The average household now has 22 connected devices. Smart TVs, voice assistants, security cameras, thermostats, baby monitors, smart doorbells, light bulbs, plugs, robot vacuums, game consoles, and appliances — all of them connected to the internet, all of them running software, and many of them running software that has never been updated since the day … Read more
Americans lost $9.3 billion to cryptocurrency scams in 2024, according to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center. That figure does not include the broader category of investment fraud tied to crypto — when that is added, the total exceeds $10 billion for the year. In 2025, cryptocurrency scams received at least $14 billion on-chain globally, … Read more
Most people know they should be doing more about their digital security. What they lack is a concrete, structured way to assess where they actually stand — not in theory, but in the specific accounts, devices, and habits that make up their actual digital life. The result is a vague awareness of risk without a … Read more
Your email account is the most important account you own online — not because of the emails themselves, but because of what access to your inbox enables. Your email address is the recovery mechanism for virtually every other account you have. A bank account, a streaming service, a social media platform, a work system — … Read more
In July 2024, a data broker called National Public Data confirmed a breach that exposed the personal information of hundreds of millions of people — names, addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers sold on a dark web forum before the company even acknowledged the incident publicly. The breach ultimately drove National Public Data into … Read more
Children today are online earlier than at any point in history. According to a 2025 Bitwarden survey of over 1,000 parents, children as young as three to five years old are already using the internet regularly, and 42% of parents in that age group report their child has already unintentionally shared personal information online. Nearly … Read more
In February 2024, a finance employee at the global engineering firm Arup received what appeared to be a video conference call from his company’s CFO and several senior colleagues. The instructions were clear and the faces were familiar. He transferred $25 million to the accounts provided. None of the people on that call were real. … Read more
Your home router is the single device through which every other device in your house connects to the internet. Your laptop, your phone, your smart TV, your security cameras, your children’s tablets, your smart thermostat — all of them pass their traffic through your router. If that router is compromised, an attacker sitting somewhere on … Read more
Every 4.9 seconds, someone in the United States becomes a victim of identity theft. That is not a typo. In 2024 alone, the Federal Trade Commission received over 1.1 million identity theft reports, and total fraud losses across the country exceeded $12.7 billion. Credit card fraud led the count with over 450,000 reports, but the … Read more
Most cybersecurity threats are invisible in their consequences — a password stolen here, a profile sold there. Ransomware is different. When ransomware hits, you know immediately. Every file on your device becomes inaccessible. Documents, photos, tax records, work projects — all locked behind encryption you cannot break. A message appears on your screen demanding payment, … Read more