Ravie LakshmananFeb 05, 2026Botnet / Network Security The distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet known as AISURU/Kimwolf has been attributed to a record-setting attack that peaked at 31.4 Terabits per second (Tbps) and lasted only 35 seconds. Cloudflare, which automatically detected and mitigated the activity, said it’s part of a growing number of hyper-volumetric HTTP DDoS attacks mounted by the botnet in the fourth quarter of 2025. The attack took place in November 2025. AISURU/Kimwolf has also been linked to another DDoS campaign codenamed The Night Before Christmas that commenced on December 19, 2025. Per Cloudflare, the average size of the hyper-volumetric…
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Google now answers some queries directly with AI Overviews that appear above other organic results. For users, those AI-generated summaries mean faster answers. For website owners, it means a shift in how you earn and track your visibility.This guide breaks down what AI Overviews are, how they work, and how you can optimize for them.What Are AI Overviews?Google’s AI Overviews are a type of highly prominent search feature that provides users with AI-generated answers to certain queries. AI Overviews typically appear at the top of search results, although they sometimes appear below sponsored results and even unpaid results.For example, if you search…
What you need to knowHonor led smartphone growth in 2025 with an 11% rise in shipments, outperforming every major global brand.Global smartphone shipments grew 2% in 2025, with Apple and Samsung both posting strong 7% growth.Honor stood out among Chinese brands, while Oppo and Xiaomi saw declines of 3% and 2% respectively.According to a new report, Honor had a strong 2025, posting 11% year-over-year growth, the highest among all smartphone brands last year.A new report from Omdia revealed that global smartphone shipments grew by 2% in 2025, marking the biggest increase since 2021. Among all smartphone makers, Apple was the…
CVE-2025-22225, a VMware ESXi arbitrary write vulnerability, is being used in ransomware campaigns, CISA confirmed on Wednesday by updating the vulnerability’s entry in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Researchers linked VMware ESXi zero-day trio to single exploit toolkit Broadcom fixed CVE-2025-22225, CVE-2025-22224 (a heap overflow vulnerability) and CVE-2025-22226 (an information disclosure flaw) in VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion in early March 2025. At the time of their disclosure, Broadcom said that they have information to suggest that the three vulnerabilities have been exploited in the wild as zero-days, but details about the attacks were not shared. The three flaws…
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. Notta Memo: 30-second reviewThe Notta Memo is another AI-enhanced voice recorder that enables you to record voice memos, record meetings and calls for the purpose of AI transcription, though not in real time, but almost. The style of design is slim and compact with MagSafe mounting, so it’s easily attachable to the back of your iPhone. For other manufacturer phones, there’s a magnetic ring in the box, so even…
Microsoft announced today that the Exchange Web Services (EWS) API for Exchange Online will be shut down in April 2027, after nearly 20 years. EWS is a cross-platform API for developing apps that can access Exchange mailbox items, such as email messages, meetings, and contacts, retrieved from various sources, including Exchange Online and on-premises editions of Exchange (starting with Exchange Server 2007). Microsoft will begin blocking Exchange Online EWS by default on October 1, 2026, but administrators can temporarily maintain access via an application allowlist. The final shutdown occurs on April 1, 2027, with no exceptions granted. Administrators who create…
This one started with a question from Adorján-Csaba Demeter, a subscriber in Romania, who asked how big the behavior change could be after Google’s AI Mode Personal Search launch, and it pushed me to think past the product announcement and into the habit shift underneath it. AI changing search is a foregone conclusion. The real story is what happens to people when search stops acting like a library and starts acting like a helper that knows what you meant, what you like, and what you have coming up next. When effort drops, behavior changes first. Then business models change. Then the web…
I avoided VLANs on my home network for years because they sounded like a very “enterprise-level” and complicated security-focused requirement. I presume the racks of networking gear and hardware are best suited for the IT department and not my humble homelab. My setup includes a router, a mini PC functioning as a home server, a couple of Raspberry Pis, a desktop, laptops, several phones, a game console, smart TVs, and a swarm of IoT devices. Everything worked fine with my existing setup — at least, that’s what I thought. But after setting up VLANs, a bunch of problems that I…
Digital publishing platform Substack has disclosed a data breach after a hacker leaked user records allegedly taken from the company’s systems. Substack is a popular subscription-based publishing platform that allows writers, podcasters, and creators to send newsletters directly to their subscribers while monetizing their work. According to the latest data, the platform has approximately 35 million subscribers. The company has begun sending notifications to inform users about a security incident that compromised email addresses, phone numbers, and internal metadata. Substack said the incident occurred in October 2025 but was only discovered on February 3, when the company found “evidence of…
Google Gemini has quietly become an integral part of my workflow, helping me get more done in less time. What really sets it apart is how deeply it’s integrated into Google’s ecosystem. After years of neglect, that same integration finally pushed me to tackle my messy Google Drive, helping me surface unwanted files, clean up clutter, and add some much-needed structure to how I store things. Related I thought Google Docs was enough until I paired it with Gemini The secret weapon for flawless documents Meet my new digital archivist Gemini knows where my files belong I already have a…