Massive data leaks and breaches are continually piling faster upon each other—just in the last month, we learned about a few billion records lost through National Public Data, another few million through…
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Hackers know your social security number. Here’s how to stay safe
For anyone trying to keep their personal information secure, recent headlines have been a grim kick in the pants. The harshest came last month when the National Public Data breach was disclosed—the…
You can now save passkeys to Google Password Manager on desktops
Yesterday, Google announced that we’re now one step closer to a future without passwords: you can now use Google Password Manager on both Android and desktop devices to save passkeys, not just…
Hardening Windows: How to protect your computer against attacks
Microsoft has invested heavily in increasing the security of Windows. The firewall, the automatically activated antivirus program, various security functions for protection against boot viruses and much more help to ensure that…
6 ways hackers sidestep your two-factor authentication
Protecting an account with just a username and password is not very smart. Both can be stolen, guessed, or cracked too easily. This is why two-factor authentication (2FA) is recommended for all…
YouTube vows to protect creators from AI fakes
If you watch as much YouTube as I do, you’ve no doubt been inundated with AI in the last year or so. AI-generated thumbnails, AI-generated voiceovers, even full-on AI-generated video is now…
You’re the best password: How to start using passkeys on Windows PCs
Security is easiest when you are the password: You don’t have to memorize complicated keywords, but simply hold your face up to the camera or your finger on a sensor — and…
New ‘Voldemort’ malware infects by disguising itself to go undetected
Security researchers from Proofpoint recently warned of a new malware called “Voldemort,” which is spreading via phishing emails and disguising itself with Google Sheets to bypass security systems and gain access to…
Phone scammers are using faked AI voices. Here’s how to protect yourself
Never before has it been easier to clone a human voice. New AI tools can take a voice sample, process it, copy it, and say anything in the voice of the original….
McAfee’s AI deepfake detector will tell you if that video’s a fake
Software developers of all stripes are looking to take advantage of the new AI capabilities of the hardware NPUs found in Copilot+ PCs. McAfee thinks it has one: a deepfake detector. The…