Tax season scams 2026: Fake IRS messages stealing identities
Tax season no longer begins in April. For scammers, it starts the moment the calendar flips to January. While you’re waiting for your W-2 or 1099 to arrive, cybercriminals are…
Criminals are using Zillow to plan break-ins. Here’s how to remove your home in 10 minutes.
The whole country is watching the Nancy Guthrie case. When the suspected kidnapping happened, I was curious. How long would it take me to find her home address and cell…
Don’t ignore Apple’s urgent security update
If you use an iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch or Apple TV, listen up. Apple has released a major security update to fix a zero-day vulnerability, which is a security…
Substack data breach exposes emails and phone numbers
If you read newsletters to stay informed, here is an update worth paying attention to. Substack, a popular platform where writers, journalists and creators send email updates directly to subscribers,…
Wearable robotics are changing how we walk and run
When you hear the word robotics, you probably think of factory machines or humanoid robots sprinting across a test track. That image makes sense. For years, robotics lived in labs…
Fake ad blocker breaks PCs in new malware extension scam
Fake browser extensions are nothing new, but this one takes things a step further by deliberately breaking your computer to scare you into infecting it. Security researchers have uncovered a…
Why physical ID theft is harder to fix than credit card fraud
It started with a voicemail from a Hertz rental car location in Miami, Florida. A 57-year-old woman in Los Alamitos, California, was asked when she planned to return a Mercedes-Benz…
Clean up your social media feed and cut the noise
Scrolling used to be relaxing. Now it often feels chaotic. That is not a coincidence. Nearly everything you see on social media is controlled by algorithms that track what you…
Android malware hidden in fake antivirus app
If you use an Android phone, this deserves your attention. Right now, cybersecurity researchers warn that hackers are using Hugging Face, a popular platform for sharing artificial intelligence (AI) tools,…
China unveils the world’s largest flying car
China just sent a clear signal about where it believes air travel is headed next. A Shanghai-based aviation company called AutoFlight has unveiled Matrix, now recognized as the world’s largest…