Western Digital’s WD Blue SN550 budget SSD is a well-reviewed, popular NVMe device that has regularly shown up on various sites’ “best SSD” lists since it was released at the tail-end of 2019. The drive …
Silent changes to Western Digital’s budget SSD may lower speeds by up to 50% Read More »
As Kabul fell on Sunday, 20 young Afghan tech workers tracked the Taliban’s advance, broadcasting real-time reports of gunfire, explosions, and traffic jams across the city through a new app. Called Ehtesab, the app relies …
Homegrown app helping Kabul residents steer clear of danger Read More »
T-Mobile on Wednesday said criminals obtained the personal information of almost 49 million current, former, or prospective customers in the latest mega-hack of its servers. The haul includes customers’ first and last names, date of …
Hackers who breached T-Mobile stole personal data for ~49 million accounts Read More »
A report from The Verge today has drawn attention to the way current Windows 11 betas are handling third-party Web browsers like Chrome and Firefox. These tweaks continue a trend that has intensified over Windows …
Switching from Microsoft Edge gets more annoying in Windows 11 Read More »
Dozens of hospitals and clinics in West Virginia and Ohio are canceling surgeries and diverting ambulances following a ransomware attack that has knocked out staff access to IT systems across virtually all of their operations. …
Hospitals hamstrung by ransomware are turning away patients Read More »
Google has started emailing users of very old Android devices to tell them it’s time to say goodbye. Starting September 27, devices running Android 2.3.7 and lower will no longer be able to log in …
Google will kill off very old versions of Android next month Read More »
The WireGuard VPN project announced a major milestone for its Windows users today—an all-new, kernel-mode implementation of the VPN protocol called WireGuardNT. The new implementation allows for massively improved throughput on 10Gbps LAN connections—and on many …
New WireGuardNT shatters throughput ceilings on Windows Read More »
Scammers have been caught using a clever sleight of hand to impersonate the website for the Brave browser and using it in Google ads to push malware that takes control of browsers and steals sensitive …
With help from Google, impersonated Brave.com website pushes malware Read More »
For months, Apple and Facebook waged a PR war (with threats of a legal one) over App Tracking Transparency, a change in recent versions of the iPhone’s iOS software that will often limit how advertising-focused …
Forget “App Tracking Transparency”: Facebook is enjoying more ad revenue than ever Read More »
The shadowy world of private spyware has long caused alarm in cybersecurity circles, as authoritarian governments have repeatedly been caught targeting the smartphones of activists, journalists, and political rivals with malware purchased from unscrupulous brokers. …
An explosive spyware report shows limits of iOS, Android security Read More »
A notification pops up on your phone: “Click here for hot XXX action!” It’s Google Drive again. Someone shared a document containing that title, and now your phone is begging you to look at it. …
Google is finally doing something about Google Drive spam Read More »
China state hackers are compromising large numbers of home and office routers for use in a vast and ongoing attack against organizations in France, authorities from that county said. The hacking group—known in security circles …
Home and office routers come under attack by China state hackers, France warns Read More »