18 hours agoChinese students are crucial to US national security, ex-Google CEO saysFormer Google CEO Eric Schmidt believes that legislative efforts to bar Chinese students from studying in the U.S. could be “against our own self-interest.”
6:024 days agoWhat to know about the QAnon conspiracy theoryDaily Beast tech reporter Will Sommer talks to Fox News about Q and the QAnon conspiracy theory. Learn about what it is and why it has been moving from the fringes of the internet into mainstream politics, and why that could be dangerous for everyone.
5 days agoNew ways to quickly call 911 on your phone along with the best safety appsIn these troubled times, when we’re dealing with a pandemic and protests compounded with the usual risks of accidents and crime, your smartphone can be your emergency notifier. Sure, you know about AAA for your car. Tap or click here for a free app you can use to replace AAA.
6 days ago5 steps to make sure hackers cannot access your home network and filesCybercrimes are on the rise with hackers and scammers chomping at the bit for a shot at your system. There’s one tool that should be on all computers.
3:45June 8Cybersecurity expert on why hacker ‘protests’ could be government’s biggest threatCybersecurity expert Marty Puranik warns about the potential of cyberattacks against police networks and local and state government servers.
3:02June 5LAPD teams up with FBI to collect looting footage for future arrestsKurt 'CyberGuy' Knutsson explains how technology is being used to catch up with looters.
3:28June 3$1.8 trillion price tag for US cyberattacks over the past two yearsRelentless cyberattacks against organizations across the United States have cost over $1.8 trillion and exposed more than 7.8 billion consumer records over the last two years, according to ForgeRock’s 2020 Consumer Identity Breach Report. A look at why unauthorized access attacks are so costly and dangerous for consumers.
May 29FBI reveals how alleged scammer stole personal identitiesJonathan Nguyen, 23, of Windham, N.H., was charged this week in federal court for carrying out a scheme to steal personal information and turn it into profits, the FBI said.
May 18ADT worker accused of using app to spy on hundreds of people, including children, over 7 yearsTwo Texas women are suing ADT Security Services in a pair of federal lawsuits over a breach that allowed an employee for the security giant to allegedly view footage from indoor security cameras installed in hundreds of homes over several years.
May 15Coronavirus crisis: Online church services attacked by hackers using child pornographyOn Sunday, April 26th Pastor Kris Cervantes of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Waco, Texas was part-way through her Zoom Church service when the unthinkable happened. The screen featuring the main speaker was suddenly overtaken with a GIF of child pornography, an act that has been dubbed “zoombombing.”