Are free VPNs any good?
Virtual private networks, or VPNs, are proving to be more and more consequential in the wide open world of the internet, where privacy is now so precious. While premium VPN services provide reliable protection, what…
April 2024
April 2024
US think tank Heritage Foundation hit by cyberattack
Conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation said on Friday that it experienced a cyberattack earlier this week. A person with knowledge of the cyberattack told TechCrunch that efforts at Heritage were underway to remediate the…
iPhone owners get free access to Google’s AI photo-editing tools
Google this week announced that its suite of AI-based photo-editing tools will imminently be available to all Google Photos users without a subscription. In the past, many of these features were restricted to Google’s own…
Zagg Pro Stylus 2 review: An Apple Pencil alternative for everything but Photoshop
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Inductive charging abd magnetic hold on iPad Two different tips at both ends Available in five colors Cons Serious lag with Adobe Photoshop Our Verdict The Pro Stylus 2…
Code Keepers: Mastering Non-Human Identity Management
Apr 12, 2024The Hacker NewsDevSecOps / Identity Management Identities now transcend human boundaries. Within each line of code and every API call lies a non-human identity. These entities act as programmatic access keys, enabling authentication…
Multiboot vs. virtual PC vs. live DVD: Which is better?
Do you normally use Windows 11 and just want to have a quick look at a Linux distribution such as Linux Mint or start the computer with a rescue system to remove a malware infection,…
6 gaming laptop features that matter most in 2024
Gaming laptops have gotten really, really good. It doesn’t take much looking to find models that promise high-performance parts, thin-and-light design, or sometimes both. It’s not too surprising to see gaming laptops coming at pretty…
How to fix that scary Safari malware on your Mac
I was recently visiting my parents when I got the dreaded question: I think my Mac has a virus but I thought Macs didn’t get viruses? They were obviously a little concerned and somewhat embarrassed…
Iranian MuddyWater Hackers Adopt New C2 Tool ‘DarkBeatC2’ in Latest Campaign
The Iranian threat actor known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a new command-and-control (C2) infrastructure called DarkBeatC2, becoming the latest such tool in its arsenal after SimpleHarm, MuddyC3, PhonyC2, and MuddyC2Go. “While occasionally switching…
How to pay even more safely with Apple Cash
Most credit-card and debit-card numbers are a sequence of 16 digits, with the final number in the sequence being a “checksum,” or a calculated number that was once useful in checking that a card number…