The 15 most dangerous places on the Internet
The internet might be more sanitized than it was in decades past, but it’s still plenty dangerous. You’ve been warned that the web is a security minefield—that it’s easy to get in trouble. You can…
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Florida draft law mandating encryption backdoors for social media accounts billed ‘dangerous and dumb’
A Florida draft bill that would require social media companies to provide encryption backdoors for law enforcement officials to access user accounts has cleared a key legislative hurdle, and will now advance to the state’s…
This hidden Windows feature protects you from dangerous web malware
Windows is generally pretty safe, but the internet is a dangerous place full of malware that’ll infect your devices if you aren’t careful. One thing you can do to stay safe is to make sure…
Google Chrome adds real-time AI protection against dangerous content
Google has updated “Enhanced Protection” in Chrome with AI technology to provide real-time protection against malicious websites, downloads, and browser extensions. After three months of testing in Chrome Canary (the nightly version of Chrome with…
Heads up! Fake VPN apps are infecting devices with dangerous malware
Virtual private networks (VPNs) are growing in popularity among home users for true data privacy, secure internet activity, the ability to circumvent regional content blocks, and more. If you don’t have a VPN yet, consider…
Google’s “AI Overview” can give false, misleading, and dangerous answers
Getty Images If you use Google regularly, you may have noticed the company’s new AI Overviews providing summarized answers to some of your questions in recent days. If you use social media regularly, you may have…
These dangerous scammers don’t even bother to hide their crimes
Most scammers and cybercriminals operate in the digital shadows and don’t want you to know how they make money. But that’s not the case for the Yahoo Boys, a loose collective of young men in…
Don’t buy these dangerous USB-C accessories
If you’ve ever toppled your phone, tablet, or laptop by tripping over the power cable, you probably wondered why, oh why, the connector tip doesn’t have a magnetic safety release such as what Apple has…
4 dangerous PC security exploits being attacked, and how to fight them
The BSI report on the state of IT security in Germany presents alarming figures: In 2023, the Federal Office for Information Security registered an average of 68 new vulnerabilities in software products every day, resulting…