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Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has reported a sharp rise in phishing emails that exploit malicious QR codes, with detections increasing more than fivefold between August and November 2025. According to ...

This week in cybersecurity: AI coding agents with exploitable vulnerabilities, cybercrime rings operating like professional enterprises, and new scam tactics—including malicious QR codes. I've been ...

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A new year means new threats to your data, privacy, and money (not to mention the old ones that you still have to keep an eye out for). Thankfully, improving your security doesn’t have to be difficult ...

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