The most damaging tech mistakes are reused passwords, skipped updates, falling for phishing, and having no backup.
When one site you use gets breached — and breaches happen constantly — attackers take that email-and-password pair and try it on banks, email providers, and shopping sites.
That update nag isn't just new emoji.
Phishing has moved well past the misspelled "Nigerian prince" era.
Open coffee-shop Wi-Fi means anyone on that network could be watching unencrypted traffic, and "evil twin" hotspots imitate real networks to harvest data.
Read the complete breakdown, fixes and what happens next.