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Usability UX tips for web developers.

Leverage Analogous Inspiration in minutes with prompts and uxGPT Analogous Inspiration

15 August 2024 @ 3:07 pm

Researching other domains that solve similar problems to discover unique approaches and strategies that can be adapted to their own context. You just finished reading Leverage Analogous Inspiration in minutes with prompts and uxGPT Analogous Inspiration! Consider leaving a comment! Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide The post Leverage Analogous Inspiration in minutes with prompts and uxGPT Analogous Inspiration appeared first on Usability Counts

How to generate impactful problem statements using prompts and uxGPT Problem Statements

4 August 2024 @ 7:15 pm

Most people jump to solutions, but understanding the problem first is crucial. Doing this helps align your team on the proper framing. You just finished reading How to generate impactful problem statements using prompts and uxGPT Problem Statements! Consider leaving a comment! Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide The post How to generate impactful problem statements using prompts and uxGPT Problem Statements appeared first on Usability Counts.

Write usability testing questions with prompts and uxGPT Usability Testing Questions

31 July 2024 @ 3:30 am

Creating usability test scripts is one of the most effective ways I have used the platform to get started. Try it yourself. You just finished reading Write usability testing questions with prompts and uxGPT Usability Testing Questions! Consider leaving a comment! Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide The post Write usability testing questions with prompts and uxGPT Usability Testing Questions appeared first on Usability Counts.

How to develop a usability testing plan using prompts and uxGPT Usability Testing Plans

27 July 2024 @ 1:01 am

Usability testing plans are crucial because they ensure that the product you’re building meets its users’ needs and expectations. It’s testing the house before anyone lives in it. You just finished reading How to develop a usability testing plan using prompts and uxGPT Usability Testing Plans! Consider leaving a comment! Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide The post How to develop a usability testing plan using prompts and uxGPT Usability Testing Plans appeared first on

Start with definitions in minutes to help your organization align on language

24 July 2024 @ 1:17 am

Words matter. The sooner you get your team aligned on language, the better. This custom GPT can help. You just finished reading Start with definitions in minutes to help your organization align on language! Consider leaving a comment! Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide The post Start with definitions in minutes to help your organization align on language appeared first on Usability Counts.

Revive the lost art of site maps in minutes with easy-to-use prompts and uxGPT SIte Maps

21 July 2024 @ 6:52 pm

You might think site maps are old school, but they’re a secret weapon to keep everyone on the same page. ChatGPT makes it easy to create a draft for review. You just finished reading Revive the lost art of site maps in minutes with easy-to-use prompts and uxGPT SIte Maps! Consider leaving a comment! Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide The post Revive the lost art of site maps in minutes with easy-to-use prompts and uxGPT SIte Maps appeared first on

Creating personas for better questions with prompts and uxGPT Personas

14 July 2024 @ 3:47 pm

The exploration goal is not final answers but asking better questions about your target users. You can do this with these prompts. You just finished reading Creating personas for better questions with prompts and uxGPT Personas! Consider leaving a comment! Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide The post Creating personas for better questions with prompts and uxGPT Personas appeared first on Usability Counts.

Write user research questions with prompts and uxGPT Research Questions

11 July 2024 @ 5:00 am

Writing user research questions is one of the most effective ways I have used Chat GPT as a starter method. You can save time by quickly generating well-crafted questions by using OpenAI’s vast amount of training data. You just finished reading Write user research questions with prompts and uxGPT Research Questions! Consider leaving a comment! Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide The post Write user research questions with prompts and uxGPT Research Questions appeared first on

Perform a competitive analysis with Chat GPT prompts and uxGPT Competitive Analysis

6 July 2024 @ 4:28 pm

Enter a topic, and ChatGPT will give you insights into each competitor's feature set and highlight emerging industry trends and potentially overlooked features. You just finished reading Perform a competitive analysis with Chat GPT prompts and uxGPT Competitive Analysis! Consider leaving a comment! Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide The post Perform a competitive analysis with Chat GPT prompts and uxGPT Competitive Analysis appeared first on Usability Counts

Figma AI: I’m not worried about my job anytime soon

4 July 2024 @ 7:11 pm

The features are awesome but we’re far off from replacing designers. That’s coming from someone immersed in AI every day of the week. You just finished reading Figma AI: I’m not worried about my job anytime soon! Consider leaving a comment! Stuff to check out UX Drinking Game | UX Resume and Career Guide The post Figma AI: I’m not worried about my job anytime soon appeared first on Usability Counts.

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If you wanted to know if a website is centered from the left or the right, this site is maybe for you.

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Art, design, photography and more!

Uncanny Objects by Joyce Lin Blur Distinctions Between Reality and the Fantastical

21 January 2025 @ 7:00 pm

Uncanny Objects by Joyce Lin Blur Distinctions Between Reality and the FantasticalLin's pieces assume the recognizable forms of furniture and food, evoking playful meditations on mass production and consumption. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Uncanny Objects by Joyce Lin Blur Distinctions Between Reality and the Fantastical appeared first on Colossal.

Hit Play on OK Go’s Mindbogglingly Choreographed Music Video Filmed with 64 Phones

21 January 2025 @ 5:00 pm

Hit Play on OK Go’s Mindbogglingly Choreographed Music Video Filmed with 64 PhonesThe band has created—bear with us here—a music video using phones about videos made with phones. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Hit Play on OK Go’s Mindbogglingly Choreographed Music Video Filmed with 64 Phones appeared first on Colossal.

Practice Your Cursive as a Citizen Archivist and Preserve Thousands of Historic Documents

21 January 2025 @ 2:13 pm

Practice Your Cursive as a Citizen Archivist and Preserve Thousands of Historic DocumentsThe records of more than 80,000 of the nation's first veterans need transcribing. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Practice Your Cursive as a Citizen Archivist and Preserve Thousands of Historic Documents appeared first on Colossal.

Dinosaurs Overrun a World Post Climate Disaster in Michael Kerbow’s Paintings

17 January 2025 @ 8:28 pm

Dinosaurs Overrun a World Post Climate Disaster in Michael Kerbow’s Paintings"Each passing year seems to bring more alarming statistics, and this comfortable place we call home seems to grow more precarious," the artist says. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Dinosaurs Overrun a World Post Climate Disaster in Michael Kerbow’s Paintings appeared first on Colossal.

In Kerala, Keerthana Kunnath Photographs the Female Bodybuilders Defying Beauty Ideals

17 January 2025 @ 5:22 pm

In Kerala, Keerthana Kunnath Photographs the Female Bodybuilders Defying Beauty IdealsIn 'Not What You Saw,' photographer Keerthana Kunnath documents a burgeoning community of female bodybuilders in Kerala. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article In Kerala, Keerthana Kunnath Photographs the Female Bodybuilders Defying Beauty Ideals appeared first on Colossal.

The Dog Did It! Stephen Morrison’s Trompe-l’œils Brim with Canine Character

16 January 2025 @ 9:41 pm

The Dog Did It! Stephen Morrison’s Trompe-l’œils Brim with Canine CharacterFor a forthcoming solo exhibition, Morrison channels canine personalities in every facet of life. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article The Dog Did It! Stephen Morrison’s Trompe-l’œils Brim with Canine Character appeared first on Colossal.

At Ceramic Brussels, an Eclectic Array of Works Offers a State of the Medium

16 January 2025 @ 6:23 pm

At Ceramic Brussels, an Eclectic Array of Works Offers a State of the MediumIn its second year, the annual gathering is the only international art fair devoted entirely to the medium. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article At Ceramic Brussels, an Eclectic Array of Works Offers a State of the Medium appeared first on Colossal.

Hayden Williams’ Illustrations Imbue Cookie-Cutter Houses with Uncanny Personalities

16 January 2025 @ 2:42 pm

Hayden Williams’ Illustrations Imbue Cookie-Cutter Houses with Uncanny PersonalitiesThrough visual puns and mysterious lightning effects, the artist emphasizes recognizable elements of neighborhood life. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Hayden Williams’ Illustrations Imbue Cookie-Cutter Houses with Uncanny Personalities appeared first on Colossal.

A New Searchable Public Domain Archive Collects 10,000+ Images Free for Use

15 January 2025 @ 9:31 pm

A New Searchable Public Domain Archive Collects 10,000+ Images Free for UseNeed inspiration? A new image archive is a veritable trove of creativity. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article A New Searchable Public Domain Archive Collects 10,000+ Images Free for Use appeared first on Colossal.

In Saqqara, Archaeologists Uncover the Sumptuous 4,100-Year-Old Tomb of a Royal Physician

15 January 2025 @ 4:11 pm

In Saqqara, Archaeologists Uncover the Sumptuous 4,100-Year-Old Tomb of a Royal PhysicianScholars continue to unfurl millennia-old mysteries as archaeological excavations carry on in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article In Saqqara, Archaeologists Uncover the Sumptuous 4,100-Year-Old Tomb of a Royal Physician appeared first on Colossal.

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Cost of living, Quality of life and travel for around the world.

Quality of Life Index 2015 Mid Year

22 July 2015 @ 6:20 am

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Cost of Living Index 2014 Mid Year

1 July 2014 @ 8:04 am

Numbeo Cost of Living Index 2014 Mid Year (July 1st, 2014) Numbeo, the world's largest database of user contributed data about living conditions in cities and countries worldwide, released mid year 2014 rankings. The most expensive cities in the world, in mid 2014 are Zurich (CPI index 159.51), Stavanger (156.71) and Geneva (150.43). Indian cities Thiruvananthapuram (22.25), Coimbatore (24.57) and Indore (25.90) are the least expensive cities in the world. In Europe, cities in Switzerland and Norway dominate the list of most expensive cities, while the least expensive cities in Europe are Bitola (index 37.88), followed by Chisinau (38.40) and Dnipropetrovsk (40.53). Cities in Europe, out of all

The Most Expensive Cities in 2014 by Numbeo's Cost of Living International Rankings

28 January 2014 @ 11:33 am

The biggest free cost of living database, Numbeo, collected more than 1.1 million data from more than 130000 contributors since 2009. The result of Numbeo's survey, shows, that in the beginning of 2014, the most expensive cities (excluding rent) are Zurich (index 157.47), Trondheim (152.89) and Geneva (162.34). The least expensive are Thiruvananthapuram (21.17), Tiruchirapalli (23.23) and Indore (23.94) in India. Numbeo is currently tracking the prices of 48 goods and services. In Numbeo's survey, New York is used as the base city for the index and scores 100 points, all cities are compared against New York and currency movements are measured against US Dollar and EURO. Lucerne in Switzerland scores 150.75 points and is nearly three times as costly as Consanta in Romania with an index score of 50.32. In Europe, many cities in Switzerland and Norway are among the most expensive on the list, followed by Paris (120.68). In

New Numbeo release brings support for mobile phones!

7 October 2013 @ 11:56 am

New www.numbeo.com release brings support for mobile phones. Let me know if you encounter any problem. New mobile version of the website is supposed to load automatically when you access the website from the mobile phone.

BudgetDirect Provides Interesting User Experience over Numbeo Data

2 October 2013 @ 7:11 am

BudgetDirect do provide interesting user experience using Numbeo data in their cost of living tool . I'm interested to hear what do you like and what do you dislike in their tool, especially regarding look&feel.

Numbeo, the world’s largest database of user contributed data about cities and countries worldwide, has chosen Iceland as the least polluted country in 2013

27 February 2013 @ 12:28 pm

Top 10 the least polluted countries, according to Numbeo are: - Iceland (pollution index 9.85) - Estonia (16.38) - Finland (18.53) - Sweden (18.79) - Australia (20.89) - New Zealand (21.80) - Switzerland (22.97) - Norway (23.35) - Lithuania (25.17) - Canada (26.52) The full list is available at: http://www.numbeo.com/pollution/rankings_by_country.jsp

Top 10 Safest Countries in the World in 2013

27 February 2013 @ 12:28 pm

Japan is the safest country in the world in 2013, according to Numbeo, the world’s largest database of user contributed data about cities and countries worldwide. Top 10 safest countries, according to Numbeo are: - Japan (safety index 86.89) - Taiwan (83.74) - Hong Kong (83.43) - South Korea (82.60) - United Arab Emirates (81.99) - Malta (81.46) - Luxembourg (81.25) - Georgia (80.43) - Bahrain (80.21) - Singapore (80.02) - Iceland (77.68) The full list is available at: http://www.numbeo.com/crime/rankings_by_country.jsp

Numbeo: Quality of Life Index by City 2013

27 February 2013 @ 12:27 pm

ZURICH is the city with the best quality of life in 2013, according to an annual report by Numbeo, the world's largest database of user contributed data about cities and countries worldwide. For its quality of life index 2013 it gathered data from more than 76000 people around the world. The cities which are ranked highest in quality of life are: - Zurich, Switzerland (score 233.72) - Canberra, Australia (219.15) - Adelaide, Australia (214.61) - Berlin, Germany (213.50) - Munich, Germany (210.24) - Edmonton, Canada (208.74) - Calgary, Canada (202.72) - Hamburg, Germany (201.55) - Austin, TX, United States (199.52) - Dubai, United Arab Emirates (195.49) Full rankings are available at: http://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/rankings.jsp About Numbeo: Numbeo is the worl

Property Prices Indexes 2013

4 February 2013 @ 11:19 am

Numbeo did publish it's property price indexes for 2013. Property Price Index by city is available at: http://www.numbeo.com/property-investment/rankings.jsp Property Price Index by country is available at : http://www.numbeo.com/property-investment/rankings_by_country.jsp

Cost of Living Index for 2013 - Norway, Switzerland and Australia are most expensive

4 February 2013 @ 11:16 am

Based on 48 goods and services, Numbeo's survey for 2013 is made using a data cut on 4th of February 2013. This year data cut contains 367958 entries from 33448 individual contributors worldwide. The data on city level are showing Norwegian cities Stavanger, Trondheim, Oslo and Bergen on top of the list of most expensive cities. Several cities in Switzerland are also among the most expensive in the world: Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Lausanne and Bern. Among the 25 most expensive cities in the world, our list includes also eight Australian cities: Perth, Sydney, Canberra, Hobart, Darwin, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide. Only a few cities which are not in Norway, Switzerland and Australia made their way into the top 25 most expensive list: Luanda in Angola, Stockholm in Sweden, Arhus and Copenhagen in Denmark, Paris in France, Luxembourg and on 25th place Tokyo in Japan. List with details on city level is available at:

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Quotes from famous and not so famous people.

Dag Hammarskjold

"We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours."

Nadia Boulanger

"A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty."

Joseph Addison

"A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants."

E. M. Forster

"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us."

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The rights of tech. Patents and legal news. Defending digital freedom and exposing corruption.

Focusing on the Issues

22 January 2025 @ 7:07 am

we'll do our best to find the news and not talk about "Mr. T"

Only About 3.6% of Web Users in Pakistan Use Vista 11, According to statCounter

22 January 2025 @ 7:03 am

It's not hard to see why so far in 2025 Microsoft has already had several waves of mass layoffs - more than any other company

Rumour: In IBM, Impending "25% Reduction in Finance Roles"

22 January 2025 @ 6:40 am

25% to be laid off?

[Meme] Fake Articles From linuxsecurity.com (Just Googlebombing "Linux" With LLM Slop)

22 January 2025 @ 6:37 am

Google should really just entirely delist that site

Fake 'Article' by Brittany Day (Guardian Digital, Inc) About Linux Mint 22.1 'Xia'

22 January 2025 @ 5:47 am

Apparently they've convinced themselves that this is OK

Red Hat Dumps "Inclusive Language", Puts "Master" In Official Communications and Headlines

22 January 2025 @ 4:33 am

Red Hat: you CANNOT say "master" (because it is racist). Also Red Hat: we put in it our headlines.

Over at Tux Machines...

22 January 2025 @ 4:07 am

GNU/Linux news for the past day

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Worldwide news from the source of news? Sometimes repeats it’s main stream message a little too much.

Oracle shares surge after Trump unveils $500 bln AI plan - Reuters

22 January 2025 @ 10:39 am

Oracle shares surge after Trump unveils $500 bln AI plan  Reuters

Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht for online drug scheme - Reuters

22 January 2025 @ 10:34 am

Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht for online drug scheme  Reuters

Netflix shares jump as subscriber surge, live sports streaming fuel growth - Reuters

22 January 2025 @ 10:02 am

Netflix shares jump as subscriber surge, live sports streaming fuel growth  Reuters

Trump delivers fresh tariff threats against EU, China - Reuters

22 January 2025 @ 9:40 am

Trump delivers fresh tariff threats against EU, China  Reuters

Japan Inc will struggle to follow SoftBank's lead and go big with Trump - Reuters.com

22 January 2025 @ 9:28 am

Japan Inc will struggle to follow SoftBank's lead and go big with Trump  Reuters.com

Deep freeze blankets much of the US, winter storm targets South - Reuters.com

22 January 2025 @ 9:11 am

Deep freeze blankets much of the US, winter storm targets South  Reuters.com

Netflix shares soar on price hikes and record subscriber gains - Reuters

22 January 2025 @ 8:32 am

Netflix shares soar on price hikes and record subscriber gains  Reuters

Google to invest fresh $1 bln in OpenAI rival Anthropic, FT reports - Reuters.com

22 January 2025 @ 5:58 am

Google to invest fresh $1 bln in OpenAI rival Anthropic, FT reports  Reuters.com

TikTok fans anxiously await its return to US app stores - Reuters

22 January 2025 @ 5:45 am

TikTok fans anxiously await its return to US app stores  Reuters

China CATL's shares dip after it warns of revenue fall, slowing profit growth - Reuters.com

22 January 2025 @ 5:25 am

China CATL's shares dip after it warns of revenue fall, slowing profit growth  Reuters.com

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Virtually unbiased news from around the world.

Times Square marks New Year's Eve 2025 in New York City

17 January 2025 @ 2:55 pm

Friday, January 17, 2025 

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Social ramblings from those who speak loudest on the world wide web. User beware.

Lewis Hamilton’s new helmet for Ferrari

22 January 2025 @ 7:43 am

Lewis Hamilton’s new helmet for Ferrari submitted by /u/iamsbest to r/formula1 [link] [comments]

AITAH for discontinuing my nephew’s scholarship after seeing his social media post being proud to Elon's Nazi gesture?

22 January 2025 @ 7:37 am

I need your honest opinion about my delimma. I have been financially supporting one of my nephews through college. My late husband and I set aside a fund for any of our nieces or nephews who needed help with education. He was the first to take us up on the offer and I’ve been covering most of his tuition and living expenses since he started school last year. He and I have always been close, so this decision wasn’t hard for me. He lost his dad (my brother-in-law) when he was 12 and I’ve tried to be there for him like a second parent. Yesterday, I stumbled across one of his public social media posts that left me speechless. It was a clip of Elon Musk doing what looked like a Nazi salute at Trump’s inauguration. The caption read, "Free thinkers like Elon are what this world needs! Don’t let the sheep tell you otherwise. #power #leadership #truth". I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I’m Jewish and my late husband was too.

Trump wrongly claims Manchester's atom split feat

22 January 2025 @ 7:16 am

Trump wrongly claims Manchester's atom split feat submitted by /u/Tartan_Samurai to r/unitedkingdom [link] [comments]

Am I Overreacting?

22 January 2025 @ 7:09 am

Am I Overreacting? My boyfriend (22M) and I (21F) have been official for almost 4 weeks. He texted me this after leaving me with his friends shortly after I arrived to a restaurant they all planned to meet at. Before I got there, he had already ordered for both of us. Everything seemed fine until about ten minutes later when I went to the bathroom. When I came back, his friends told me he “stepped out,” but I’m sure they knew what was going on based on their expressions. I waited about 15 minutes before he replied to my texts. And ended up leaving money to pay for food I didn’t even get to eat. This was my third time wearing my hair in its natural state since we’ve dated, and I

Have you or do you know anyone else never left the UK?

22 January 2025 @ 7:04 am

Mid 40s here and when I tell people this it seems like one of the most shocking things they’ve ever heard, they didn’t know people like me existed I guess. I suppose it’s all down to life circumstances, my parents were poor so never went anywhere as a child, as a parent myself now I’m in the working poor bracket I guess. Although travels cheaper than it’s ever been add on a Mrs and 3 kids it’s certainly not cheap. Maybe when the kids grow up and it’s just me and the Mrs I might be able too. submitted by /u/Boring_Ad6529 to r/AskUK [link]

German parliament to debate ban on far-right AfD next week

22 January 2025 @ 7:01 am

German parliament to debate ban on far-right AfD next week submitted by /u/Glavurdan to r/europe [link] [comments]

AIO My bfs explore page on insta is worrying me.

22 January 2025 @ 6:50 am

AIO My bfs explore page on insta is worrying me. my(f25) bf(m33) is asleep and I wanted to play spooky stories on his tablet to fall asleep to, then I found this on his instagram when I opened it, all of these girls look very underage doing very provocative dances, should I be concerned?? I want to confront him in the morning and I can’t even bring myself to, i don’t even know what to say, he doesn’t follow any one of them, but considering it’s in his explore, I’m concerned at what he’s looking at? Idk what to think, and how to ask, am I over reacting? I know he watches porn as do I, but this is different.

Anon has a female friend

22 January 2025 @ 5:57 am

Anon has a female friend submitted by /u/Anon-Zer0-Quazar to r/shitposting [link] [comments]

Putin’s ‘not doing so well,’ says Trump in unusually critical remarks on Kremlin leader

22 January 2025 @ 5:36 am

Putin’s ‘not doing so well,’ says Trump in unusually critical remarks on Kremlin leader submitted by /u/eaglemaxie to r/worldnews [link] [comments]

krebsonsecurity.com

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Security & cybercrime blog

Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing Via SMS

16 January 2025 @ 9:18 pm

Residents across the United States are being inundated with text messages purporting to come from toll road operators like E-ZPass, warning that recipients face fines if a delinquent toll fee remains unpaid. Researchers say the surge in SMS spam coincides with new features added to a popular commercial phishing kit sold in China that makes it simple to set up convincing lures spoofing toll road operators in multiple U.S. states.

Microsoft: Happy 2025. Here’s 161 Security Updates

14 January 2025 @ 10:50 pm

Microsoft today unleashed updates to plug a whopping 161 security vulnerabilities in Windows and related software, including three "zero-day" weaknesses that are already under active attack. Redmond's inaugural Patch Tuesday of 2025 bundles more fixes than the company has shipped in one go since 2017.

A Day in the Life of a Prolific Voice Phishing Crew

7 January 2025 @ 11:41 pm

Besieged by scammers seeking to phish user accounts over the telephone, Apple and Google frequently caution that they will never reach out unbidden to users this way. However, new details about the internal operations of a prolific voice phishing gang show the group routinely abuses legitimate services at Apple and Google to force a variety of outbound communications to their users, including emails, automated phone calls and system-level messages sent to all signed-in devices.

U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions

31 December 2024 @ 4:05 am

Federal authorities have arrested and indicted a 20-year-old U.S. Army soldier on suspicion of being Kiberphant0m, a cybercriminal who has been selling and leaking sensitive customer call records stolen earlier this year from AT&T and Verizon. As first reported by KrebsOnSecurity last month, the accused is a communications specialist who was recently stationed in South Korea.

Happy 15th Anniversary, KrebsOnSecurity!

29 December 2024 @ 11:48 pm

KrebsOnSecurity.com turns 15 years old today! Maybe it's indelicate to celebrate the birthday of a cybercrime blog that mostly publishes bad news, but happily many of 2024's most engrossing security stories were about bad things happening to bad guys. It's also an occasion to note that despite my publishing fewer stories than ever this past year, we somehow managed to attract near record levels of readership (thank you!).

Web Hacking Service ‘Araneida’ Tied to Turkish IT Firm

19 December 2024 @ 5:07 pm

Cybercriminals are selling hundreds of thousands of credential sets stolen with the help of a cracked version of Acunetix, a powerful commercial web app vulnerability scanner, new research finds. The cracked software is being resold as a cloud-based attack tool by at least two different services, one of which KrebsOnSecurity traced to an information technology firm based in Turkey.

How to Lose a Fortune with Just One Bad Click

18 December 2024 @ 1:17 pm

Adam Griffin is still in disbelief over how quickly he was robbed of nearly $500,000 in cryptocurrencies. A scammer called using a real Google phone number to warn his Gmail account was being hacked, sent email security alerts directly from google.com, and ultimately seized control over the account by convincing him to click "yes" to a Google prompt on his mobile device.

How Cryptocurrency Turns to Cash in Russian Banks

11 December 2024 @ 9:38 pm

A financial firm registered in Canada has emerged as the payment processor for dozens of Russian cryptocurrency exchanges and websites hawking cybercrime services aimed at Russian-speaking customers, new research finds. Meanwhile, an investigation into the Vancouver street address used by this company shows it is home to dozens of foreign currency dealers, money transfer businesses, and cryptocurrency exchanges -- none of which are physically located there.

Patch Tuesday, December 2024 Edition

11 December 2024 @ 1:53 am

Microsoft today released updates to plug at least 70 security holes in Windows and Windows software, including one vulnerability that is already being exploited in active attacks. The zero-day seeing exploitation involves CVE-2024-49138, a security weakness in the Windows Common… Read More »

U.S. Offered $10M for Hacker Just Arrested by Russia

4 December 2024 @ 2:08 pm

In January 2022, KrebsOnSecurity identified a Russian man named Mikhail Matveev as "Wazawaka," a cybercriminal who was deeply involved in the formation and operation of multiple ransomware groups. The U.S. government indicted Matveev as a top ransomware purveyor a year later, offering $10 million for information leading to his arrest. Last week, the Russian government reportedly arrested Matveev and charged him with creating malware used to extort companies.