Should you be afraid of smart home hacking? What it is, and how experts prevent it

All smart homes are at risk of being hacked, but it's not a likely event. The type of bad actors that target smart homes and devices, such as security cameras, are opportunistic. They search randomly ...

Is your smart home at risk of being hacked? 6 ways experts lock theirs down

The fewer entry points you leave open, the more secure your smart home will be. Here's how to check for all the gaps.
Columbus Dispatch

Columbus Social Security office staying open despite Trump holiday order

The Trump administration is giving most federal employees two additional days off this week around Christmas, but the Social Security Administration plans to stay open the whole week, causing some ...
Bleeping Computer

NIS2 compliance: How to get passwords and MFA right

The EU's NIS2 Directive is pushing organizations to take cybersecurity seriously, and that means looking closely at how you manage access. If you're responsible for security in a company that falls ...
Techno-Science.net

9 Best Open-Source Apps from GitHub You Can Actually Use Every Day

GitHub hosts powerful open source apps you can use daily, from Immich for photo backups and Upscayl for image upscaling to VERT for file conversion, BC Uninstaller for cleanup, Mole for Mac storage, ...
Reuters

AI in Cybersecurity: How Hackers and Defenders Use AI

ST. PETERSBURG, FL, November 20, 2025 (EZ Newswire) -- AI has dramatically transformed the way cybersecurity is conducted, reshaping the cyber landscape with different tools and technologies for ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft tries to head off the “novel security risks” of Windows 11 AI agents

Microsoft has been adding AI features to Windows 11 for years, but things have recently entered a new phase, with both generative and so-called “agentic” AI features working their way deeper into the ...
Hosted on MSN

Is your online password secure?

NordPass, an online password manager, released the most commonly used passwords that are prone to being hacked or leaked. Senate Agrees to Pass Bill to Force Epstein Files’ Release Lane Kiffin ...
Dark Reading

Orgs Move to SSO, Passkeys to Solve Bad Password Habits

New survey data indicates that organizations are pushing hard for passwordless authentication. A significant chunk of online account passwords in 2025 remain basic and easy to crack — a fact that will ...
Business Wire

Upwind Launches Groundbreaking Open Source Security Model Bringing Extreme Ownership and Flexibility to Cloud Risk Management

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Upwind, a next-generation cloud security leader, announced the launch of its “Open Source Security Model,” a groundbreaking approach that brings extreme ownership, ...
PC Magazine

You Can Do Better Than the Louvre's Hilariously Bad Password. Here's How to Actually Secure Your Accounts

The most famous museum in the world used an incredibly insecure password to protect its video surveillance system. Here's how to learn from the Louvre’s mistakes and improve your own security. I ...
Business Wire

Confident Security Launches OpenPCC, an Open-Source Standard that Protects Data Shared with AI Models

Built by former Databricks and Apple engineers, OpenPCC enables companies to safely use large language models without exposing confidential or personal information SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS ...