Beware: Tourists Are Getting Arrested For Taking Risky Volcano Selfies In Hawaii

Beware: Tourists Are Getting Arrested For Taking Risky Volcano Selfies In Hawaii Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This […]

Google Maps: A spooky house with 500 years of secret history captured – visitors beware

Capturing everything from the ordinary to the extraordinary, Google Maps street view has grown in popularity. Google has strapped cameras to a whole host of people and things in the hope of mapping the world. Alongside popular tourist destinations, visitors can now explore some of the world’s lesser known attractions, some of which have a […]

FBI warns taxpayers to beware of new scams to steal W-2 info

Enlarge (credit: IRS) With fewer than two months before tax returns are due, the FBI is warning of an increase in new scams that try to trick taxpayers and employers into sending employee records, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and other sensitive information. The scams are most often directed at human resources departments in […]

Venice Tourists, Beware of Being Charged $1,200 for Lunch

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BitTorrent users beware: Flaw lets hackers control your computer

Enlarge (credit: Tavis Ormandy) There’s a critical weakness in the widely used Transmission BitTorrent app that allows websites to execute malicious code on some users’ computers. That’s according to a researcher with Google’s Project Zero vulnerability reporting team, who also warns that other BitTorrent clients are likely similarly susceptible. Researcher Tavis Ormandy published the proof-of-concept […]