The days of the company’s “don’t be evil” mantra are long gone. Switching away isn't as hard as you might think.

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We have so many online accounts today, it's tempting to use AI to come up with unique passwords. Don't! Here's what you should do instead.

Security experts warn against using AI-generated passwords after finding predictable patterns in outputs from ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude that make them vulnerable to attacks. PCWorld reports that AI ...

It turns out AI-coding tools are useful to criminals, too.

Hackers are increasingly exploiting newly disclosed vulnerabilities in third-party software to gain initial access to cloud environments, with the window for attacks shrinking from weeks to just days.

A new phishing campaign is impersonating Google’s account security checks to trick users into installing a malicious web app that steals passwords, passcodes, and other sensitive data directly from ...

A 22-year-old Alabama man pleaded guilty to extortion, cyberstalking, and computer fraud charges after hijacking the social media accounts of hundreds of young women (including minors).

A government customer of sanctioned spyware maker Intellexa hacked the phone of a prominent journalist in Angola, according to Amnesty International, the latest case of targeting someone in civil ...

The Fulu Foundation, a nonprofit that pays out bounties for removing user-hostile features, is hunting for a way to keep Ring cameras from sending data to Amazon—without breaking the hardware. The ad ...

Pigeons have historically served as messengers for humans, but a Russian startup claims to take this to a new level—effectively “hacking” pigeon brains to turn them into biological drones. In a recent ...

I've used my Flipper Zero to replace lost remotes, open security doors, and more. Here's how to get started with your new favorite hacking tool. I’ve been writing about technology since 2012, focusing ...