Online Safety Tips

4 privacy tool upgrades you need to make now to block AI-powered cyberattacks Intro AI is making online scams harder to spot and faster to execute. Cybercriminals now use generative AI to craft phishing emails that mimic a coworker’s writing style, clone a relative’s voice, and even create realistic video deepfakes. Traditional privacy settings and basic passwords aren’t enough anymore. The World Economic Forum has flagged AI-driven cybercrime as an accelerating risk, and the tools that once protected you need to be updated or replaced. This article walks through four concrete upgrades you can make today to reduce your exposure. ...

New Malware Hides in Signed Productivity Apps: How to Stay Safe You’re looking for a PDF editor, a note-taking app, or a lightweight office suite. You find one on a download site or from a sponsored search result. The installer is digitally signed – Windows shows a publisher name, which should mean it’s safe, right? ...

When a Signed App Is Not Safe: The TamperedChef Malware Campaign If you’ve ever downloaded a productivity app like Zoom, Slack, or Microsoft Teams from a search ad or a third‑party site, you may have been one click away from infection. A recently reported campaign called TamperedChef is using a clever trick: the malware is digitally signed with valid certificates, so it looks legitimate to both users and security software. ...

5 things you should never tell your AI chatbot (to protect your money and identity) AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot have become fixtures of daily life. They help us write emails, plan vacations, and even draft grocery lists. But as these tools handle more of our personal tasks, a quiet risk grows: we’re telling them things we should keep private. ...