More Cybersecurity
Cybercrime exhibit at Vegas Mob Museum tracks real-time attacks
"Digital Underworld" features decades-old hacking tools, along with a live cyberthreat map.
Discord reveals 70,000 users' government IDs may have been compromised
Users provided their IDs as part of the chat app's age verification.
By Amanda Yeo
Google Drive will now detect ransomware with help from AI
The feature can be found in the Google Drive for desktop app.
By Matt Binder
Government shutdown looms. Will online services be disrupted?
Lawmakers have until midnight to agree on federal spending.
New LockBit 5.0 variant is a cross-platform ransomware nightmare
The new variant, dubbed LockBit 5.0, has been spotted in the wild.
By Joe Hindy
DOGE's insecure Social Security database part of secretive cybersecurity nightmare, report claims
Armed guards reportedly kept DOGE's operations hidden from other agencies.
By Amanda Yeo
Tired of cookie consent pop-ups? You soon may see less of them.
The EU is looking at ways to deal with cookie consent pop-up overload.
By Matt Binder
Indeed scam texts are on the rise again as job market stalls
Don't click any links or contact any phone numbers included in the message.
By Tim Marcin
PSA: Your Samsung Galaxy phone has a security update you should install right now
The update fixes a bug that would allow attackers to take over your phone.
By Joe Hindy
Bug causes some Echo Show devices to use gigabytes of data
The problem has now been fixed, according to Amazon.
Facebook data breach settlement payments are starting to roll out
Remember Cambridge Analytica?
By Alex Perry
ExpressVPN overhauls its VPN plans with a new tier structure and lower prices
Subscriptions now start well under $5 per month.
Researchers find secret ties and vulnerabilities in popular VPN apps
VPN apps with more than 700 million users combined were revealed to be a part of the same overlapping ownership groups.
Google denies reports that 2.5 billion Gmail users were impacted by security issue
It turns out the hack might not have been the security disaster it was made out to be.
By Amanda Yeo
Gmail users: Change your password now
After a summer of data breaches, it's time to lock down your accounts.
Did Elon Musk's DOGE copy the entire Social Security database to an insecure cloud system? A whistleblower says it did.
DOGE's access to the Social Security system was known — but this takes things to a whole new level of concern.
By Matt Binder
Farmers' Insurance discloses data breach affecting 1 million customers
A third-party cyberattack compromised sensitive records.
The entire state of Nevada's computer systems are still down (updated)
The state of Nevada is still reeling from a cyber attack.
Massive Allianz Life data breach details reportedly revealed
It involves A LOT of people.
By Tim Marcin
Company behind massive Social Security breach is back online. It still has your data.
National Public Data is back after wave of lawsuits for lax security.
Instagram Map sparks privacy panic over location sharing and geotagging
Instagram is using your location, not sharing it.
By Crystal Bell
