What the Hack

A lump grew in my throat. I’d been conned. More specifically, I’d been phished. And it had nothing to do with the band.

What might be the only thing more frustrating than getting juice jacked? Being the first documented case of it.

What a VPN does is make you anonymous, mysterious, private—masking your location and your data and your browsing activity.

Brute-force attacks are like when you spend five minutes jamming the wrong key into your front door, hoping it might finally work.

If you want to remember the concept behind dead man’s switch, just think of legendary character actor Joe Morton.

Some viruses are created simply to annoy their hosts. Others scrub your software for data its creators can use or sell for their own gain—and potentially to your detriment.

Adding two-factor authentication to your accounts means that even if someone managed to get your email and password, they wouldn’t be able to log in.