Google wants to help users secure their accounts better and more easily. They are now making the use of passkeys the default option on your Google accounts. In a blog post this week, they explain the reason and how easy it is to take advantage of this option: …. the next time you sign in […]
Sabrina I. Pacifici writes: WSJ via MSN: “How do consumers respond when their online accounts are exposed to hackers? Many of them simply don’t. Data breaches at major firms have become all too common, with more than 110 million user accounts exposed in just the second quarter of 2023. Yet our research found that nearly […]
Odessa American reports: EL PASO FBI El Paso is warning the public of a new scam dubbed “The Phantom Hacker.” Scammers are impersonating technology, banking, and government officials in a complex ruse to convince a typically older victim that foreign hackers have infiltrated their financial account. The scammers then instruct the victim to immediately move their […]
Sharing private information could lead to penalties, agency says after Markup investigation By: Colin Lecher The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned five tax preparation companies that they may face civil penalties for sharing confidential data from taxpayers through tracking pixels and other means. The move from federal regulators follows an investigation by The Markup […]
Researchers have noted two new types of ransomware that appear to be hitting Windows users — Windows users like Mom and Pop on their home computers. They, too, can wake up to find that all of their personal files have been locked and there’s a ransom note demanding hundreds of dollars or $1,000.00 to get […]
Car manufacturers are engaging in a “privacy nightmare” by scraping sensitive user data and potentially selling it to unknown actors, according to a new report on the widespread terrible practices in the industry. Mozilla’s Privacy Not Included found 25 major car brands are “terrible at privacy and security” of user data, and their policies allow widespread […]
The Los Angeles Times reports that legislation being considered in California would make it easier for consumers to get every data broker to delete their personal information with just one request. Tech companies and other big businesses are fighting the bill. The bill, known as the Delete Act, faces a critical vote this Friday as […]
And some good news for consumers (for a change!). Google will be introducing a new “Safety Check” feature in Chrome 117 that will warn you if an extension might be malware or if there is some concern about it. Read more of this article at Extension Safety Hub.
Can a smart bulb be hacked to steal your wi-fi password? Researchers say one of the best-selling and most popular smart bulbs in the world has vulnerabilities that put your security at risk. Read more of this article by By Elizabeth George at Gearrice.
A legitimate-looking ad for Amazon in Google search results redirects visitors to a Microsoft Defender tech support scam that locks up browsers. Read more of this article by Lawrence Abrams at Bleeping Computer
