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Consumer report warns your air fryer could be spying on you — what you need to know
By Millie Fender published
A new report from U.K. consumer advocacy group Which? reveals that a number of air fryer brands are harvesting data from users 'with reckless abandon'.
Millions stolen from LastPass users in massive hack attack — what you need to know
By Anthony Spadafora published
The popular password manager LastPass is in hot water once again after hackers used previously stolen data to drain users’ crypto wallets.
Over 900,000 Americans just had their personal and health info exposed in medical data breach — names, phone numbers, treatments and SSNs
By Anthony Spadafora published
Preesia subsidiary ConnectOnCall has revealed that it fell victim to a breach in which an unauthorized attacker managed to access app data and provider-patient communications.
Digital license plates can be hacked to avoid tolls, fines and tickets
By Amber Bouman published
Digital license plates from Reviver have been hacked by a security researcher which could evade tolls or law enforcement.
FBI warns Apple and Android users to avoid RCS messaging — here's why
By Josh Render published
RCS communications between Apple and Android devices still lack end-to-end encyption, leading to the FBI warning US users to look elsewhere.
Apple Passwords app affected by critical bug — update to iOS 18.2 now
By Amber Bouman published
The iOS 18.2 update fixes a critical bug in Apple's Passwords app that could open up users to a malicious attack.
Only 3 of the top 150 Android apps can detect reverse engineering tool Frida — here's why that's bad
By Amber Bouman published
Frida is a popular tool used by security researchers to examine apps but hackers could also use it to reverse engineer them.
Best free iPhone VPN app in 2024
By Mo Harber-Lamond last updated
VPN There are tons of free iPhone VPNs on the App Store – but only a handful are safe to use. Here are the very best free VPNs for iPhone that I've tested.
Thousands including children exposed in major data breach — names, addresses, Social Security numbers and more accessed by hackers
By Anthony Spadafora last updated
Datavant has suffered a data breach that exposed the sensitive personal info of thousands of children after an employee fell for a phishing email.
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