Elon Musk recommended Signal, and now the app is struggling to keep up with the influx of new users
Will WhatsApp reconsider its revised terms of service?
Ryuk ransomware has squeezed more than $150 million from victims
The most profitable variant of ransomware
WhatsApp is forcing users to share data with Facebook, unless you're living in the EU
Surrender your personal data, or else
Scared iOS developers seek ways to subvert upcoming privacy update
App makers will use 'device fingerprinting' if denied access to a user's IDFA
Dell's new Latitude laptops feature an automatic shutter for the webcam
Perfect for the era of constant videoconferencing
Undocumented admin-level backdoor discovered in Zyxel security products
Admins will want to patch this one ASAP
FBI warns of hackers taking over smart devices to livestream swatting incidents
How to make swatting even worse
Intel, Nvidia, and Cisco among companies affected by SolarWinds hack
The Russian hack extended beyond US government agencies
Microsoft, McAfee and many others are part of newly formed anti-ransomware coalition
The Ransomware Task Force is fighting back
Beware this 'mobile version' of Cyberpunk 2077 that's actually ransomware
There's no mobile version, obviously
Israeli researchers use RAM as a small Wi-Fi transmitter to leak sensitive data from isolated systems
The latest in a series of unorthodox methods uncovered over the years
Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla unite to ban Kazakhstan's citizen-tracking certificate
It's not the first time this happens either
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Schools are using FBI hacking tools to access students' phones
Murky laws are failing to protect students' privacy
A new widespread malware attack targets Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Yandex users
Attackers are injecting ads in search results alongside legitimate ones
"Run as Administrator": What Does It Mean?
#ThrowBackThursday As a TechSpot reader you've surely opened software as an admin on Windows before, maybe as recently as today. But do you know what happens under the hood of Windows when you tell the OS to run a program as an administrator, and why is this process necessary in the first place?
WhatsApp complains Apple's privacy 'nutrition' labels should apply to pre-installed apps, too
Privacy information has to be listed in the App Store only
Cybersecurity giant FireEye hacked by nation-state, likely Russia
Has Cozy Bear been at it again?
Researchers found 33 critical security flaws affecting millions of IoT devices
The issues may never be fixed for all devices
This radio-proximity exploit can quietly take over your iPhone without you knowing it
'There's something hauntingly beautiful watching all these iPhones die as they get a WiFi broadcast packet of death'
Unknown hackers are targeting the Covid-19 cold chain
The vaccines need to be stored and transported at low temperatures
California man who leaked pre-release Switch details sentenced to 3 years for Nintendo hack, possession of child porn
He must also pay Nintendo $259,323 and register as a sex offender
Spotify resets over 300,000 user passwords following external database leak
Weak passwords are the culprit
Edge gets its own slew of malicious add-ons under the names of legitimate services
Browsers... they grow up so fast