Leonid Grustniy

The house always wins? How a smart device took down a casino.

Rumor has it that typing “BFF” as a Facebook comment checks your profile security. We investigate the claim.

Tinkering with smart car firmware

Even very popular apps display ads using third-party code, which can transmit personal data unencrypted.

Hidden miners detected in soccer and VPN apps on Google Play — steer clear!

Most computer infections come from visiting porn sites, or so some people say. Are they right?

Researchers investigate how vulnerabilities in robots can be exploited to take control of them.

Internet of things is not getting any safer: Our experts analyzed a smart camera and found numerous vulnerabilities.

Solar power and wind energy could one day replace oil and gas.

Harmless toy or a way to phish for personal data?

Chrome learns to block ads by itself. What has Google come up with, and how will it help users?

We investigate how couples often neglect privacy — and the consequences.

Cybercriminals attack Telegram users with an old trick for masking malware as pictures.

Belgian police and Kaspersky Lab obtain decryption keys for files hit by Cryakl.

Adult content is an ace in the hole for cybercriminals attacking Android devices.

While you’re watching YouTube, someone might just be using your device to mine cryptocurrency.

The cryptomining boom is helping scammers make money out of thin air. The latest method involves fake currency and ransomware.

The Skygofree Trojan comes with a powerful array of spyware features, some unique — like turning on audio recording by geolocation and stealing private messages.

Hacked programs freely distributed online are found to be equipped with a hidden NiceHash cryptocurrency miner.

The new Loapi Trojan will recruit your smartphone for DDoS attacks, bombard it with ads, or use it to mine cryptocurrency, making it red-hot.

Do you use NAS for backup? We’ll tell you how to protect it from new threats