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Your Android Phone Has New Anti-Theft Security Features
As careful as you might be with your smartphone, you're never 100% impervious to theft. Thieves are smart, and may wait for a vulnerable moment to snatch your phone from your hand, or swipe it while it rests on a...
October 7, 2024
Apple Patches a Password Vulnerability on iPhone and iPad
If you use an iPhone or iPad, take note: You need to update your device(s) as soon as possible. This week, Apple patched a security flaw for any iPhones and iPads running iOS 18, as well as one other security...
October 7, 2024
Smartphone Tip of the Week: Delete Your Unwanted Apps
Smartphones are all about the apps: Unlike computers, which run on a healthy mix of dedicated programs and websites, most of what we do on our iPhones or Android happens inside apps. As such, we tend to accrue apps rather...
October 1, 2024
T-Mobile Is Settling With the FCC Over Cybersecurity Violations
T-Mobile has been in hot water for some time now. The company has faced multiple cybersecurity situations in recent years, including in 2021, 2022, and 2023. These events have leaked important data of T-Mobile customers, including social security numbers, home...
October 1, 2024
Android and iPhone Users Cannot Text Each Other With End-to-End Encryption
It's no secret that iPhones and Androids don't play nicely with texts: While two iPhones or two Androids have no problem messaging each other, texting between iOS and Android can be a challenge. That's because, until recently, Apple forced iPhones...
September 23, 2024
Watch Out for Companies That Train AI With Your Data
Many of us use LinkedIn as a social networking site for business: You trust the platform with your data to connect you with other professionals, perhaps to grow your business or look for new opportunities. Unfortunately, it seems LinkedIn, like...
September 23, 2024
Did You Know Your iPhone Can Help You With Your Laundry?
There are more than a few of us out there that simply do not understand laundry care symbols. The icons might be obvious to some, but to others, they're gibberish. As it turns out, however, you have a translator on-hand at...
September 17, 2024
Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday Fixes Four Zero-Days
Last week, we highlighted Microsoft's August Patch Tuesday, as the update patched a zero-day security vulnerability in Windows. While Microsoft was not aware of an active exploit for the vulnerability at that time, it was still essential to fix, as...
September 17, 2024
Bad Actors Exploited a Chrome Zero-Day In August
Google Chrome is, by far, the most popular web browser in the world. Even if you don't use Chrome, you may use a browser built on its platform: Microsoft Edge, for example, is built on Chromium, the same open-source platform...
September 10, 2024
Microsoft Patched a Windows Zero-Day Last Month
On the first Tuesday of each month, Microsoft releases its "Patch Tuesday" update. Each Patch Tuesday contains a collection of patches for security vulnerabilities the company discovered (or had discovered for them) within Windows. It's a good routine update, that...
September 10, 2024