6 ways to avoid Apple’s insane Mac storage upgrade prices
Apple offers pretty good prices on the standard configurations of its Macs. $599 for a M4 Mac mini? $999 for a new M4 MacBook Air? $1,299 for a new M4 iMac? Those are attractively priced.…
Already using random passwords? Great. It’s still not enough
You know you should use random passwords. A lot of people don’t, though. So if you’re already on board this train, that’s fantastic. But you could be doing more and you probably should given how…
Make your laptop faster for free: 5 performance-tuning apps
It’s not uncommon for a laptop to lose some of its pep over time. The good news is that there is often something you can do about it — whether that means updating drivers, goosing…
How Datto BCDR Delivers Unstoppable Business Continuity
Long gone are the days when a simple backup in a data center was enough to keep a business secure. While backups store information, they do not guarantee business continuity during a crisis. With IT…
How to make your Mac text larger on a big display
Some people use their Macs to drive enormous HDTVs, letting them access a wide range of audio and video apps on a Mac and streaming video services while also retaining the security of the Mac…
PJobRAT Malware Campaign Targeted Taiwanese Users via Fake Chat Apps
Mar 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananSpyware / Malware An Android malware family previously observed targeting Indian military personnel has been linked to a new campaign likely aimed at users in Taiwan under the guise of chat apps.…
Nine-Year-Old npm Packages Hijacked to Exfiltrate API Keys via Obfuscated Scripts
Mar 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Developer Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered several cryptocurrency packages on the npm registry that have been hijacked to siphon sensitive information such as environment variables from compromised systems. “Some of…
Mozilla Patches Critical Firefox Bug Similar to Chrome’s Recent Zero-Day Vulnerability
Mar 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Browser Security Mozilla has released updates to address a critical security flaw impacting its Firefox browser for Windows, merely days after Google patched a similar flaw in Chrome that came…
WhatsApp can now be your default iPhone messaging and calling app
With iOS 18.2, Apple added a number of new options in the Default Apps section of Settings, likely in response to antitrust scrutiny around the globe. Among them are the ability to designate default calling…
Facebook’s new ‘OG Friends’ feed feels so damned sleazy
It’s 2025. We’re barreling toward fascism, driven by a flood of disinformation that barely propelled our current president over the top. And now Facebook wants to go back to the way things were, with a…