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Home PCs and laptops remain an important place for storing sensitive information, including personal emails, logins and passwords, photos, financial data and more. Of course, this information needs to be

Massive multiplayer online games — MMOGs — have become hugely popular in recent years, which means, unsurprisingly, that they’ve become big targets for attackers. These games create alternative universes, often

Aside from the endless hours we spend on Gchat at work, online chatting is mostly a kid’s game. But the responsibility falls on adults to know the basics of safe

Stefan Tanase, Kaspersky Lab’s Senior Security Researcher, Global Research & Analysis Team, answers users’ questions about social networks, malware and everything in between. There is a saying: “information is power”

From its then-revolutionary touchscreen interface to the somewhat ill-fated Siri voice control, Apple’s iPhone has always set the standard for mobile devices since its first version hit the stores in

Twitter is an essential part of anyone’s brand these days, whether you’re a small company, a media mogul or someone who simply likes to share her views with anyone willing

It’s that time of year when, in the afterglow of the holiday season we start to play with all of our new toys. For a lot of people that will

You probably hadn’t even thrown away the wrapping paper and upgraded from pajamas to pants before you were knee-deep in your new computer (probably a laptop of one brand or

When a browser asks you if you want it to store, save, or remember your password and you allow it to do so, it actually does store your password in

The first thing you want to be aware of when discussing security features on Google’s Chrome browser is that many of the best options aren’t built into the browser, but

It may seem like a great idea to become Facebook friends with people overseas that you’ve never met – and never will meet – but Facebook has a suggestion: don’t

Computers have advanced in the last 20 years from building-sized mainframes to smartphones that can fit in your pocket (and have become infinitely more capable, to boot), yet we use

In recent years, cybercriminals have stepped up their efforts to get hold of users’ money. Credit card numbers, login details for online banking, passwords and codes – all this and

It’s always frustrating if your smartphone or tablet gets lost or stolen – and that frustration is compounded by the loss of valuable data stored in the device’s memory. Worse

The good old days, when the owners of mobile phones and smartphones had little to fear from malicious programs and could keep all their personal info in their devices’ memory,

Windows Phone doesn’t have the market reach of Android-powered devices, or the slick appeal of the Apple iPhone, but the availability of multiple Windows 8 devices late this year could

Apple popularized the app-store concept and the iPhone and its companion store have gained a reputation for security over the years. While iOS on its own is quite secure, there

Google’s Android operating system far and away dominates the mobile market with more than 68 percent of devices running the open source OS, according to research firm IDC. Whilst this

U.S. customs officials are increasingly interested in the data stored on mobile devices and laptops. For international travelers who have sensitive data on their phones (we mean corporate folks, not

The days of retail shopping during the holiday season have given way to the age of E-tail: Experts predict that more shopping will be done online than in physical stores

The hacking of Gmail accounts has been a constant occurrence for several years now. Those who have had their own accounts hacked know that Gmail notifies users when their accounts