Privacy screens for phones and laptops: do they actually work?
Asha Venkataswamy · Oct 3, 2026What a privacy screen protector can and cannot stop, and where the filter's limits begin.
Privacy
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: four habits that outlast the news cycle
Asha Venkataswamy · Oct 2, 2026The annual October campaign has run since 2004. Its core …
Guides
How to create a password manager routine that sticks
Asha Venkataswamy · Sep 30, 2026The vault is the easy part. The habit is what …
Threats
How AI is changing the anatomy of modern cyber threats
Brandi Reed · Sep 30, 2026Machine learning makes old attacks faster, cheaper and more convincing. …
Guides
Beginner's guide to two-factor authentication: what it is and how to start today
Colin Reyes · Sep 28, 2026Two-factor authentication adds a second check at login. Here is …
A taxonomy of digital threats: from phishing to zero-days
Brandi Reed · Sep 21, 2026Threats come in a handful of distinct types. Sorting them …
Living off the land: how attackers use your own admin tools against you
Brandi Reed · Sep 16, 2026Intruders increasingly skip malware and drive Windows' own PowerShell, WMI …
Privacy
The digital detectives who recover stolen identities
Brandi Reed · Sep 26, 2026When a stranger opens accounts in your name, a small trade of fixers and fraud specialists does the untangling. Here is how that work actually happens, and what it does and does not fix.
How to turn on two-factor authentication for the accounts that matter most
Malik Johnson · Aug 18, 2026Passwords alone don't stop most account takeovers. Here's how to add a passkey or authenticator app to your email, Google, and Microsoft accounts in under ten minutes each.
Guides
BNSF CISO Alex Levy named first TIME + Commvault CISO of the Year
Asha Venkataswamy · Sep 25, 2026The inaugural award drew more than 200 nominees. The railroad's security chief won it.
How to turn on two-factor authentication for your Google account
Colin Reyes · Aug 26, 2026Yes — you can turn on 2-Step Verification for a Google account in under five minutes, and the authenticator-app or passkey method is stronger than SMS codes.
Choosing home security cameras: the features actually worth paying for
Most camera spec sheets are noise. Here is how to sort the features that matter from the ones that just raise the price.
How Network Segmentation Limits Breach Blast Radius
Dividing a network into isolated zones does not stop intrusions. It stops them from spreading.
How to set up a passkey and stop relying on passwords
Passkeys replace your password with a cryptographic key tied to your device. Here is what they actually protect against and how to turn one on for your Google account and your Apple devices.
How independent researchers find zero-days before attackers do
Fuzzing, code review, and coordinated disclosure: the quiet pipeline that turns a hidden software flaw into a patch.
What is a honeypot, and how defenders study attackers by getting hacked on purpose
Decoy systems let security teams watch real attacks unfold on machines that were built to be broken.
Palo Alto fixes PAN-OS flaw rated 10/10, confirms attackers hit unpatched firewalls within hours
CVE-2024-3400, a command-injection flaw in PAN-OS GlobalProtect rated 10.0 by Palo Alto Networks, was patched on April 14, 2024 — and the vendor's own advisory says exploitation began within a day of…
Does cyber insurance cover AI attacks? Insurers are finally saying yes — with caveats
Beazley confirmed AI-affirmative cover, QBE and AIG say they aren't retreating, and a Rand report maps the uncertainty. Here's what that means for your policy.
Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests
Fraudulent information requests sent from a legitimate government email domain led Revolut to hand over identity documents and verification data to an unauthorized third party.
Why schools are ransomware's favorite target
School districts hold sensitive data, run aging systems, cannot tolerate downtime, and pay — a combination that keeps education at the top of ransomware statistics, as the 2026 Canvas breach showed…