Individuals & Families

How malware actually gets onto your devices, the warning signs of an infection, and the everyday habits that stop most attacks before they start.

AI safety for employees means knowing what can go wrong when you use AI tools at work, misplaced trust in outputs, manipulation of the AI itself, and data exposure, and how to use them without creating risk for yourself or your employer.

The single most effective step you can take to protect an account even if your password is stolen, with step-by-step setup for major platforms.

Updates don't just add features, they close known security holes. A simple, low-effort routine for keeping your phone and computer current.

Why passwords get cracked, what makes a password strong, and practical ways to create passwords that are hard to break but easy to remember.

Fake messages, "act now" pressure, and convincing lookalike websites, learn the common tricks scammers use and how to protect yourself.

Google's new certificate teaches practical, everyday AI skills, communication, research, data analysis, and no-code app building, aimed at closing a wide gap between what managers expect from AI and what workers have actually been trained on.

A practical guide to combining encryption and backups so your sensitive files are protected both from strangers who steal your device and from the disasters that destroy it.

From smart doorbells to warehouse sensors, connected devices multiply faster than most security programs can track them. A practical guide to keeping the Internet of Things from becoming your weakest link.

AI tools have made phishing messages more convincing and personalized than ever, and prompt injection adds an entirely new angle. Here's what's changed, and what still works to defend against it.

From email to file storage, most of what you rely on daily now lives in the cloud. Here's how to keep those accounts, and the personal data inside them, genuinely secure.

Smart cameras, speakers, thermostats and doorbells all connect to your network, and most ship with weak default security. Here's how to lock them down.

Passkeys let you sign in with your fingerprint or face instead of a password, and they're resistant to phishing by design. Here's how they work and how to start using them.

Working from anywhere means your security perimeter now includes home Wi-Fi, video meetings, and the social profiles that reveal more about you than you might think.

Photos, documents and memories can disappear in an instant. A simple approach to backing up your phone (Android/iPhone) and computer.

Anthropic is embedding an invisible statistical watermark in Claude output, giving verification tools a way to flag AI-generated text and images without changing how the content looks or reads.

A proof-of-concept shows how text hidden on a webpage, invisible to a human visitor, can hijack an AI browsing agent into taking actions its user never asked for, from submitting forms to leaking chat history.

A mainstream browser now automatically flags images carrying C2PA provenance data, surfacing an AI-generated badge without requiring an extension or any technical know-how from the user.

Chatbot safety filters get bypassed constantly, not through hacking, but through clever phrasing. Here is the structural reason that keeps happening.

A search engine hands a kid a list of sources to compare. A chatbot hands over one confident-sounding answer. That difference matters more than most parents realize.

Our data is encrypted gets treated as a complete answer to is our data secure. It is a necessary layer, not a sufficient one, and the gap has caused real breaches.

The rule predates both modern ransomware and cloud storage as most people use it. It still holds up, and the reason why has not changed.