Justin Pot is a freelance journalist who helps people get more out of technology. There are a lot of apps on the market that claim to "clean up" your Mac—for a price. Some offer subscriptions, some ...

In Brief: Introducing RansomWhere , a free generic ransomware detection tool for Mac OS X users that can identify ransomware-like behavior by continually monitoring the file-system for the creation of ...

There are AI tools that can actually offer productivity gains. I use these tools nearly every day. All the tools on this list are available to users at no cost. While I was working the other day ...

The pro-Russian hacktivist group known as CyberVolk (aka GLORIAMIST) has resurfaced with a new ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) offering called VolkLocker that suffers from implementation lapses in test ...

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Direct File, the free, government-provided alternative to services like TurboTax, won't be available for the 2026 tax season, Bloomberg Tax reports. That's based on a letter sent from the Internal ...

Cybercriminals have weaponized the framework of a relatively new, free, open-source security penetration tool, AdaptixC2, to deliver malicious payloads. Its rapid adoption by bad actors follows an ...

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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has unsealed a superseding indictment charging Volodymyr Viktorovich Tymoshchuk – also known as deadforz, Boba, msfv, and farnetwork – a ...

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