A 34-year-old woman is sitting in the dark room and using her smartphone. getty Do Not Keep These ‘High Risk’ Apps On Your iPhone Or Android While TikTok has generated the most headlines when it comes to allegations of your data being secretly sent to China, it turns out that a much bigger threat could…
You should never use these apps on your phone. getty Republished on June 29 with additional analysis on the national security threat. Tens of millions of Android and iPhone users are being warned they have installed free apps that leave them at serious risk. Those users could now be sending their sensitive data to companies…
Why you need to delete these apps. getty It’s one of the most outlandish threats facing smartphone users today. Apps that you think make your phone safer and more secure actually put you, your device and your data at risk. Now a new list has been released of apps you should delete. Your smartphone is…
New AI scams are soaring. NurPhoto via Getty Images Microsoft has issued a new warning as the nightmare of “unbeatable” AI attacks is now coming true. AI, it warns, “is making it easier and cheaper to generate believable content for cyberattacks at an increasingly rapid rate.” The company highlights one type of attack that is…
Do not take this risk with your phone getty It’s the least surprising news of the week. A new report has just warned that a raft of free apps being installed by huge numbers of iPhone and Android users from the official Apple and Google stores are much more dangerous than you’d expect. You could…
Beware — all these apps are dangerous. Here’s what you need to know and do. getty An alarming new warning for iPhone and Android users has just hit users, with a cybersecurity firm warning that apps in both Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App Store have been infected with “malicious” code that lets attackers empty…
Apple has been consistent in not allowing pornography into the App Store. But changes in the EU have allowed independent app stores to arrive and these have their own views on what’s permissible. So, the arrival of the first porn app in the AltStore PAL store has caused a commotion—and Apple has taken the rare…
This phantom attack is back in the news—be careful. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Republished on January 18 with a new warning that banks are unlikely to refund money lost in this attack, with advice on what you need to do to secure your account. It starts with a simple call, a message, a popup…
New government warning for iPhone and Android users getty The latest warning for iPhone and Android users should see millions of apps deleted from phones and millions more not installed in the first place. The nature of this warning isn’t new—but this time it comes directly from the U.S. government. Hopefully this means users will…
Stop texting—but these apps need to change as well. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Republished on December 10 with new reports into an encrypted messaging surge after Korea’s introduction of martial law, and its stark warning for U.S. Last week, the FBI warned iPhone and Android users to stop texting and to use an encrypted…