For more than a decade now, security experts have had discussions about what’s the best way of choosing passwords for online accounts. There’s one camp… Read More »FBI recommends passphrases

A ransomware attack has impacted the operations of a US-based natural gas compression facility, according to a security advisory from the US government. The advisory,… Read More »Operations halted for two days at unnamed US natural gas compression facility.

2019 will be remembered as the year when major security bugs were disclosed in a large number of enterprise VPN servers, such as those sold… Read More »Iranian hackers have targeted Pulse Secure, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, and Citrix VPNs to hack into large companies

he Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published the results of an investigation into the Android version of the Ring app which reportedly includes a plethora… Read More »Ring app for Android full to the brim with third-party trackers

While many of us were getting ready to celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah, Linux Mint quietly gifted us with the latest long-term support (LTS) version of… Read More »The easiest and best Linux desktop had a new long-term support release during the holidays

Not all that long ago, tech pundits were convinced that by 2020 the personal computer as we know it would be extinct. You can even… Read More »The PC was supposed to die a decade ago

After years of countless reviews, discussions, and code rewrites, Linus Torvalds approved on Saturday a new security feature for the Linux kernel, named “lockdown.” The… Read More »Linux kernel ‘lockdown’ feature

Cisco has disclosed over a dozen high-severity vulnerabilities affecting the widely deployed Cisco IOS and IOS XE network automation software, including a nasty one affecting… Read More »Cisco warning

Ramsomware continues to be one of the biggest menaces on the internet. Clicking on the wrong link could be enough to set off a sequence… Read More »Avoiding Ransomware