Microsoft’s February Patch Tuesday fixes 59 flaws—including six zero-days already under active attack. How bad are they?
Month: February 2026
Malwarebytes is not only one of PCMag’s Best Tech Brands for 2026, it also scored 100% on the MRG Effitas consumer security product test.
Discord will make all profiles teen-appropriate by default until you prove you’re an adult. What you’d “miss” may not be all that terrible.
Our research found that mainstream platforms often protect children well—until curiosity or the wrong settings get in the way.
Hacked Snapchat accounts and secret filming with smart glasses, this week served two reminders of how women’s privacy is still being violated.
This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we revisit an episode from 2025 in which we tried to answer: Is your phone listening to you?
A security researcher found an exposed database belonging to the Chat & Ask AI app, once again traced back to a Firebase misconfiguration.
A convincing lookalike of the popular 7-Zip archiver site has been silently turning victims’ machines into residential proxy nodes.
A list of topics we covered in the week of February 2 to February 8 of 2026
This Apple Pay phishing campaign is designed to funnel victims into fake Apple Support calls, where scammers steal payment details.