I’ve been there, you’ve been there, we’ve all been there. Most of us created our first Gmail account more than a decade ago, and since then, we’ve outgrown it. You walk up to a hotel desk, shop at a retailer, or sign up anywhere, and when you have to say your email address out loud, you’re stuck spelling out something childish you made years ago.Worse, you’re stuck using that Gmail address only because it’s been your primary address for years, and now it feels too late to switch to something new. We’ve been in the same boat for years, and…
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Ravie LakshmananApr 12, 2026Malware / Threat Intelligence Unknown threat actors compromised CPUID (“cpuid[.]com”), a website that hosts popular hardware monitoring tools like CPU-Z, HWMonitor, HWMonitor Pro, and PerfMonitor, for less than 24 hours to serve malicious executables for the software and deploy a remote access trojan called STX RAT. The incident lasted from approximately April 9, 15:00 UTC, to about April 10, 10:00 UTC, with the download URLs for CPU-Z and HWMonitor installers replaced with links to malicious websites. In a post shared on X, CPUID confirmed the breach, attributing it to a compromise of a “secondary feature (basically a side API)” that caused the…
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Cloudflare moves up its post-quantum deadline as researchers narrow the path to Q-DayCloudflare announced it is targeting 2029 to complete post-quantum security across its entire product suite, including post-quantum authentication. The company is following a revised roadmap that Google also adopted after announcing that it had improved the quantum algorithm used to break elliptic curve cryptography. Google stopped short of publishing the algorithm, disclosing only a zero-knowledge proof of its existence. 6G network design puts AI at the center of spectrum, routing, and fault managementWireless…
Google has rolled out Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) protection in Chrome 146 for Windows, designed to block info-stealing malware from harvesting session cookies. macOS users will benefit from this security feature in a future Chrome release that has yet to be announced. The new protection has been announced in 2024, and it works by cryptographically linking a user’s session to their specific hardware, such as a computer’s security chip – the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) on Windows and the Secure Enclave on macOS. Since the unique public/private keys for encrypting and decrypting sensitive data are generated by the security chip,…
Since I test Android phones for a job, I often jump between premium models and budget ones. I can be doing Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Privacy Display tests one day, and the next, playing with Iron Man-themed affordable phones. You’d expect to have a better time with a phone that costs more money, and a slightly lesser experience with one that lets you keep some of that cash for yourself. But the difference doesn’t have to be as dramatic as you’d think. Over the years, I’ve perfected a few ways to make a budget phone feel a little more like…
Microsoft security researchers discovered that a third-party Android SDK widely used in cryptocurrency wallet applications is affected by a severe vulnerability that could expose highly sensitive information. The vulnerability was found in EngageLab’s EngageSDK, which is designed for managing messaging and push notifications in mobile applications. According to Microsoft, the SDK, which is integrated by developers into Android apps as a dependency, is used by crypto wallet apps that have a total of more than 30 million installations. Unpatched versions of EngageSDK are affected by a vulnerability related to Android intents, which enable interaction between different applications and data sharing…
Ryan Haines / Android AuthorityRecently, I finally decided to pull the trigger and am once again a Pixel owner. This time around, I’ve decided to give its budget range a try, as my family has been very impressed with the Galaxy S25 FE, and so I was curious how Google’s own mid-ranger might compare. So far, I’ve been using the Pixel 10a for almost two weeks, and overall, I’m impressed. Have you had good luck with the Pixel series?910 votesYes, I’ve never had a major problem.59%Mostly yes, though I’ve had some problems.29%No, I’m also kind of cursed.8%Other (Let us know in…
Like many parents, I know well the pain of my Roblox-addicted child asking me to trade my real money for fake money he can use to buy pretend items in a digital video game. So when Roblox announced the April 30 launch of Roblox Plus, a monthly subscription service with perks that could net us a 20% discount on all the digital items, my interest was piqued. But is Roblox Plus actually worth it? Let’s do some math.What do you get with Roblox Plus?As noted in today’s announcement on the Roblox website, once it launches at the end of this…
An apparent hack-for-hire campaign likely orchestrated by a threat actor with suspected ties to the Indian government targeted journalists, activists, and government officials across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), according to findings from Access Now, Lookout, and SMEX. Two of the targets included prominent Egyptian journalists and government critics, Mostafa Al-A’sar and Ahmed Eltantawy, who were at the receiving end of a series of spear-phishing attacks that sought to compromise their Apple and Google accounts in October 2023 and January 2024 by directing them to fake pages that tricked them into entering their credentials and two-factor authentication (2FA) codes. “The attacks were carried out…
Home Assistant may be smart home software, but that doesn’t mean that you’re limited to using it inside your home. There are plenty of ways that I use Home Assistant outside my home, and they’re some of my most useful automations. Related I set up mailbox alerts with Home Assistant and a cheap sensor You’ve got mail. Video doorbell snapshots Notifications that let me see who’s at the door Credit: Adam Davidson / How-to Geek One of the great things about video doorbells is that they let you interact with people at your front door, even if you’re not home. If…