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Myths

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How to guard against radiation with a cactus
  • Fact or Fiction

Cacti eat radiation: fact or fiction?

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.

  • Alexey Andreev

  • February 2, 2023

  • Myths

Three common myths about Kaspersky Lab

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

  • Bender the Robot

  • July 23, 2018

  • Fact or Fiction

Fact-check: “BFF” security check in Facebook

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

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • April 20, 2018

Who doesn’t need antivirus?
  • Myths

Who doesn’t need antivirus?

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

  • Alexey Malanov

  • February 3, 2017

Fact or Fiction? Reversing your PIN can call the police in an emergency
  • #advice

Fact or Fiction? Reversing your PIN can call the police in an emergency

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

  • Vladislav Biryukov

  • November 16, 2015

Do hotel card keys store guests' personal data?
  • #advice

Fact or Fiction: Do hotel card keys store guests’ personal data?

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.

  • Vladislav Biryukov

  • November 12, 2015

Fact or Fiction: can a virus actually damage PC hardware?
  • Equation

Fact or Fiction: can a virus actually damage PC hardware?

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.

  • Vladislav Biryukov

  • September 15, 2015

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