Bree Fowler

2 weeks ago | cnet.com | Bree Fowler

Tech Services & Software The president says he's signing an executive order to push back enforcement of the ban again, pushing back the previous deadline of Saturday. Bree Fowler Senior Writer Bree Fowler writes about cybersecurity and digital privacy. Before joining CNET she reported for The Associated Press and Consumer Reports.

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Bree Fowler

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3 weeks ago | cnet.com | Bree Fowler

We've all seen those emails pushing amazing offers that seem too good to be true, dire warnings that your computer has been compromised, or even threats of jail time if you don't pay your back taxes right away. Those are all common pitches from online scammers trying to get you to panic and click on a link you shouldn't, hand over money or personal information, or download an attachment that turns out to be a computer virus.

4 weeks ago | cnet.com | Bree Fowler

23andMe made a name for itself by selling at-home, mail-in DNA testing kits that gave ordinary people a look at their possible ancestry as well as genetic markers that could point to possible medical problems down the road. People bought into the idea and bought the kits. The company made a lot of money and its value reached as high as $6 billion when it went public in 2021, but eventually demand faded and so did 23andMe's profits. It had dropped to just $15 million this week.

1 month ago | cnet.com | Bree Fowler

American consumers reported losing more than $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024, amounting to a 25% jump from the year before, according to Federal Trade Commission data released Monday. The FTC received 2.6 million reports of fraud last year, which was relatively flat with 2023, but the percentage of people who said they lost money as a result of scams and other kinds of fraud jumped to 38% from 27% the year before.