Popular JavaScript libraries were hijacked this week and turned into malware droppers, in a supply chain attack achieved via targeted phishing and credential theft. The attacker(s) used stolen ...

Dynamic Range Destroyer (DRD) is an audio compression filter that aims to remove big changes in volume from an audio stream. It supports mono, stereo, 6-channel, and ...

Medusa ransomware has claimed over 40 victims in the first two months of 2025, including a confirmed attack on a US healthcare organization. This is almost twice the number of Medusa attacks observed ...

Obsidian is the Winamp of productivity tools. If you're as ancient as I am, you might remember that the best part of that once-ubiquitous music player extension was the massive number of plugins and ...

On Friday February 21, NetEase announced that the use of third-party plugins - including Blitz.gg - would be viewed as cheating, effectively banning them entirely. This quickly raised questions around ...

Brave Browser is getting a new feature called 'custom scriptlets' that lets advanced users inject their own JavaScript into websites, allowing deep customization and control over their browsing ...

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Giving up your personal phone number to telemarketers or during transactions on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist isn't ideal. Instead of divulging private details to people you don't know, you can ...

The dispute between WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and hosting provider WP Engine continues, with Mullenweg announcing that WordPress is “forking” a plug-in developed by WP Engine. Specifically, ...

“The Secret Lives of Numbers,” by Kate Kitagawa and Timothy Revell, highlights overlooked contributions to the field by ancient thinkers, non-Westerners and women. By Alec Wilkinson Alec Wilkinson is ...