Unsurprisingly to many of us, app stores for smart televisions are also trash. Perhaps even more full of trash than other app stores due to the smaller ecosystem and fewer reviewers. Spur analyzed ...

Exposed file-sharing services and network discovery have no place on open Wi-Fi.

Clicking a captcha "I am not a robot" box and identifying images to prove it is second nature for many internet users. Now, cybercriminals are exploiting people's comfort with the routine to scam them ...

The Flipper Busy Bar combines a programmable LED display with calendar integration and workplace automation to help reduce interruptions during focused work. https://busy.app Flipper Devices launched ...

A hacker used a VPN to stay anonymous. Microsoft's Windows Global Device Identifier logged his activity anyway and handed it ...

Federal complaint says a Windows GDID tied Peter Stokes to a May 2025 jewelry retailer hack that stole 77GB and drew an $8M ...

Microsoft details GigaWiper, a Windows backdoor that bundles disk wiping, fake ransomware, and remote control into one ...

Several AI coding assistants were tricked into facilitating developer machine hacking via an attack technique that has been ...

The big picture: People have grumbled about Windows telemetry for years, to the point that an entire cottage industry of tools that clean up the OS now exists just to strip the tracking bits out.

Windows can link your PC to your activity, AI agents are sending crypto to scammers, and a router backdoor has no fix. Here's what you need to know this week.

In other news, a DHS database was hacked, Adobe is releasing patches twice a month, and Canada has disrupted ransomware operations.

It’s social media’s most viral cooling hack as Britain finds itself scorching in the fiery grip of an unprecedented heatwave, and everyone wants to know — does it actually work? With the UK expected ...