When we wrote about state privacy laws earlier this year, Virginia, California, and Colorado were the only states with laws in place to protect consumers’ privacy. (Nevada has also had a more limited law since 2019.) Since then, Utah Govern…
Late last year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the Facebook parent company would be rebranded as Meta. As part of that announcement, he talked about his dream that Meta will eventually be a “metaverse company.” What does that m…
Researchers analyzing anomalies in network traffic coming from a hospital elevator followed the trail to an unsecure TUG Home Base server, which is used to monitor and manage the Aethon TUG robots used by the hospital. The researchers found…
Today, we’re happy to introduce USB Protection, a new feature available in the Avast Business Hub as well as Avast Business Premium and Ultimate Business Security. USB Protection safeguards company data by preventing employees from using un…
I usually endeavor to separate my political activities and my cybersecurity and digital rights advocacy, except for cases in which they are inextricably connected. You can say that everything is connected, of course, and that is true, but y…
When Phyllis Weisberg, 90, received a phone call claiming that there was an issue with her computer, she knew she had to do something right away. The person on the other end told her that they could help her — but it would be for a fee. Phy…
Since we last wrote about Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS), the organization has made a series of updates to its standards with its latest version 4.0. It contains several important improvements, which we’ll break dow…
Some researchers, business specialists, and forecasters believe the metaverse – the virtual reality platform accessed by devices like Meta’s Oculus Quest 2 – will reach the same popularity and generate the same revenue as the internet. Bloo…
Today, most risks facing consumers from cyber criminals can be tied back to credential or data theft in some form. What if there was a future in which technology stopped this from happening?
Today, most risks facing consumers from cyber criminals can be tied back to credential or data theft in some form. What if there was a future in which technology stopped this from happening?