Law enforcement authorities have announced that they tracked down the customers of the SmokeLoader malware and detained at least five individuals. “In a coordinated series of actions, customers of the Smokeloader pay-per-install botnet, operated by…
Apr 10, 2025Ravie LakshmananWebsite Security / Cybercrime Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an artificial intelligence (AI) powered platform called AkiraBot that’s used to spam website chats, comment sections, and contact forms to promote dubious…
Believe it or not, the next iPhone is only six months away! So in this episode of the Macworld Podcast, we’re covering the latest iPhone rumors—and whether or not you’ll even be able to afford…
No one wants to spend more than they have to right now…meaning that it might have been an opportune time for AMD to debut its latest Ryzen 8000 Core HX mobile processors for gaming notebooks,…
Microsoft has begun rolling out a test of Copilot Vision on PCs, a new feature that gives Windows the ability to “see” what you’re looking at on your PC and suggest some next steps you…
“AkiraBot’s use of LLM-generated spam message content demonstrates the emerging challenges that AI poses to defending websites against spam attacks,” SentinelLabs researchers Alex Delamotte and Jim Walter wrote. “The easiest indicators to block are the…
A screenshot of various Claude pricing plans captured on April 9, 2025. Credit: Benj Edwards Probably not coincidentally, the highest Max plan matches the price point of OpenAI’s $200 “Pro” plan for ChatGPT, which promises…
NSO Group’s notorious spyware Pegasus was used to target 1,223 WhatsApp users in 51 different countries during a 2019 hacking campaign, according to a new court document. The document was published on Friday as part…
You may not be aware of it, but purchases you’ve made though overseas online shops like Shein or AliExpress or Temu have snuck through an online loophole that limited how much you’ve paid. That loophole…
Apple’s Magic Mouse doesn’t usually go on sale—and we’ve never seen it this low. Apple’s Magic Mouse with a Lightning port is available for an all-time low of $60 at Woot right now, a savings…