Tag: Security

‘225,000,000,000 attacks per day’: Computer users and gamers are significantly more at risk of cybercrime than at any other time in the past

‘225,000,000,000 attacks per day’:…

With the news always full of stories about massive data breaches, whether they’re genuinely huge or just a false…
Here’s how long it would take 12 RTX 5090 GPUs to crack your password… and a reminder that just adding more characters still works

Here’s how long it…

Cybersecurity company, Hive Systems, has just put out its 2025 Password Table as a continuation of its yearly analysis…
The FBI says cybercriminals were responsible for a record $16,600,000,000 in reported losses last year, up 33% from 2023

The FBI says cybercriminals…

The FBI’s annual Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report has been published, and it makes for some grim reading.…
US Justice Dept announces $10 million bounty on at-large ‘hacker-for-hire’ cabal it says targeted China critics, religious missionaries, and the Treasury

US Justice Dept announces…

The US Department of Justice announced yesterday that it’s charging 12 alleged Chinese hackers over a string of cyber-attacks…
Have I Been Pwned adds over 284 million compromised passwords from latest breach

Have I Been Pwned…

Data breach news is reported with such regularity now that it’s easy to feel jaded by each new leak…
Telecoms hack on US government officials is ‘worst in nations history’ and ‘the barn door is still wide open’ says senator

Telecoms hack on US…

US authorities have recently revealed a US telecommunications hack that was said to have compromised the networks of multiple…
Hackers can wirelessly spy on your display by collecting HDMI signal leaks and churning them through an AI, but I wouldn’t break out the tin foil just yet

Hackers can wirelessly spy…

If you’re under the impression that the PC Gamer hardware team practices perfect cable management, I have some disappointing…
The best Valorant VPN in 2024

The best Valorant VPN…

As with many online games, using a VPN for Valorant can be a huge advantage. It will allow you…
Google sums up 2023’s security exploits: the good news is fixes are blocking some types of zero-day attack

Google sums up 2023’s…

2023 was a bumper year for zero-day exploits—50% more zero-day vulnerabilities were exploited last year compared to 2022—and the…
A comprehensive online privacy bill is one step closer after US Congressional leaders reach a tentative bipartisan deal

A comprehensive online privacy…

Describing the polarized US Congress as dysfunctional is being too kind. Republicans and Democrats don't agree on too much…