I have a drawer full of USB cables and every time I want to connect a device, I have to try them out. USB-C was supposed to simplify things: One cable for everything, that was the promise. In practice ...

A new Chinese-backed advanced persistent threat (APT) group, which researchers have dubbed LongNosedGoblin, has been waging a cyber-espionage campaign against the governments of Japan and others ...

A remote access Trojan (RAT)-as-a-service uses the Google Play Store to build poisoned versions of Android apps. That RAT's name is "Cellik," and it was covered this week in research published by ...

Don't rely on the wimpy microphone built into your phone or laptop. Here's how to find the best USB (and XLR with USB) mics for content creation, gaming, podcasting, and recording music, including our ...

In 2024, ESET researchers noticed previously undocumented malware in the network of a Southeast Asian governmental entity. This led us to uncover even more new malware on the same system, none of ...

A wave of recent breaches and malware discoveries shows how easily trusted software and private data can be exploited. I've been writing and editing stories for almost two decades that help people use ...

LongNosedGoblin is a newly discovered China-aligned Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group targeting governmental entities in Southeast Asia and Japan, with the goal of cyberespionage. This APT group ...

I know a lot of developers who got their start building Chrome or Firefox add-ons that include useful features that the browser itself didn’t have. Unfortunately, over the years, I’ve also seen a ...

Passkeys let you sign in without typing or remembering passwords. Unlike passwords, they're resistant to phishing. Syncable passkeys make secure sign-ins easy across devices. Over the past year or so, ...