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Ransomware threat – be careful where you upload files

Computers / Mobile Apps / Cybersecurity
April 27, 2024

Avoiding iffy downloads is no longer enough to ensure this doesn’t happen. Olemedia/iStock via Getty Images Selcuk Uluagac, Florida International University Cybersecurity researchers spotlight a new...

Spyware can infect your phone or computer via the ads you see online – report

Computers / Mobile Apps / Personal Computers / Cybersecurity / Technology / Smartphone / Virus
September 23, 2023

A new type of spyware means those online ads could go from annoying to menacing. AP Photo/Julio Cortez Claire Seungeun Lee, UMass Lowell Spyware can infect...

What the world would lose with the demise of Twitter: Valuable eyewitness accounts and raw data on human behavior, as well as a habitat for trolls

Discussion Point / Good Read / Social Media / Online / Social Networks / Information
November 19, 2022

Twitter itself produces a lot of data that’s available nowhere else. STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University What do a cybersecurity researcher building...