It's advice Republican Sen. Ted Cruz perhaps should've taken to heart before he tweeted in September that clicking on antifa.com told you "all you need to know." At that time, antifa.com redirected people to the Biden campaign website in an apparent attempt to falsely link the candidate to the loosely organized left-wing network. Conservative figures, including former President Donald Trump, have often called antifa activism an assault on law and order. … [Read more...] about Antifa.com redirects to White House website as trolls needle Biden
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Dear Asus router user: You’ve been pwned, thanks to easily exploited flaw
"Out of curiosity, I entered 'ftp://[my external ip address]' into my browser and sat wide eyed when I saw the contents of my media server show up," the blogger wrote. "I reasoned it must be because I’m already inside the network (which doesn’t even make sense really), but panic was starting to set in. So I pulled out my phone and turned off the Wi-Fi connection and tried it there. Now I was worried." … [Read more...] about Dear Asus router user: You’ve been pwned, thanks to easily exploited flaw
Phishing scams use the promise of COVID-19 vaccines to trick you
Avoiding vaccine-related fraudThe FBI urges people to be wary of any email, text message or phone call that comes from a sender you don't recognize and offers information about the coronavirus vaccine. As with any message from an unknown sender, don't click, download or share your password. Get your information about vaccines from official sources, like state and local health departments, the Food and Drug Administration and your doctor. … [Read more...] about Phishing scams use the promise of COVID-19 vaccines to trick you
Google bombs get dismantled
It used to be a joke around the Internet that if you Googled "miserable failure," the number-one result provided by the famed search engine was President George W. Bush's official biography on the White House's Web site. This was thanks to a "Google bomb," in which mischievous Web users would manipulate the page ranking of a search result by planting links on their Web sites that used the search terms to point to their result page of choice. But now Google has put out an announcement that states it will be "minimizing the impact" of Google bombs with a new algorithm designed to weed them out. … [Read more...] about Google bombs get dismantled
PS5 restock news for Best Buy, Walmart, GameStop, Amazon, Target and more
The PS5 is available in two versions: There's a $500 model with Blu-ray and an otherwise identical $400 digital-only version with no disc slot. At this point, people are happy to get their hands on either one, but if you don't have a library of optical discs -- for Blu-ray movies, used games or old PS4 games -- CNET recommends you go with the $400 version. … [Read more...] about PS5 restock news for Best Buy, Walmart, GameStop, Amazon, Target and more