The term “smishing” is a combination of “SMS” — or “short message service,” the technology behind text messages — and “phishing.”

Windows Phone Link is a free Microsoft app that lets people view and access phone calls, text messages, and notifications from their smartphones directly on their Windows 10 or 11 PC.

Our homes are filled with smart tech these days: you may love the convenience of spotting packages from video doorbells or asking Siri how many fluid ounces are in a cup (it’s eight!).

Slimy hackers are using a trick that always comes back because it works: scattering infected thumb drives in public spaces, like parking lots or offices, to carry out their malicious activities.

If you use paper checks and send them through the mail, it may be time to stop.

Unfortunately, you can’t fully scrub yourself from the internet. A bit of you will always linger, whether it’s in data-broker databases, on old social media you forgot about, or in the back of someone else’s vacation photos on Flickr.

You might consider yourself a tech-savvy individual who would never fall for an online scam. You regularly mark suspicious email messages as spam, and you never click anything that doesn’t seem legitimate.

Your bank account is one of the most important things in your life to protect from hackers.

RSA (an American computer and network security company with a focus on encryption and encryption standards) says that 70% of online fraud is done through mobile platforms.