Naked Security

5 things you can do to make your Zooming safer, more private and more secure...

Dozens of bugs in a core Windows API could enable attackers to elevate their privileges in the operating system.

If somebody promises to get your economic impact payment fast, back away: it's just one flavor of COVID-19 scam the tax agency is seeing.

In theory, crooks could mess up your site so vistors can't see your content, then lock you out so you can't jump in and fix it.

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The FCC has given voice carriers until June 2021 to implement technology it says will stop the robocall plague that's driving us all insane.

In one of the strangest stories of the year, the COVID-19 virus has halted plans by major browsers to drop support for the aging and insecure Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 protocols.

And no, Microsoft said, none of our verified accounts have been hijacked, vehemently denying early reports.

Every once in a while an attack comes along that is so simple to set up, and yet so effective, that it makes your jaw drop. Here's one.

Microsoft has announced a list of new security and privacy features it plans to add to forthcoming versions in an effort to take on its rivals.

Marriott International has today announced that it has suffered a data breach affecting up to 5.2 million people.

OpenWrt is an open source operating system used by millions of home and small business routers and embedded devices.

The source code for ransomware-as-a-service strain Dharma has been put up for sale by hackers.

Where did it all come from? 4.9m records were posted on a hacking forum - and the country only has an estimated population of 3.7m.

They have a way to inject 'good' data - i.e., accurate COVID-19 news or security patches - to outpace the spread of fake news or malware.

No, we don't know why people start hoaxes like this. You can do your bit by not forwarding them, not even "just in case".

The only backup you will ever regret... is the one you didn't make

There's one thing missing in all the claims that deleting the Houseparty app will "unhack" you - evidence"

The bad news is that you have to watch out for a plethora of new coronavirus cyberscams, as well as all the old stuff, too...

It’s less than a week since iOS 13.4 appeared and already researchers have discovered a bug that puts at risk the privacy of VPN connections.