Older phones across the globe are about to lose access to one of the most popular apps ever made. If you use this app every day to connect with friends and family, it might be time to upgrade your phone.

We always recommend keeping your devices up to date with the most recent operating system. Most updates come with critical security patches that block hackers from breaking into your phone. And it's not just your OS you need to worry about. Sometimes apps can pose real threats, too. We just learned of a popular social media app you need to update ASAP to keep hackers out.

Just as the year comes to a close, yet another batch of malicious apps has been discovered lurking on the Google Play Store. These apps will infect your phone with annoying full-screen advertisements that spread to other apps, even when you close them. Will Google Play ever be free of its malware problem? Unlikely, but maybe Google can set a New Year's Resolution.

There have been enough data breaches over the years that we're almost desensitized when we hear about a new one. That's just the cost of doing business online, right? But what about having your credit card information stolen in person? That is exactly what happened recently to hundreds of thousands of customers who shopped at a popular U.S. grocery chain.

When Larry Sumpter gave his daughter the choice of a month without her phone or two weeks of dad running her social media accounts, she jumped on the latter option. He posted TikTok videos and Instagram photos that embarrassed the teenager, but something else happened, too: Followers flocked to her pages. Kim and Larry talk about how an outside-the-box punishment became a surprising success and the importance of keeping kids safe online.

Kim Komando talks to Heather Lloyd-Martin, who’s been featured in Forbes and Entrepreneur magazine, and many others, about using Search Engine Optimization to get to the top of Google’s search results. How a lady turned her passion for baking into a business that makes over $200K a year. Plus, hot tips to hack-proof your life. 

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