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GL.iNet Brings Wi-Fi 7 Travel Routers & Remote KVM Devices to CES 2026
9+ hour, 6+ min ago (281+ words) Hot Topics: Our Coverage of CES 2026| Best Open Ear Headphones | The Best VPNs|Charge Your Android Phone Faster by Georgie Peru on January 10, 2026 Gl.iNet Beryl 7 travel router GL.iNET used CES 2026 to outline a broad expansion of its networking…...
OpenAI Confirms AI-Powered Browsers Leave You Vulnerable to Hackers
2+ week, 1+ day ago (309+ words) OpenAI has made a pretty significant admission about its ChatGPT Atlas browser: The security risks that come with letting AI control your web browsing may never be fully fixable At issue is "prompt injection," in which hackers pass malicious instructions…...
That Handy Free Browser Extension You Installed Could Be Spying on You
2+ week, 3+ day ago (293+ words) by Sean Captain on December 24, 2025 Unlike traditional malware, malicious extensions don't have to sneak onto your computer. You install them yourself. And as these recent examples show, there's no surefire way to identify and block bad extensions in advance. Still,…...
Urgent Android Update Targets Active Exploits – Check Your Phone
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (261+ words) by Sean Captain on December 02, 2025 This is an update you don't want to put off once it's available for your Android phone or tablet. Google's bulletin warns that two of the Framework bugs are already under "limited, targeted exploitation," and…...
How to Stop Cookie Jacking and Keep Hackers Out of Your Accounts
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (278+ words) by Sean Captain on December 02, 2025 You're probably accustomed to hearing about " and may have been affected by " data breaches that provide hackers with oodles of usernames and passwords to people's sensitive accounts, such as banking, shopping, and social networking. (A…...
How to Prevent Windows Disk Encryption from Locking You Out of Your PC
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (523+ words) by Sean Captain on November 12, 2025 But protecting against these dangers comes with its own danger. What if you can't get into your own hard drive? That can happen if you forget your password or PIN or if software glitches lock…...
Do This to Stop Windows 11 Updates from Permanently Bricking Your PC
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (266+ words) by Sean Captain on November 12, 2025 What recovery key? That's a very valid question. If BitLocker disk encryption is turned on, there are certain steps you must take to unencrypt and access the hard drive. The default is simply to enter…...
Your Weak, Old, Reused Passwords Are All Over the Internet
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (254+ words) by Sean Captain on November 10, 2025 One leaked password to a critical account is a tragedy; 1.3 billion may just seem like a statistic. But security expert Troy Hunt's herculean task of combing through a massive roster of stolen logins provides some…...
More People Are Ditching Passwords for Passkeys, Study Finds
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (287+ words) by Sean Captain on November 03, 2025 You may be very familiar with passkeys " or not at all. Such is the case for all emerging technologies, including this more secure alternative to passwords for logging into websites and apps. But the ranks…...
Why the Obviously Fake Dashlane Hack Phishing Email Still Made Me Jump
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (436+ words) by Sean Captain on October 20, 2025 "Dashlane Have Been Hacked!" read the subject line in my inbox on Friday morning, referring to a popular password manager app. All but the first word was a telltale sign of a phishing scam " not…...