U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA said it has observed cyberattacks targeting over 100 internet-exposed systems across the U.S. water and wastewater sector, amid a wave of hacks targeting American critical infrastructure. The number of affected systems…
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros High CPU performance for demanding applications Powerful Intel Arc graphics for a mini PC Plenty of ports, including USB4 and dual 2.5Gbit LAN Fast PCIe 4.0 SSD and Wi-Fi…
OBS Studio (Open Broadcaster Software) is a great, free tool for managing the video that’s coming off your PC. I use it myself to record videos for PCWorld’s YouTube channel and sometimes just for video…
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) phishing toolkit called NovaCookies that’s used as a proxy to redirect Microsoft 365 sign-ins, while capturing authenticated sessions in the process. In a report shared…
There are many good reasons to avoid interacting with “AI” services. They’re expensive, they’re destructive, they’re a privacy nightmare, they’re morally dubious, and they’re often controlled by people who are… shall we say, unconcerned about…
In the newest versions of Chrome—152.0.7977.64/65 for Windows and macOS, and 152.0.7977.64 for Linux—the developers have fixed over 320 vulnerabilities, some of which are critical. According to Google, none of the patched vulnerabilities are being…
Swati KhandelwalAug 26, 2026Red Teaming / Security Operations The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published the results of two red team assessments it conducted simultaneously against two critical infrastructure organizations, using what…
Is ChatGPT still bugging you with too many emojis? Ever wonder what ChatGPT knows — or thinks it knows — about you? And how secure is your ChatGPT account, anyway? It’s easy to overlook ChatGPT’s…
This fall marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of Windows XP, an event worthy of commemoration. Computer manufacturers gained access to this classic operating system on August 24, 2001, but it wasn’t available for…
Ever debate security on Windows versus macOS with a devout Apple fan? I have. And a recent blog post just made arguing with them more annoying. Back in mid-August, security software maker Surfshark released its…