fi Range Extender Now By Paul Wagenseil Four models of TP-Link Wi-Fi range extenders have serious security flaws. Here's how to install the fixes.
Period-Tracking Apps Also Track You, Researchers Find By Paul Wagenseil Many widely used period-tracking apps have sloppy security and user privacy, researchers find.
This Data Extraction Tool Can Now Crack Into Any iPhone By Richard Priday Israeli company Cellebrite says its new software can open up even the most up to date iOS and Android devices.
Fake WhatsApp App Downloaded Over 1 Million Times By Don Reisinger The Google Play marketplace has a big problem with fake apps, and a phony WhatsApp installer is just the latest example.
U.S. Customs Loses Facial Recognition Photos in Data Breach (Updated) By Paul Wagenseil An unknown number of facial-recognition photos of travelers taken by U.S. Customs and Border Protection were compromised in a data breach.
Zombie Flaw Hits Microsoft Office Users: Protect Yourself Now By Paul Wagenseil A two-decade old security flaw is being used to attack Windows machines that haven't been properly patched. Here's how to fix this problem.
Medical Data Breach Hits 20 Million: What to Do Now By Paul Wagenseil 7.7 million lab-test participants possibly affected by the same billing-company data breach that hit 12 million Quest Diagnostics clients.
Apple May Have Reversed Course on Parental-Control Apps By Richard Priday New developer guidelines may let the apps continue to use the very software Apple said was too risky for consumer use.
What Is Sign In with Apple? (And How It Works) By Paul Wagenseil The new Sign In with Apple service lets you mask your identity using disposable email addresses. Here's how it works.
Which Security Camera Has the Best Storage Plan? By Mike Prospero Find out which company offers the best deal and most features for saving your security camera footage in the cloud.
12 Million Medical Bills Stolen by Data Thieves: What to Do By Paul Wagenseil Nearly 12 million medical bills containing Social Security numbers and credit-card numbers were stolen by data thieves. Here's what to do.
Apple Macs Have a Huge Security Flaw and There's No Fix By Henry T. Casey New Macs can be hacked using old security flaws that Apple hasn't properly fixed, a well-known security researcher says.
Parental Control App Makers Tell Apple to 'Put Kids First' with Screen Time API By Richard Priday The developers of 17 different parental control apps have presented their demands to Apple in the form of a website and API proposal.
McAfee 2019 Review: Finding the Sweet Spot By Brian Nadel McAfee's antivirus protection has improved a lot. The software offers many useful features and unlimited licensing, but still has a heavy system load.
Google Chrome May Block Ad Blockers: What This Means for You By Paul Wagenseil Google aims to neuter most ad blockers in Chrome. Here's what will be affected and how you can keep blocking ads.
