What is typosquatting? How one wrong letter steals your data
Typosquatting is the scam that registers domains almost identical to the real ones. A single typo on your bank's address …
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Information security in plain English: scams, hardening and privacy — plus retrogaming, games and geek culture.
How to secure your Android: 8 security settings
Your Android has security features that ship disabled by default. Here are the 8 settings to turn on now and why each …
How to spot a phishing email: 7 practical signs
Phishing evolved with AI and now fools even specialists. Here are 7 signs that expose fake emails — from your bank, the …
Windows NT 3.1: 33 years of the system that retired DOS
On July 27, 1993, Microsoft shipped Windows NT 3.1 — the first real Windows, with no DOS underneath. The kernel born …
Heartbleed: the OpenSSL bug that exposed 17% of HTTPS servers
In April 2014, a two-year-old bug in OpenSSL leaked private keys, passwords and session tokens from 17% of every HTTPS …
Jscrambler attack: hackers poison NPM packages
Hackers used leaked NPM credentials in a massive supply chain attack. How the Jscrambler case exposes the soft …
What is vishing? The AI voice scam that clones you in 3 seconds
Vishing uses phone calls and AI voice cloning to fool victims. Attacks grew 442% in a single half-year. How it works and …
Mega Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes 3 zero-days
With 622 security fixes, the July 2026 Patch Tuesday is historic. Here are the 3 zero-days that demand an immediate …
Is a VPN worth it? What it really protects (and what it doesn't)
A VPN is not a magic shield against everything. Understand what it really protects, what it changes nothing about, and …
Backup 3-2-1 and 3-2-1-1-0: protecting data from ransomware
Modern ransomware deletes backups before encrypting data. The 3-2-1 rule is no longer enough — here's how the 3-2-1-1-0 …