Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. We have all come to live with the endless succession of online ...

One time I unwittingly clicked on a malicious link. That link took me to a website that would have installed malicious software on my computer. Had I been using Windows instead of Linux, I most likely ...

There are many complex AI-fueled cyber attacks now targeting PC users — this is not one of them. But if you fall victim, it will still steal your credentials or hijack your device. Fortunately, ...

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If you are redirected to a web page that shows a video player and a prompt to "Please "Allow" to watch the video", do not click on the allow button. If you do so, it will subscribe you to the site, ...

“Click To Do” is Microsoft’s latest AI feature and selling point for Copilot+ PCs. Now that Windows Recall has taken a backseat after so much privacy criticism, Microsoft is turning the page—and this ...

Users on Verizon's network have reported receiving text messages that appear to be sent from their own phone numbers. Here's why you shouldn't click those links. The messages notified the user that ...

Rand Fishkin came out with yet an eye popping study, saying that based on SimilarWeb data "64.82% of searches on Google (desktop and mobile combined) ended in the search results without clicking to ...