A newly documented Linux botnet named SSHStalker is using the IRC (Internet Relay Chat) communication protocol for command-and-control (C2) operations. The protocol was invented in 1988, and its adoption peaked during the 1990s, becoming the main text-based instant messaging solution for group and private communication. Technical communities still appreciate it for its implementation simplicity, interoperability, low bandwidth requirements, and no need for a GUI. The SSHStalker botnet relies on classic IRC mechanics such as multiple C-based bots and multi-server/channel redundancy instead of modern C2 frameworks, prioritizing resilience, scale, and low cost over stealth and technical novelty. According to researchers at…
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Amazon Ring’s Super Bowl ad offered a vision of our streets that should leave every person unsettled about the company’s goals for disintegrating our privacy in public. In the ad, disguised as a heartfelt effort to reunite the lost dogs of the country with their innocent owners, the company previewed future surveillance of our streets: a world where biometric identification could be unleashed from consumer devices to identify, track, and locate anything — human, pet, and otherwise. The ad for Ring’s “Search Party” feature highlighted the doorbell camera’s ability to scan footage across Ring devices in a neighborhood, using AI…
Search engine optimization (SEO) was once defined by the number of keywords and synonyms scattered across your content. If you used the right word enough times, you’d rank. Those days are long gone. Since the launch of its Knowledge Graph in 2012, Google has been moving away from literal text matching toward deep semantic understanding. Search engines no longer evaluate pages as collections of words. They evaluate meaning. This goes beyond Google and search engine results pages (SERPs). Modern discovery operates on entities—distinct people, places, brands, and concepts connected through context and relationships. Search systems now interpret queries by mapping…
TL;DR After weeks of leaks and speculation, Samsung is finally confirming its plans for the next Galaxy Unpacked. The event will take place on Wednesday, February 25 at 10am PT / 1pm ET. Samsung is already accepting reservations ahead of pre-orders opening. Are you ready for the Galaxy S26 series? Samsung’s next flagship lineup has been captivating our imagination for over a year at this point, but lately the hype surrounding these phones has been positively blowing up, as we’re inundated with leaked photos and specs galore. One of the last pieces of the puzzle we’ve been waiting to slide…
Microsoft’s February 2026 Patch Tuesday updates fix roughly 60 vulnerabilities found in the company’s products, including six actively exploited zero-days. The zero-days are: CVE-2026-21510: a Windows SmartScreen and Windows Shell security prompts bypass that can be exploited by convincing the targeted user to open a malicious link or shortcut file. CVE-2026-21514: a vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass OLE mitigations in Microsoft 365 and Office by tricking the target into opening a malicious Office file. CVE-2026-21513: an Internet Explorer issue that allows an attacker to bypass security controls and potentially execute code by convincing the victim to open a…
With all the talk about brand authority shaping performance in Google, especially its AI search features, many people are wondering how to actually measure it.The answer is an E-E-A-T audit.If you’re unfamiliar with E-E-A-T (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trust), start with our guide to E-E-A-T in SEO. This post assumes you understand the basics and are ready to audit a brand you’re working with.Download the E-E-A-T Audit Checklist to follow along The challenge: E-E-A-T is conceptual, not directly measurable The E-E-A-T framework emerged as part of Google’s assessment of Page Quality, described in its Quality Rater Guidelines.It’s not an algorithm or…
The dark web has a bad reputation—one it has earned, at that. It’s a complex subsection of the web, and it’s not all bad by any means, but its nature does allow illicit and illegal activity to prosper anonymously. That’s why hackers choose the dark web as their point of sale for stolen user data: If you’re going to traffic digital contraband, you’re going to do so as privately as possible. As such, you might be a bit stressed if you’re told your email address was found on the dark web. Maybe you use an identity theft service, which discovered…
Yes, yes we all know customer behavior is changing and Reddit conversations showing up in AI search is a big part of that shift. What are you doing about it? If your Reddit marketing strategy hasn’t evolved since 2024 (or you don’t have one to start with), you’re not just behind. You might be actively harming your brand. We’re past the point of debating whether brands should be on Reddit. That part’s settled. This session is about how to navigate Reddit the right way. And, we’re going to show you exactly how to do it! I am super excited to…
I have a lot of storage for my Plex server—over 60TB, actually. However, even I sometimes run into space issues and have to find ways to free up hard drive storage without deleting things. That’s where Tdarr comes in, and here’s how I used it to free up over 7TB of space on my server. I used Tdarr to optimize my movie and TV show files Who knew I was wasting so much space? Credit: Patrick Campanale / How-To Geek Several months ago, I tried to set up Unmanic to convert my larger movies and TV shows to smaller, more compact…
Those building blocks include the new G300 as well as the G200 51.2 Tbps chip, which is aimed at spine and aggregation applications, and the G100 25.6 Tbps chip, which is aimed at leaf operations. Expanded portfolio of Silicon One P200-powered systems Cisco in October rolled out the P200 Silicon One chip and the high-end, 51.2 Tbps 8223 router aimed at distributed AI workloads. That system supports Octal Small Form-Factor Pluggable (OSFP) and Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable Double Density (QSFP-DD) optical form factors that help the box support geographically dispersed AI clusters. Cisco grew the G200 family this week with…