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We talk a lot about safe passwords here. But something we’ve never covered is why a safe password is safe. We’ll talk about the most common techniques used by password hackers and why using long, strong, and frequently changed passphrases...

Your personal information is valuable. That’s why hackers try to steal it. We’ve got tips to help you keep your personal information from ending up in the hands of a hacker.

Your cell phone holds some of your most sensitive, personal information. Things like your passwords and account numbers, emails, text messages, photos, and videos. If your phone ends up in the wrong hands, someone could steal your identity,...

With increasingly sophisticated technical defenses for networks and computer systems, hackers often decide that it’s much easier to simply go around these perimeter defenses by attacking the end user. In 2020, Verizon found the most popul...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday issued a joint alert to warn about the growing threat from voice phishing or “vishing” attacks targeting companies. Th...

The security research team at Comparitech disclosed how an unsecured database left almost 235 million Instagram, TikTok and YouTube user profiles exposed online in what can only be described as a massive data leak.

Recently there has b...