Threats

It’s summer, that time of year where we go on vacation, take lots of pictures — and, of course, upload them to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. And because we want

It seems like summer just started, but another school year is right around the corner. Don’t let this next semester be overrun with technology issues – check out this Back-to-School

If computers themselves are relatively new in the grand scheme of things, then mobile devices are incredibly new. And likewise, just as we’ve spent the better part of the last

There is a common belief that Apple operating systems are well protected against cybercriminals. This belief used to be true, but Apple users are quickly becoming an attractive target for

According to Kaspersky Labs research, 34 percent of worldwide Internet users were attacked by malicious programs in 2012. As always, the most popular entries for attackers were widely used programs

Have you ever wondered what a hacked computer, email address, or other online account is even worth? Sure, it seems pretty obvious that there’d be some serious value in a

There is an entire market of plugins out there designed to keep you safe while surfing the web on your browser of choice. Each one has lots of options; for

A newly discovered vulnerability in a popular browser exposes how photos can be taken of unsuspecting users. Further proof of hackers’ inventiveness appeared last week in the form of a

In late 2011, it emerged that Chinese hackers had thoroughly compromised the United States Chamber of Commerce, perforating the lobbying-group’s networks with a devastating chain of backdoors. Chamber officials admitted

It’s harder and harder to keep your personal information private when browsing the web, but fortunately there is an entire market of add-on utilities, known as plugins, designed to keep

Father’s Day is fast approaching, which means finding the perfect gift for dad should be at the top of your to do list.  And if you’ve had your eye on

Security professionals and enthusiasts are aware of rootkits, but general audiences typically don’t know about this kind of malware, which is specifically designed to hide itself and its activity in

APT stands for advanced persistent threat. It became famous following a New York Times exposé detailing a month’s long attack campaign in which a Chinese military unit now known as

If Achilles’s heel was his vulnerability in the Iliad, then Paris’s poison tipped arrow was the exploit. Quite literally, an exploit is the device or – more often than not

We recently wrote about the conspicuous lack of privacy discussion at Google’s recent I/O Conference in San Francisco. While it’s true that there wasn’t much talk of privacy at the

The owners of smartphones running Android and iOS sometimes enter into heated discussions as to whether it’s worthwhile to perform the mysterious procedures known as rooting and jailbreaking their devices.

Everybody talks about HTTPS and being careful with credit or debit cards online, but what makes you think your cards are safe offline? I can’t speak for anyone other than

Computers, initially created for military cipher breaking, give everyone an almost perfect way to keep our secrets totally private – through encryption. For a long time strong encryption was only

Getting to the bottom of independent AV comparative testing – who to believe and how to make the right decision. We respect the right of any user to choose a

Permanent deletion by default after a predetermined amount of time is the gimmick that drove Snapchat users to upload more than 150 million photos a day in April. Problematically, Snapchat’s