The holidays are here! You’re planning your trip, you’re hitting the online sales, and your credit card is getting a serious workout. But as you juggle boarding passes and shopping lists, cybercriminals are busy, too. The holiday season is a peak time for fraud, phishing, and physical theft because criminals know we are distracted, rushed, […]

The internet is an incredible library, but let’s be honest: it’s also a minefield. As a parent, you want your kids to be able to research their homework or satisfy their curiosity about dinosaurs without stumbling onto content that is violent, explicit, or just plain scary. You can’t hover over their shoulder every single second, […]

We all love Venmo. It’s the digital wallet that makes splitting dinner bills, paying the dog sitter, or sending birthday cash incredibly fast and easy. But that speed works both ways. Just as quickly as you can send money to a friend, a cybercriminal who gains access to your account can drain your balance or […]

We get it—there is a lot to love about Firefox. For many of us, it’s the rebel of the browser world. People flock to it because it feels faster, it offers incredible customization options, and it champions the use of open-source web technologies. Unlike some of the tech giants that seem designed primarily to harvest […]

We all deal with email attachments every day. Whether it’s an invoice from a contractor, photos from a family member, or a project file from a colleague, clicking “download” is second nature. But among the harmless documents and images, there’s a file type that security experts urge you to handle with extreme caution: the .zip […]

We love our smart speakers. They play our favorite playlists, tell us the weather, and settle dinner table debates with a quick fact-check. But have you ever looked over at your Echo device and noticed that tell-tale blue ring spinning silently, even though nobody said the “A-word”? It’s a little spooky, right? Your Alexa device […]