Computer Safety and Support
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How to Protect Your Accounts with Two-Factor Authentication
Two-factor authentication (2FA) prevents hackers from gaining access to your accounts even if they have your password. Here are the best practices for using 2FA.
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Should you use Google Password Manager?
Google's password manager is a simple and free solution that works across multiple devices, but it lacks useful features found in dedicated products.
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How to Add an SSD to Your Desktop for Well Under $100
Our guide will walk you through the complete step-by-step process of buying, installing, and formatting a new budget-focused SSD for your Windows desktop.
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Google Makes it Easy to Remove Your Contact Info from Search Results
Now you can initiate a request to remove your personal information from Google search within the list of search results. Here's our step-by-step guide.
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How to Replace Your Hard Drive with an SSD to Make your Laptop Faster
There are few ways to make a laptop faster that are as easy and cost-effective as replacing your existing hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD).
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The Complete Guide to Facebook Privacy Settings
Manage your Facebook Privacy settings so you know who is and isn't seeing your posts and take control of how Facebook uses your personal information.
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How to Safely Get Rid of an Old Computer
However you choose to dispose of your computer, remember to remove personal and financial information that someone else could access.
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Watch Out for Philo Subscription Email Scams
Another variation on an old email scam tries to trick you with fake Philo streaming subscription notices. Here's how to recognize and avoid the scam.
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Fake Geek Squad Subscription Emails Are on the Rise
Scammers are using fake Geek Squad subscription automatic renewal notices to trick you into calling to cancel so they can get access to your credit card info.
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Malwarebytes Blocking Google, Edge and Firefox as Malware
Malwarebytes experienced a major issue today with most major browsers – including Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Gmail, and Google Drive – being blocked as malware.
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7 Steps to Spotting a Charity Scam Before You Donate
We all want to help when a natural disaster strikes, but before donating, follow these 7 steps to ensure your dollars aren't going to scammers.
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Does a Pop-up Mean Your Phone Has Been Hacked?
A pop-up claims you have a virus and need to call tech support. Or maybe you're just getting annoying pop-up ads. Has your phone been hacked? Here's how to tell.
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How to Prevent Webcam Hacking
Preventing hackers from accessing your webcam is easier than you think. Here are 9 things you can do right now to stop hackers in their tracks.
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Wordpress Users: Watch Out for Fake Copyright Infringement Warnings
WordPress site owners need to be aware of a new technique scammers are using to phish for WordPress login credentials: fake copyright infringement notices.
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4 Ways Your Browser Leaks Personal Information
No matter your browser’s privacy settings, it can still share identifying personal info that could then be exploited by hackers for financial gain.
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How to Use Google Password Manager
Passwords you save when using Chrome can sync across all your devices. Here's how to use Google Password Manager on your computer, phone, and tablet.
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What is Facebook Account Cloning & What Can You do about It?
Keeping yourself – and your friends – safe from Facebook account cloning scams is simple. This is everything you need to know to protect yourself.
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What To Do When Your Email Gets Hacked
How to prevent your email from getting hacked and the 8 steps to take if you're hacked to get everything back in order and keep hackers out for good.
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How to Protect Your Privacy on Public WiFi Networks
Using public WiFi is like having a conversation in a public place: Others can overhear you. Protect your privacy with these five key security tactics.
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How to Hide your Friends List on Facebook
If you don't want your list of Facebook Friends to be available to the public, here's how to hide it.
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Surfshark Nexus Makes VPN Browsing Faster, More Secure
Surfshark, our favorite VPN, just got even better with Nexus technology, which lets you connect to multiple servers for faster, more secure browsing.
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Zero-Day Exploit Found Affecting Chrome and Edge Browsers
If you use the Chrome or Edge browser on your computer, update it now. A recently-found zero-day exploit could let hackers perform malicious activities.
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How to Tell if an Email Has Been Spoofed
Not sure if an email is real or spoofed? Here's how to access your email header information and which fields clearly show that an email is not what it is purporting to be.
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Stop Hackers from Taking Over Your Google Account if It Goes Inactive
Google's Inactive Account Manager protects you from potential hacks by disabling your inactive accounts after a preset time. Here's how to set it up.
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The Best VPNs for Protecting Your Privacy
Many VPNs don't deliver on what they promise. Our tests show which VPNs offer the best combination of privacy, speed, features, and proven trustworthiness.
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Facebook Ad Copyright Violation Scam Used for Phishing Attacks
Emails claiming your ad violates Facebook's terms of service for copyright are being used to phish business account login credentials. Don't fall for it.
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Echo and Ring Owners Need to Opt Out of Amazon's Invasive WiFi Sharing
On June 8, Amazon will use your Echo and Ring devices to start sharing your home WiFi with strangers without your permission. Here's how to opt out
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Facebook “IS THIS YOU?” Video Scam Steals Your Login Info
Don't fall for this scam that steals your login info. Here's how to spot it before you click and what to do if you've already been fooled into logging in.
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Fake Copyright Infringement Warnings Used to Spread Ransomware
Hackers are posting comments on websites about alleged copyright infringement to trick companies into downloading zip files containing ransomware trojans.
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Best Password Manager Deals for World Password Day
In celebration of World Password Day, some of our favorite password managers are on sale. Check out these great deals.
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How to Tell if Your Facebook Information Was Leaked
More than half a billion Facebook user's personal information was leaked, including names, phone numbers, and email addresses. Find out if your data was compromised.
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How to Rotate Your Screen in Windows 10
Here are three simple ways to rotate your screen in Windows 10 to watch videos that are oriented incorrectly or for easier ebook reading on your laptop.
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How to Unblock YouTube
Had your access to YouTube blocked for legal or content licensing reasons? Here's how to get around the restrictions to access the content you want to watch.
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The Best Web Browsers
Our experts review the top web browsers to determine which provide the best online privacy, security, and productivity, with a speedy browsing experience.
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10 Things You Can Do Now to Improve Your Online Security
Here are 10 things you can do now to protect yourself from hackers and all of them are free.
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The Best Cloud Storage Services
We went through the cloud storage service options to find the services will keep your files safe and offer the best combination of features and price for most people.
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Never Mispronounce a Name Again with LinkedIn's Pronunciation Tool
A quick check of a person's LinkedIn profile pronunciation guide can solve the mystery of how to say their name.
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Support.com’s 24/7 Expert Tech Advice is now 15% off for Techlicious Readers
Support.com’s TechSolutions gives you 24/7 access to experienced, U.S.-based Tech Pros to set up new gadgets, secure video calls or even offer advice on your next purchase.
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Child Porn Sextortion Scammers Pretending to be Microsoft Tech Support
Beware a new twist on an old scam – emails claim you were caught watching child porn and your Windows license is suspended until you call Microsoft Support.
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Fake Recruiters Using COVID-19 Crisis to Perpetrate Email Scams
Email recruiting scams have been circulating for years. Now, in a new twist, the scammers are playing off the COVID-19 crisis to approach potential victims.
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How to Remove Zoombombing Videos from Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter & YouTube
Get offensive and dangerous zoombombing videos removed from any of the major video sharing platforms and hold accountable those who captured and posted them.
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Is the Porn Blackmail Scam Real?
Hackers are threatening to send a video of you watching porn to everyone in your contact lists if you don’t pay a ransom. Should you pay up?
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Sign in with Apple Has Started Its Major Rollout
"Sign in with Apple" is a simple and secure way to access apps and services using your Apple ID instead of creating a new username and password, but it may not be right for you.
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How to Use Your Own Router for Verizon Fios
Follow these steps to use your own router for Verizon Fios service and avoid Verizon's outrageous rental fees.
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FTC Warns Against Coronavirus Scams
Don't fall for these scams! We tell you what to look for and how to avoid becoming a victim of these new Coronavirus scams.
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How to Stop Sharing Your Browsing Activity with Facebook
Facebook finally lets you control how much third-party data shows up on your profile with new Off-Facebook Activity privacy tools.
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How to add an iCal event (.ics file) to your Google calendar
Avoid manually entering events. It's easy to add iCal invites (.ics files) to your Google calendar if you follow these simple steps.
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How to Protect Yourself Against SIM Swap Fraud
SIM swapping is a dangerous scam that can compromise all of your digital accounts — and it's all too easy for scammers to pull off. Here's how to protect yourself.
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NSA Warns to Patch Your Window 10 System Now to Keep Hackers Out
An exploit discovered by the NSA could make it simple for hackers take over your computer and steal your data — so patch your Windows 10 system now!
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9 Tech Resolutions to Get Done in 2020
Take control of your tech with these nine resolutions.
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These are the Worst Passwords of 2019
Keep your online accounts safe by avoiding these common passwords
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11 Online Shopping Safety Tips
The internet may be filled with misleading links and potential scams, but these expert-approved tips will help you shop safely this holiday season.
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Stop Using Registry Cleaners and Disk Cleaners - They Don't Work
If you’re using a registry or disk cleaner, you should stop now. You’re wasting your money and putting yourself at risk for catastrophic system problems.
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The Best Password Managers
Apps that encrypt, store and create strong passwords are the only way to secure dozens of online accounts. Here are the best.
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The Best Free VPNs
These VPN providers are trustworthy, with gold-standard security and privacy practices, and are the best free VPN options available today.
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How to Browse the Web Anonymously
Want extra privacy online? Here are the tools you need to keep your browsing activities hidden.
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Chrome Browser Bug Could Let Hackers Take Over Your Computer
To keep your computer, and every scrap of private information on it, safe, you should stop what you're dong and update your browser right now.
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Should You Care About Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency?
What cryptocurrency is and, by extension, Facebook's proposed Libra cryptocurrency, and why you should you care.
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How to Avoid Fake Recruiting Scams
What is legitimate for recruiters to ask candidates and how you can recognize when you're being scammed? Here's how to tell when a job pitch isn't for real.
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Facebook Redesign Focuses on Private Conversations and Privacy
Facebook wants to help you make friends, find dates, and have completely private conversations with end-to-end encryption. But after a year of privacy missteps, is it enough?
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Exodus Spyware Targets iPhones & Android Phones to Collect All of Your Personal Data
Exodus spyware, which was once just found on Android phones, has made the leap to iPhones. Find out more and use these tips will help keep your smartphone safe.
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15 Reasons Why Your Computer is Slow
The 15 most common reasons why your computer is so slow – and the simple measures anyone can take to make your desktop or laptop run faster.
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Can You Trust a Free VPN?
VPNs can read all of your internet traffic, so you want to make sure your personal data isn't being exploited in return for "free" service. Here's who to trust.
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Number of Hacked Email Addresses Now Exceeds Earth's Population
Haveibeenpwned.com now has details on 7.695 billion hacked accounts - more than the current world population of 7.558 billion. And, those are just the leaked accounts we know about.
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How to Clean Out & Organize Your Computer
Removing unwanted files and streamlining your folder system can not only free up storage space, but improve your computer's performance. Here's how to spruce up your computer and make sure it stays that way.
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773 Million Email Addresses Compromised in New Data Breach
It's time to change your passwords, because the Collection #1 data breach compromised 773 million email accounts.
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9 Most Useful Chrome Browser Extensions
Get more out of your browser with these 9 extensions that make your time online easier, safer and more efficient.
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9 Tech Resolutions for 2019
From a privacy overhaul to ethical tech usage, here are 9 ways you can revamp and improve your relationship with technology in 2019.
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Facebook's Partners Had Access to Your Messages and More
In the company's latest privacy scandal, Facebook allowed business partners see messages and contacts long beyond they offered services that required access.
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Facebook Bug Lets App-Makers See Photos You Never Posted
A new Facebook bug gives app developers access to all photos you upload to Facebook — even photos you don't post.
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These are the Worst Passwords of 2018
Keep your online accounts safe by avoiding these common passwords
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New iPhone Scam Tricks You Into Making Pricy Purchases with Touch ID
Be wary when an app asks you to use Touch ID, because it may be secretly charging you. Here's why it's so easy to be scammed.
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How to Tell if your Facebook Account Has Been Hacked
How to tell if your Facebook account had been hacked, how to kick a hacker out of your account and how to secure your account against future hacking.
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How to Search the Web Anonymously
The best ways to hide your searches from employers and family members, and keep Google and other advertisers from targeting ads based on your search history.
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Special Forces-recommended tactical flashlights: Now only $18
These tactical flashlights are small and feature a weatherproof, ultra-lightweight titanium alloy construction that fits comfortably in your pocket. Now on sale for only $18.
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Browse anonymously and bypass content restrictions for $40
VPN Unlimited received PC Magazine’s Top VPN of 2017. You can find a lifetime subscription to VPN Unlimited here for $39.99, on sale from its full price of $499.99.
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Gmail Delivers New Level of Security with Confidential Mode
Gmail now lets you protect individual messages with a passcode, set an expiration date and prevent the recipient from forwarding or copying the contents.
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What You Need to Know About Surfing the Dark Web
Within deep web lies a subset of sites purposefully designed to be inaccessible and requiring special software to visit called the dark web. Here's what you need to know before you start surfing.
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Dashlane 6 Offers One-Stop Identity Theft Protection
Already our favorite password monitor, Dashlane has added a pile of new features that make it even easier to keep your accounts and identity safe.
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Hackers Exploit Voicemail Vulnerability to Access Financial Accounts
Hackers can crack the four-digit code protecting your voicemail to reset the password and gain access to your financial accounts.
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Email Blackmailing You for Cheating on Your Wife is a Scam
Are you being blackmailed for bitcoins by someone claiming to have evidence of you cheating? It's just a scam.
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Is it Safe to Use a Password Manager?
Security experts agree that using a password manager is far safer than reusing passwords and there are steps you can take to use one safely.
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9 Simple Ways to Protect Your Privacy
Take these simple steps to protect your valuable personal information.
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Google is Letting App Developers Read Your Gmail & Share Your Info
If you use third-party apps with your Gmail account, app developers could be quietly rifling through your mailbox to collect personal information.
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An Easy Way to Find Your Compromised Passwords
Dashlane automatically checks to see whether your passwords have been compromised and changes them for you.
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Facebook's Latest Privacy Snafu May Have Set Your Posts to Public
A software bug caused everything on Facebook to be posted publicly by default for almost a week, affecting 14 million users.
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The FBI Wants You to Reboot Your Router
New malware that may have infected 500,000 routers can spy on you and destroy your router. The quick fix is rebooting your router. Here's how.
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Why You Should Lie When Setting Up Password Security Questions
When you set up a new online account, you'll often be prompted to answer security questions. But, there’s nothing secure about such generic queries.
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Don't Share Outdated Personal Information on Facebook
Online quizzes and memes that ask for outdated personal information like your first car or your first pet's name seem fun, but sharing could help hackers get into your accounts.
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6 Biggest Russian Cyberattacks on the U.S. Government
These Russian cyberattacks have deeply penetrated the US government and caused significant potential damage.
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Easily Delete Facebook Apps with Access to Your Personal Data
Facebook has made it easier to mass delete apps and control the information they can access. Here's how.
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How to Protect Yourself Against Ransomware
If you follow these simple steps, you should be safe from ransomware and most other cyber threats likely to come your way.
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A New Reason Why Your Computer is Running Slow
Browsing a website can be enough for a malicious script to slow your computer to a crawl and put pricy cryptocurrency into hackers' pockets.
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Find Out if Any of Your Passwords Have Been Compromised
A new tool will tell you if your password — not just your account name — has been compromised in a data breach
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Secure Your Smart Home from Hackers with Bitdefender BOX
Our connected devices aren't always very secure, but Bitdefender BOX keeps them (and us) safe anyway.
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How to Secure Your Smart Home
The lowdown on how secure smart home devices are - and what you can do to protect your connected home
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Vulnerabilities Found in Most Processors Put Your Data at Risk
Newly discovered flaws mean that your computers, smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices are likely vulnerable.
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10 Tech Resolutions for 2018
These 10 resolutions will help you find balance — between work and life, and in how you use your technology.
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These are the Worst Passwords of 2017
Keep your online accounts safe by avoiding these common passwords
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The Equifax Data Breach: What Everyone Should Do Now
You could be one of 143 million Americans whose critical personal data was exposed. Here's what to do now.