In a nutshell: Smart TVs are incredibly popular, and Black Friday/Cyber Monday sees more consumers invest in the technology. But, like anything that connects to the internet, they come with potential risks—something the FBI is reminding people to be wary of. In...
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Your WordPress website has been hacked! Those are the words you never want to hear. Perhaps you found out when your web hosting company emailed you, a customer contacted you or when you visited your own site and saw signs of...
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Online tech support scams have been on the rise for the past decade, as hackers found new ways to trick consumers into providing remote access to their computers in order to steal information. This tried-and-true scam currently relies on sophisticated...
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The global cybersecurity market is booming: Cybersecurity-related spending is on track to surpass $133 billion in 2022, and the market has grown more than 30x in 13 years. But it’s not all unicorns and rainbows. Some industry watchers have claimed that the cybersecurity market...
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It has probably been a while since you typed "https" in front of a URL to cruise around the web, but those simple letters are still crucial to your experience on the internet. That familiar abbreviation stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol,...
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Social networking giant is already facing investigations from the FTC, the House antitrust committee and a host of attorneys general. The US Justice Department plans to investigate Facebook to determine whether it violated federal antitrust laws, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. The investigation,...
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Google has been accused of using hidden web page that are assigned to users to provide more information to advertisers about (tracking) their every move online. The allegation has been added to a complaint lodged with the Irish Data Protection Commission. The tech...
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Apple users are being warned that an iMessage security vulnerability has been discovered that could enable an attacker to read the files on their iPhones without having physical access to the device. The iMessage vulnerability was uncovered by Google Project Zero...
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The plugin Facebook Widget (Widget for Facebook Page Feeds) was closed on the WordPress Plugin Directory yesterday. That is one of the 1,000 most popular plugins, so we were alerted to its closure. While we were looking in to the plugin to...
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Keep your browsing history private Chrome is packed with features intended to make life easier, such as the suggestion of URLs in the Omnibox – as Google calls the dual-purpose address and search bar – to save you typing out a...
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