Security

Chrome on Android may soon have a feature that could shore-up the browser's security and privacy.

Google Maps and other Google-operated services will start automatically deleting your location history after 18 months, the company announced.

A new ransomware strain mimics Canada's official Covid-19 contact-tracing app, but there's now a decryptor tool available.

Microsoft officially launched its Defender ATP antivirus software for Linux devices, and debuted a beta version of the same enterprise software for Android.

Many IT pros believe that passwords are the best access-management method, despite security concerns, a new survey finds.

LastPass wins the 2020 Tom's Guide Award for best password manager.

Kaspersky Total Security wins the 2020 Tom's Guide Award for best antivirus program.

An IBM survey concludes that a general lack of security guidelines and policies puts suddenly remote workers at greater risk of cyberattacks.

Microsoft is putting extra security into its Office 365 suite, but only enterprise and educational users will get it at first.

Flash Player comes to its end-of-life on Dec. 31, and Adobe wants to make sure users aren't put at risk.

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Apple's smart home platform is gaining facial recognition.

Cybercrooks have scammed nearly $2 billion after creating 66 vanity Bitcoin addresses using the name of Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

Cybercriminals are using a popular Google tool to steal credit card numbers from online shopping sites, Kaspersky reported.

Researchers warn that hackers are selling the personal information of players of the Stalker Online game to the highest bidder on the dark web.

Mozilla's own VPN service will be fully launched in the U.S. this summer, with further rollout to other countries expected later this year.

North Korean state-sponsored hackers may try to launch a massive wave of phishing attacks against the U.S., U.K., India, Japan, South Korea and Singapore this weekend, a security firm said.

Coronavirus-related malware, phishing and other cyberattacks peaked in early March, just as the pandemic lockdowns took hold worldwide, Microsoft reported.

Google has removed 79 malicious browser extensions from the Chrome Web Store after they were caught spying on users.

A new strain of the Shlayer malware is evading Apple's Mac security protections by bundling itself with a real Flash Player update.

Zoom is adding encrypted calls for free users from next month, which shows up the encryption-less Google Meet.

A spoofed Bank of American email message is really just a phishing scam to get you to hand over your online-account login information.

A decades-old flaw in networking software puts hundreds of millions of devices at risk of being remotely hacked, a security firm says.

Nine different dating apps leaked 20 million 'incredibly sensitive' files online, leaving users open to potential blackmail.

Google Alerts about data breaches might be scams that send you to malicious web pages.

The UK's National Cyber Security Centre is advising football fans to change their passwords and update streaming apps, now that the English Premier League is starting play again.