The Software Guard eXtension is supposed to protect encryption keys and other sensitive data. But this…
Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica
Now Chrome Can Block Ads That Leach Power From Your CPU
Google developers have built a feature to help you avoid abusive ads. Here’s how to turn…
LockBit Is the New Ransomware for Hire
A recent infection, which managed to plunder a company's network within hours, demonstrates why the malware…
Hackers Target Oil Companies as Prices Plunge
The sophisticated spear-phishing campaign hit as energy companies planned their response to falling crude prices.
A Vital Hack Could Turn Medical Devices Into Ventilators
Hundreds of thousands of lower-grade breathing devices are going unused because manufacturers say they can’t perform…
Thousands of Android Apps Are Silently Accessing Your Data
More than 4,000 Google Play apps let developers and advertisers collect a list of the user's…
The Best and Worst Browsers for Privacy, Ranked
A new study examines how Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Brave, Edge, and Yandex collect…
Windows Has a New, Wormable Vulnerability
The flaw has the potential to unleash the kind of attacks that allowed WannaCry and NotPetya…
A Flaw in Billions of Wi-Fi Chips Let Attackers Decrypt Data
Affected devices include iPhones, iPads, Macs, Amazon Echos and Kindles, Android devices, and various Wi-Fi routers.
Hundreds of Chrome Extensions Secretly Uploaded Private Data
A researcher discovered that hundreds of extensions in the Web Store were part of a long-running…