Privacy

Romantics searching for virtual love should approach amorous AI chatbots with caution, according to a new report by researchers at Mozilla's "Privacy Not Included" buyer's guide.

AT&T wireless customers will see the brand name and logo of participating businesses on verified incoming calls without the need for an app.

Top devices raising concerns among consumers are the Amazon Echo, security cameras, Google Nest thermostats, smart doorbells, and smart TVs, revealed the research by CraftJack, a construction contracting services provider.

Tech industry experts delve into pivotal tech trends for 2024, examining cybersecurity evolution, the impact of AI on privacy, breakthroughs in quantum computing, and shifts in the tech startup world.

Quick Response codes have become a vehicle for bad actors to steal credentials, infect mobile devices, and invade corporate systems.

Called Lantern, the initiative allows companies in the coalition to share information about potential child sexual exploitation, which will increase their prevention and detection capabilities, speed up the identification of threats, build situational awareness of new predatory tactics, and strength...

If law enforcement officers can use technology to track people, then people ought to be able to return the favor, according to a robotics hacker who created a service enabling people to monitor police activity using Bluetooth.

Reports involving online sexual extortion of teenage boys reached "shocking" levels during the first six months of this year, according to a newly report by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).

Despite the growing disdain for the cumbersome process of creating and entering passwords, the transition toward a future without them is gaining traction at a surprisingly slow pace.

Cyber insurance premiums are soaring as insurers limit what's covered, exposing a gap in cybersecurity financial safety nets, according to a new report.

In its annual Consumer Impact Report, the ITRC noted that 16% of victims seeking support from the organization in 2023 acknowledged they had contemplated suicide after having their identity compromised, a substantial increase compared to 2022, when 10% had such thoughts.

Let's talk about security this week in the context of HP's Quarterly Security Report, and what HP is doing to step up to the problem. Then we'll close with what may be my new favorite phone: the Motorola 2023 Razr foldable phone.

After feeding more than 15.6 million passwords into an AI-powered password cracker, researchers concluded that it is possible to crack 51% of common passwords within a minute.

The FBI's Denver office is cautioning consumers about using free public charging stations, saying bad actors can use the USB ports at the juice stops to introduce malware and monitoring software onto devices.

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