Connecting to a public Wi-Fi network, especially one with poor security, comes with real risks. Here's how to stay safe.

Instances of generative AI-assisted hacking are on the rise, and the threat of cyberattacks from bots acting on their own is no longer science fiction. With AI doing their bidding, novices can cause ...

If you’ve used Linux for a long time, you know that we are spoiled these days. Getting a new piece of hardware back in the day was often a horrible affair, requiring custom kernels and lots ...

Meta is rolling out a dedicated shopping research mode inside its Meta AI web chatbot for a slice of US desktop users. Search ...

An OpenClaw vulnerability allowed malicious websites to take over AI agents, exposing sensitive information and enabling data theft.

A 22-year-old Alabama man pleaded guilty to extortion, cyberstalking, and computer fraud charges after hijacking the social media accounts of hundreds of young women (including minors).

The far bigger risk is when using public Wi-Fi hotspots, whose passwords are of course made available to all users. Since ...

Hackers use AI, GenAI and LLMs to breach Fortinet FortiGate firewalls as cybersecurity and threat actors leverage AI for cyber-attacks, AWS report finds.

Winters are notoriously long, dreary, and bone-chilling in Chicago, but February is my least favorite month out of the year. After trying (and usually failing) to keep up the momentum of “new year, ...

Microsoft has released a patch to resolve a security flaw in Office. The flaw could let a malicious file attachment infect your PC. Office 2016 and 2019 users must manually update the program.

Last Friday, a report from Malwarebytes claimed that data from nearly 17.5 million Instagram accounts is being sold on the dark web. The report cited multiple user reports claiming suspicious password ...