NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Google has officially discontinued its Dark Web Report feature, a free tool that once scanned known dark web breach dumps for personal information tied to a user’s Google account. The service delivered notifications when email addresses and other identifiers appeared in leaked datasets. According to Google’s support…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! At the start of the year, you did everything right. You searched your name, opted out of several data broker sites and deleted listings that exposed your address, phone number and relatives. At first, it felt like a clean slate. However, here’s the uncomfortable truth: your data…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Take a second and look at your phone. It knows where you slept last night. Who you texted. What you searched. Where you drove. For investigators, that information can turn into evidence fast. In fact, a major new survey found smartphones now show up in almost every…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! You already know malware is out there. You hear about phishing emails, fake apps and data breaches almost every week. But every so often, something comes along that feels more personal. ZeroDayRAT spyware is one of those threats. If your device gets infected, attackers can see almost…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Most U.S. data breach disclosures explain what information was leaked and any protective steps available to consumers. At the federal level, the Federal Trade Commission advises that after a breach involving sensitive personal information, consumers may consider placing a credit freeze to help prevent new credit accounts…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An email arrived that looked like a routine billing alert for YouTube TV Premium. Near the top, it displayed BILLING FAILED in capital letters. Below that, the message claimed the payment was declined and urged immediate action to keep streaming. This email was sent to us by…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! If your social media feed feels noisier, stranger, or more manipulated than it used to, you’re not alone. The internet runs on its own language now, and those buzzwords quietly shape what you see, what you don’t see and how companies target you. From viral “slop” content…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tax season no longer begins in April. For scammers, it starts the moment the calendar flips to January. While you’re waiting for your W-2 or 1099 to arrive, cybercriminals are already sending out waves of fake IRS messages, “refund problem” alerts and account verification scams. These messages…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Fake browser extensions are nothing new, but this one takes things a step further by deliberately breaking your computer to scare you into infecting it. Security researchers have uncovered a malicious Chrome and Edge extension called NexShield that pretends to be a fast, privacy-friendly ad blocker. Once…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It started with a voicemail from a Hertz rental car location in Miami, Florida. A 57-year-old woman in Los Alamitos, California, was asked when she planned to return a Mercedes-Benz she had never rented. A thief had stolen her driver’s license, replaced the photo with their own…