It’s hard to associate slowness with an SSD. But over time, your new SSD will slow down, causing longer boot times, poor file transfer speeds, and weak benchmark results. It’s tempting to write this off as the drive wearing out or the usual cost of running Windows for a few years. While those do play a part, there’s another reason your SSD is slowing down, and it has nothing to do with age. Windows ships with a maintenance job that’s supposed to run on its own and optimize your SSD for the best performance, and on a healthy system, it…
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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Lua-based malware created years before the notorious Stuxnet worm that aimed to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program by destroying uranium enrichment centrifuges. According to a new report published by SentinelOne, the previously undocumented cyber sabotage framework dates back to 2005, primarily targeting high-precision calculation software to tamper with results. It has been codenamed fast16. “By combining this payload with self-propagation mechanisms, the attackers aim to produce equivalent inaccurate calculations across an entire facility,” researchers Vitaly Kamluk and Juan Andrés Guerrero-Saade said in an exhaustive report published this week. Fast16 is assessed to predate Stuxnet, the…
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China-linked threat actors have shifted from individually procured infrastructure to large-scale covert networks, botnets built from compromised routers and other edge devices, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns. To help organizations address this threat, the NCSC, together with the Cyber League and partner agencies, has issued an advisory. The advisory includes guidance for organizations of all sizes, urging them to map and baseline traffic from edge devices, particularly VPN and remote access connections, and to adopt dynamic threat feed filtering that incorporates known covert network indicators. The NCSC believes that most China-nexus groups rely on these so-called covert networks.…
The assumption has been that producing something more detailed, more original, and more useful would naturally lead to stronger results, since that approach worked in a search ecosystem where discovery (and success) depended on rankings, clicks, and users actively choosing what to read. That ecosystem rewarded the most compelling, scannable, or comprehensive option on the page, which made craftsmanship feel like the primary lever for success. It is no longer the ecosystem we are working in, and continuing to apply that same logic without adjusting is exactly where many teams are starting to fall behind. We’ve seen this with the…
Microsoft is rolling out Windows Update improvements that give users more control over how updates are installed while reducing disruption from frequent or poorly timed restarts. The company says the improvements are now rolling out to Windows Insiders, following user feedback that highlighted two key issues: updates are disrupting workflows, and there is a lack of control over when they are installed. “We are continually reading the feedback submitted about the Windows update experience. Personally, I’ve had the opportunity to read over 7,621 direct verbatims over the last few months,” explains Microsoft’s Aria Hanson. “Across this feedback there are two key…
Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Melitta AromaFresh Therm Pro: one-minute reviewThe Melitta AromaFresh Therm Pro has one big advantage over most drip coffee makers: a built-in grinder. This means one less appliance on your kitchen counter, but also that you’ll wake to fresher, better-tasting coffee on using the machine’s timer to begin brewing automatically first thing in the morning. At least, that’s the theory.In practice, however, I found the coffee maker’s ceramic grinder ground…
The world’s largest live-fire cyber defense exercise, Locked Shields 2026, concluded on Friday after bringing together more than 4,000 participants from 41 nations. Organized by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) in Tallinn, Estonia, the event simulated intense real-time cyberattacks against critical infrastructure and military systems, testing defenders’ ability to maintain essential services under pressure. The number of participants was the same as in 2025. Teams were tasked with protecting air defense, e-voting platforms, and other critical infrastructure. In addition to technical skills, Locked Shields tests the ability to deal with disinformation and political pressure. According to…
Take a look at your SEO to-do list. Most of it is probably the same rote, repetitive tasks. Turning everyday work into faster, easier outputs is easier than ever with AI. Besides obvious tasks like note-taking and team reminders, you can automate tasks such as content audits, page outlines, and keyword research. Start with simple strategies to save time on the repetitive work you do every day, then expand into using AI tools for automation. Always do a final check yourself, rather than trusting 100% of your work to LLMs, which rarely get things exactly right. Identify automation opportunities One…
North Korea’s Lazarus Group is using ClickFix attacks to launch cyberattacks using novel macOS malware.That’s according to security vendor Any.Run, which on April 21 published research concerning a new nation-state threat campaign. Authored by offensive security expert and Birmingham Cyber Arms founder Mauro Eldritch, the report covers a wave of ClickFix attacks targeting organizations, used to distribute a range of malware. This latest research focuses primarily on a newly identified macOS malware kit that is currently being leveraged in the wild.ClickFix is a social engineering technique that rose to prominence over the past year or so. A threat actor tricks…