What do we do with a company that regularly pumps metric tons of virtual toxic sludge onto the Internet and yet refuses to clean up their act? If ever there were a technology giant that…
Supply Chain Security 101: An Expert’s View
Earlier this month I spoke at a cybersecurity conference in Albany, N.Y. alongside Tony Sager, senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security and a former bug hunter at the U.S.…
Who Is Agent Tesla?
A powerful, easy-to-use password stealing program known as Agent Tesla has been infecting computers since 2014, but recently this malware strain has seen a surge in popularity — attracting more than 6,300 customers who pay…
How Do You Fight a $12B Fraud Problem?…
The fraudsters behind the often laughable Nigerian prince email scams have long since branched out into far more serious and lucrative forms of fraud, including account takeovers, phishing, dating scams, and malware deployment. Combating such…
Mirai Co-Author Gets 6 Months Confinement, $8.6M in…
The convicted co-author of the highly disruptive Mirai botnet malware strain has been sentenced to 2,500 hours of community service, six months home confinement, and ordered to pay $8.6 million in restitution for repeatedly using…
Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Gen, 2018)
Amazon's new Echo Dot ($49) looks good and sounds great. With vastly improved sound, it's now a distinctly better smart speaker than the Google Home Mini, and can replace the larger $99 Echo for less…
How to Delete All Your Google Home Voice…
Google's smart speakers respond to voice commands and store all that voice data on Google servers. For your own security, here's how to delete those recordings. PCMag reviews products independently, but we may earn affiliate…
Amazon Echo Sub
Amazon's Echo smart speakers put out pretty solid sound for their size and price, but they skimp a bit on deep bass and don't even try to reach sub-bass levels. Enter the Echo Sub, a…
Amazon Echo Plus (2nd Gen, 2018)
Amazon has been refreshing and updating its line of Echo devices, giving its smart speakers friendlier, fabric-wrapped designs while tweaking and improving their performance. The new Echo Plus still stands as a more powerful version…