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Twitter is investigating a rash of fraudulent tweets from prominent accounts - don't fall for these scams!

The bug can definitely crash your Windows DNS servers, and it could end up being used for much worse than that. Please patch now!

O, what tangled code we weave, when first we practise to deceive!

The good news is that this was a bureaucratic necessity rather than an actual cybersecurity attack.

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Sadly, the easier and safer you make your file sharing service, the more attractive it becomes to the crooks.

Critics say the amended bill that's headed for a full Senate hearing still threatens encryption, albeit less blatantly.

Why hack into a server when you can just send vistors to a fake alternative instead?

It's a short jump from a Rolls Royce ride to extradition from the UAE. Goodbye, Dubai, goodbye, Palazzo Versace, hello, Chicago jail cell.

To help end systemic racism, we'll stay away from an error-prone technology that's been shown to have racial bias, the city council said.

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At the risk of giving you a feeling of déjà vu all over again, it's time to talk about Facebook hoaxes once more.

They're not surveillance spectacles, says Google, just a piece in the jigsaw of "ambient computing", where helpfulness is all around you.

Still thinking "the crooks probably won't find me if I make a security blunder"?

Databases can be had for as little as $100, on up to $1,100. Most, if not all, are being sold by the hacking group Shiny Hunters.

Booby-trapped images could be used to attack Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 - update now!

No US entity charges citizens for registering to vote, but plenty of Google ads were happy to do so - and to grab your PII in the process.

TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 are now considered security risks and blocked by default.

Is it fair to expect everyone to renew all their web certificates every year? Apple says yes, and now Google does too.

TikTok, for one, promised to knock this off months ago but was caught red-handed, still at it, by the new clipboard notification in iOS 14.