Avast Free Antivirus: Testing its features and learning about the six layers of protection
We installed the latest version of Avast Free Antivirus, how good is it?
Proton Mail provided user data that led to an arrest in Spain
Facepalm: Proton Mail is facing renewed accusations of handing user data over to law enforcement agencies. The Swiss company provides a secure email service with end-to-end encryption, ostensibly to protect its customers' identities from prying eyes. However, recent events suggest otherwise.
Oracle CEO Safra Catz unpacks TikTok data security, generative AI's promise, and tech diversity
On hosting TikTok data for the US, Catz says rigorous vetting keeps things safe
Google issues emergency security fix for Chrome's zero-day flaw
Google has become aware of an exploit for CVE-2024-4671 that exists in the wild. This "use after free" vulnerability in the Visuals component of the browser has been patched on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Complex adversarial attacks can force generative AI services to bypass security filters and limitations
The right text strings can push chatbots to break the law or teach people how to create bombs
International cybercrime taskforce places $10 million bounty on the head of LockBit leader
The Russian hacker profited more than $100 million in ransom from US and European firms
Bluetooth snooping tech lets Texas cops monitor devices at borders
Even Bluetooth can be used by Big Brother against you
Ransomware criminals use children's phone numbers to coerce payments from parents
"A psychological attack against the victim"
Economic desperation drives 500,000 Argentinians to Sam Altman's Worldcoin crypto project
Would you trade your biometric data for $50 of crypto?
Negating all VPNs may have been possible since 2002
All operating systems except Android are vulnerable, and the only foolproof mitigation is Linux-only
League of Legends receives controversial Vanguard anti-cheat, Windows 11 now requires TPM 2.0
Riot denies reports of bricked PCs and clarifies its anti-cheat strategy
FBI and NCA spoofed Lockbit's seized site for some reason
Some guess law enforcement is poking fun at the group, but the bigger burn is how fast LockBit got up and running again
Microsoft's 'Zero Trust DNS' could finally rid Windows of widespread DNS vulnerabilities
A much-needed boost to Windows cybersecurity
German police hail takedown of Europe's "largest" call center scam network in operation Pandora
Ringleaders traded their headsets for handcuffs
For Microsoft, it's now security first and everything else second – just ask Satya
The security overhaul follows criticisms of Microsoft "inadequate" past security practices
Google says passkeys are now used by over 400 million accounts, and over a billion sign-ins
Passkeys are more popular and feature-rich than ever
Cybercrime doesn't pay: REvil hacker receives 13-year prison sentence and $16 million fine
He played a part in extorting $700 million from more than 2,500 victims
Nvidia RTX 4090 can crack complex 8-character passwords in minutes
The Nvidia A100 can do it even faster
Amazon S3 bucket with placeholder-like name leads to $1,300 in charges
Facepalm: Amazon S3 buckets, part of the Amazon Web Services infrastructure, are great for storing and managing huge amounts of data at scale, but they can also become a financial and security risk if used with poor default configurations.
Devious "Brokewell" trojan masquerades as Chrome browser update to steal your banking data
Brokewell could make you broke if it gains control of your device
Google flexes security muscle, says it stopped 2.2 million rogue apps from hitting Play Store in 2023
A couple of crypto scammers also received some legal treatment
FCC slaps top telecom companies with $200 million in fines for selling user location data
AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint continued to sell data even after warnings
UK becomes first country to outlaw easily guessable default passwords on connected devices
Companies that ignore the law face a $12.5 million fine
WordPress plugin vulnerability poses severe security risk, allows for site takeovers
Millions of exploitation attempts were detected in under a month
Millions of devices still vulnerable to abandoned USB worm, continues to spread globally
Researchers suspect Chinese state-sponsored hackers are responsible