Web scraping is an automated method of collecting data from websites and storing it in a structured format. We explain popular tools for getting that data and what you can do with it. I write to ...

Q: What’s the dark web, and should I be worried about it? A: The term “dark web” can pop up in news stories, especially when there’s a big data breach. As ominous as it sounds, it’s helpful to have an ...

Geoff Williams is a journalist and author. His byline has appeared in numerous publications, including U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo Finance, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, LIFE magazine ...

Cybersecurity expert Bruce Schneier explains why he's working with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the web, to reimagine the internet with personal privacy as a central focus. When the IBM PC was new ...

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Nearly three billion individuals had their personal data leaked during a cyber attack targeting National Public Data (NPD), a background checking service also known as Jerico Pictures. The data breach ...