Myths

More than a third of people polled believe that cacti absorb harmful radiation. Strong electric fields are indeed harmful, but cactus protection works very differently to how you imagined.

Kaspersky hogs the CPU, collaborates with the KGB, and writes viruses? We bust these myths and explain their origins.

Rumor has it that typing “BFF” as a Facebook comment checks your profile security. We investigate the claim.

An ex-Firefox developer recently said antiviruses are no longer needed. Let’s analyze that claim.

Do ATMs employ a secret trick to call the police, and should you trust anything written in CAPS?

The Internet is full of thoughts and perceptions, both true and false. Let’s investigate whether the Internet legend about hotel key cards storing guests’ personal information is fact or fiction.

A virus damaging hardware is one of the most widely believed myths in the infosec domain. And, at the same time, it’s the most non-standard one. And it’s not totally a myth, after all.