Fake browser extensions are nothing new, but this one takes things a step further by deliberately breaking your computer to scare you into infecting it. Security researchers have uncovered a malicious ...

The post, which spread widely, appeared to describe the president’s rationale for deleting a racist video about the Obamas that he had shared. By Stuart A. Thompson A fake post that was designed to ...

The FBI arrested someone who sent a fake ransom demand in connected to Nancy Guthrie‘s disappearance, it was revealed at a Thursday press conference. Heith Janke, FBI Phoenix’s special agent in charge ...

Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...

AI systems are far better than people at spotting deepfake images, but when it comes to deepfake videos, humans may still have the edge. That’s the surprising twist from a new study that pits people ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

Sony is rolling out PS4 system software update 13.04 starting today, and unlike PS5 owners, it’s not all great news for last-gen players. Partially confirming reports that it plans to shut down more ...

A senior lawyer in Australia has apologized to a judge for filing submissions in a murder case that included fake quotes and nonexistent case judgments generated by artificial intelligence. The ...

A malicious extension impersonating an ad blocker forces repeated browser crashes before pushing victims to run attacker‑supplied commands, ultimately deploying a new Python‑based RAT. Security ...

A malvertising campaign is using a fake ad-blocking Chrome and Edge extension named NexShield that intentionally crashes the browser in preparation for ClickFix attacks. The attacks were spotted ...

A new campaign creates a fake BSOD to install malware. The campaign tricks users into installing a remote access trojan. If executed, the RAT can remotely access the infected PC. The Windows Blue ...