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It’s the most wonderful time of the year — families gearing up for the holiday season, bright-eyed shoppers making their lists and checking them twice…cybercriminals licking their chops and picking

Facebook’s settings are a moving target. Over the past few years, the company has changed various settings several times, adding, moving, even removing options. Now it’s really easy to get

You’ve probably heard the word botnet more than once recently, and that’s hardly surprising. Any connected device can be zombified — turned into a part of a botnet. These include

The Internet is up to its ears in ads. They can overwhelm pages and make it hard to focus on the content. We recently explained how Internet ads work, and

Do you have any idea of how many online services you actually use or sites and forums that you visit? If you were to track and count, the sheer number

Black Friday’s coming, and that means huge rebates and sales. Actually, the hype has already started and the sales have begun. If you have ever tried shopping offline on that

The latest version of can block the installation of unwanted programs — and remove software that has already sneaked onto your system. It analyzes the list of installed programs and

This article might save you some $300. That’s the average ransom extortionists ask their victims to pay to restore access to victims’ encrypted files or locked computers. It’s quite easy

Setting up a home Wi-Fi router used to be a complicated task that was typically confusing and difficult for the average computer user. Responding to that issue, ISPs and router

Usually when we talk about encryptor ransomware, we recommend that victims do not pay the ransom. To begin with, paying encourages malware creators to continue their operations. It’s simple supply

So, you created a Facebook account, probably more than a few years ago. And maybe you even set it up well, checking through all of the available privacy and security

It can be tempting to disregard software update notifications. Everything seems to be working fine. Sometimes programs behave oddly or crash after an update. And by the way, you have

We all know we need to keep our software patched and updated, but who hasn’t been guilty of ignoring or putting off updates? Of course, you can keep up with

In the beginning, the Internet was not terrifically user friendly — early users needed tech chops just to get online, and they had to do so over a wired, dial-up

We’ve talked before about how today’s kids live simultaneously in the real and the digital world. The digital part is important, too — many believe depriving kids of their virtual

Some unwanted software announces itself, demanding ransom, tying your computer in knots, crashing the system. By comparison, software that merely installs browser toolbars or other extras, or changes your default

Earlier this week, my colleague Chris from Threatpost penned an article about how Dropbox forced a password reset for users who had not changed their passwords since 2012. At the

Just getting started with your new iOS device? That’s great, and we don’t want to be a buzzkill, but we strongly urge you do devote some time to adjusting the

Access to the account of any user is a matter of interest for hackers. Even if the owners have never shared their credit card numbers or PINs in direct messages,

A recent story suggests Google is secretly recording your conversations and discussions. Although the story does have merit, it also has some problems. Google is recording voices; that’s entirely true.

Like the invention of the fire pit, the history of the first password is lost to the depths of time. We know that Romans used them. Shakespeare mentioned passwords in