
Zak Doffman
Contributor at Forbes
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2 days ago |
forbes.com | Zak Doffman
Do not click — ever. getty“If it looks like a duck,” starts the so-called Duck Test, then it’s probably a duck. And sometimes, cybersecurity threats are just as simple to detect. So it is with the ClickFix attacks now running riot across PCs worldwide. Forget the lure. If a popup window or website asks you to copy and paste text into a prompt, then don’t. It’s an attack.
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2 days ago |
forbes.com | Zak Doffman
New password attack warning confirmedNurPhoto via Getty ImagesRepublished on June 3 with a new threat of a very different kind to your Gmail account, as one Google AI exec talks about getting rid of email. You have been warned. Gmail attacks have reached a new level of threat. If you don’t act to secure your account you could lose it — at least long enough for irreparable damage to be done. This is the gateway to other Google accounts and services, so do not take risks.
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3 days ago |
forbes.com | Zak Doffman
It’s time to stop textinggettyRepublished on June 3 with another new push for users to ditch text messaging. This is the biggest shake-up to texting and messaging in years. And for Apple and Google, it risks undermining any security and privacy assurances made around RCS. Make no mistake — this could be the best reason yet to stop texting on your phone. WhatsApp has for some time been working on a username alternative to phone numbers.
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3 days ago |
forbes.com | Zak Doffman
Update all browsers now. Jaap Arriens/NurPhotoGoogle has suddenly released an emergency Chrome update, warning that a vulnerability discovered by its Threat Analysis Group has been used in attacks. Such is the severity of the risk, that Google also confirmed that ahead of this update, The issue “was mitigated on 2025-05-28 by a configuration change” pushed out to all platforms.
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3 days ago |
flipboard.com | Zak Doffman
Mom is mortified after her kindergartner tells the teacher what she does for a living"So, this wasn't on my bingo card." One of the great joys and stresses of parenting is that you never know what will come out of your child’s mouth. …
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RT @mysk_co: The Privacy Nutrition Labels of Meta AI, Google Gemini, ChatGPT, and Grok: https://t.co/3m2aNyE1RP

New by me @Forbes. Yes, you can remove Meta AI from your WhatsApp chats. This is what you need to do. https://t.co/ljiClI6I2T

New by me @Forbes. Google suddenly confirms tracking cookies are here to stay. Forever. Cue the backlash. https://t.co/06PySikgFF