Adam Levin

Remote desktop software creates a digital tunnel for a third party (your tech-savvy relative, a hacker) to take control of your mouse and troubleshoot on your machine from somewhere else–anywhere else, which is exactly the problem with this software.

The whizzbang offered by IoT can have a kaput effect on your reputation. It can also leak details about your life to third parties who exploit that data to sell you more stuff.

Until a company with strong privacy bona fides can offer a secure alternative to the voice-activated assistants currently on the market, it’s worth your while to get up from your chair and flip that light switch the old-fashioned way.

The ransoming of hijacked social media accounts and personal data force a hard question: To pay or not to pay?

Smartphones prove a universal truth about awesome digital innovation: When it’s really good, there’s always a catch. 

When Google retired the “Don’t Be Evil” motto there was no ceremony because the company had become the Death Star-eating antichrist of consumer privacy.

The meta-problem with Facebook stems from the product itself: It took the position that “privacy” was synonymous with “marketing data.” 

Email continues to be the Achilles heel of cybersecurity for organizations, especially small- to medium-sized businesses.

It’s no easy task to identify the 10 biggest Internet-related privacy failures masquerading as the next best thing since the World Wide Web, but here it goes.

Threat actors are implementing website marketing strategies to spread malware. Here’s what you need to know.

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Despite extensive safeguards, Apple and Google have been a conduit for malicious apps.

Opportunity makes familial fraud a common form of identity theft that can leave you in serious financial (and emotional) trouble.

Celebrity social media accounts attract scammers, which makes them a lightning rod for safeguarding your own data online.

An elaborate cryptocurrency scam fleeced investors and embarrassed social media influencers backing a fictional food delivery service.

Is Mark Zuckerberg’s rebranding of Facebook an attempt to downplay negative publicity or the first steps toward a larger vision of the future?

You may think they know everything about connected devices and our digital lives, but young adults are a scammer’s favorite target.

Malware-laden apps continue to be a fact of life for iOS and Android users. Determining who’s to blame is complicated.

Killware was once viewed as a hypothetical worst-case scenario. Now it’s a reality that governments, companies and organizations need to prepare for.

Threat actors find a new way to ply an old scam on Twitch.