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Usability UX tips for web developers.

Hunting Unicorns – What makes an effective UX Professional

6 March 2025 @ 1:36 am

The qualities of an effective UX professional include soft skills are that more important than hard skills. They include empathy, curiosity, and being systematic. Companies need UX professionals to have soft skills so they can thrive in the AI world. The post Hunting Unicorns – What makes an effective UX Professional appeared first on Usability Counts.

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. 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. 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. 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. The post How to develop a usability testing plan using prompts and uxGPT Usability Testing Plans appeared first on Usability Counts.

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. 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. The post Revive the lost art of site maps in minutes with easy-to-use prompts and uxGPT SIte Maps appeared first on Usability Counts.

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. 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. The post Write user research questions with prompts and uxGPT Research Questions appeared first on Usability Counts.

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. The post Perform a competitive analysis with Chat GPT prompts and uxGPT Competitive Analysis 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!

Otherworldly Flowers Emerge from Darkness in Clara Lacy’s Meticulous Graphite Drawings

1 April 2025 @ 7:55 pm

Otherworldly Flowers Emerge from Darkness in Clara Lacy’s Meticulous Graphite Drawings'The World Has Dropped Its Petals' is a series of elaborately detailed drawings illuminating the world of flowers. 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 Otherworldly Flowers Emerge from Darkness in Clara Lacy’s Meticulous Graphite Drawings appeared first on Colossal.

April 2025 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

1 April 2025 @ 4:58 pm

April 2025 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for ArtistsAttention, artists, designers, and creatives! These opportunities offer $500,000+ in funding to support your work. 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 April 2025 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists appeared first on Colossal.

Filled with ‘Half-Pots,’ Adam Ledford’s Life-Size Room Drawings Reflect Timeless Routines

1 April 2025 @ 2:50 pm

Filled with ‘Half-Pots,’ Adam Ledford’s Life-Size Room Drawings Reflect Timeless RoutinesEveryday objects "help set a mental stage for the abstract process of thinking about the past," Ledford 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 Filled with ‘Half-Pots,’ Adam Ledford’s Life-Size Room Drawings Reflect Timeless Routines appeared first on Colossal.

Flowers Entwine Porcelain Animals and Objects in Lizzie Gill’s Surreal Tablescapes

31 March 2025 @ 7:57 pm

Flowers Entwine Porcelain Animals and Objects in Lizzie Gill’s Surreal Tablescapes"To have something be uncanny, you must first introduce the familiar," says Lizzie Gill. 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 Flowers Entwine Porcelain Animals and Objects in Lizzie Gill’s Surreal Tablescapes appeared first on Colossal.

A Years-Long Collaboration Sees a Traditional Tlingit Tribal House Return to Glacier Bay

31 March 2025 @ 6:00 pm

A Years-Long Collaboration Sees a Traditional Tlingit Tribal House Return to Glacier BayXunaa Shuká Hít is a sacred house for the Indigenous community and an educational site for visitors. 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 Years-Long Collaboration Sees a Traditional Tlingit Tribal House Return to Glacier Bay appeared first on Colossal.

Blasting Books with High-Pressure Water, Guy Laramée Scales Mountains of Knowledge

31 March 2025 @ 2:20 pm

Blasting Books with High-Pressure Water, Guy Laramée Scales Mountains of KnowledgeLaramée manipulates bound text blocks into craggy cliff faces and rocky promontories. 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 Blasting Books with High-Pressure Water, Guy Laramée Scales Mountains of Knowledge appeared first on Colossal.

In Vivid Reliquaries, Stan Squirewell Layers Anonymous Portraits and Patterned Textiles

28 March 2025 @ 4:30 pm

In Vivid Reliquaries, Stan Squirewell Layers Anonymous Portraits and Patterned TextilesThrough intimate, mixed-media collages, Stan Squirewell excavates the stories of those who might otherwise be lost in anonymity. 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 Vivid Reliquaries, Stan Squirewell Layers Anonymous Portraits and Patterned Textiles appeared first on Colossal.

Inhabitants of a Fictional World Search for Understanding in Damien Cifelli’s Vibrant Paintings

28 March 2025 @ 10:00 am

Inhabitants of a Fictional World Search for Understanding in Damien Cifelli’s Vibrant PaintingsPlants are plentiful, but animals don't exist in the alternate realm of Tarogramma. 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 Inhabitants of a Fictional World Search for Understanding in Damien Cifelli’s Vibrant Paintings appeared first on Colossal.

Krzysztof Grzybacz’s ‘Floral Compositions’ Are Tender Portrayals of Togetherness

27 March 2025 @ 4:00 pm

Krzysztof Grzybacz’s ‘Floral Compositions’ Are Tender Portrayals of TogethernessGrzybacz invokes the power of alliances through a sense of tenderness, curiosity, and pliability. 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 Krzysztof Grzybacz’s ‘Floral Compositions’ Are Tender Portrayals of Togetherness appeared first on Colossal.

Tia Keobounpheng’s Vibrating Textile Geometries Merge Modernism and Sámi Lineage

27 March 2025 @ 1:07 pm

Tia Keobounpheng’s Vibrating Textile Geometries Merge Modernism and Sámi LineageOn wood panels, Keobounpheng weaves colorful thread to create precise geometries in vibrating color. 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 Tia Keobounpheng’s Vibrating Textile Geometries Merge Modernism and Sámi Lineage 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.

Charles Lamb

"Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever."

Janine di Giovanni

"Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life."

Rudyard Kipling

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."

Alphonse Karr

"The more things change, the more they are the same."

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

Gemini Protocol Has Growing Appeal (the Web Got Too Bloated and Full of LLM Slop)

2 April 2025 @ 4:33 am

For any "data plan" with bandwidth limits or "tiers" it would be cheaper to use/browse Geminispace

The Web Can Survive LLM Slop, But Only If We Collectively Shun and Discourage Serial Sloppers

2 April 2025 @ 3:57 am

Doing nothing ought not be a possibility

Over at Tux Machines...

2 April 2025 @ 1:59 am

GNU/Linux news for the past day

IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, April 01, 2025

2 April 2025 @ 1:56 am

IRC logs for Tuesday, April 01, 2025

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Hijacked Again by Patent Litigation Industry, as President Cheeto Prioritises Aggressors (updated)

2 April 2025 @ 1:19 am

The "mafia" has taken over the "industry" and the Federal system (justice and constitutions trampled upon)

Gemini Links 01/04/2025: Games and More (updated)

1 April 2025 @ 5:11 pm

Links for the day

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

Gold inches up on safe-haven demand ahead of US reciprocal tariffs - Reuters

2 April 2025 @ 7:28 am

Gold inches up on safe-haven demand ahead of US reciprocal tariffs  Reuters

Vietnam to send deputy PM on US trip as tariffs loom, Bloomberg News reports - Reuters

2 April 2025 @ 7:20 am

Vietnam to send deputy PM on US trip as tariffs loom, Bloomberg News reports  Reuters

Messi's bodyguard says he is banned from touchline at Inter Miami games - Reuters

2 April 2025 @ 7:02 am

Messi's bodyguard says he is banned from touchline at Inter Miami games  Reuters

Oil steadies as market awaits fresh US tariffs - Reuters

2 April 2025 @ 6:31 am

Oil steadies as market awaits fresh US tariffs  Reuters

Walmart continues to push Chinese suppliers to cut prices, Bloomberg News reports - Reuters

2 April 2025 @ 6:27 am

Walmart continues to push Chinese suppliers to cut prices, Bloomberg News reports  Reuters

Stocks tread with caution as Trump's tariff plans loom - Reuters

2 April 2025 @ 6:08 am

Stocks tread with caution as Trump's tariff plans loom  Reuters

How hedge funds have positioned for Trump's 'Liberation Day' - Reuters

2 April 2025 @ 5:51 am

How hedge funds have positioned for Trump's 'Liberation Day'  Reuters

Actor Val Kilmer, star of 'Top Gun' and 'Batman Forever', dies at 65, NYT reports - Reuters

2 April 2025 @ 5:50 am

Actor Val Kilmer, star of 'Top Gun' and 'Batman Forever', dies at 65, NYT reports  Reuters

Dollar steady as zero hour on Trump's "Liberation Day" closes in - Reuters

2 April 2025 @ 5:28 am

Dollar steady as zero hour on Trump's "Liberation Day" closes in  Reuters

Stakes high for investors as Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs loom - Reuters

2 April 2025 @ 5:13 am

Stakes high for investors as Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs loom  Reuters

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Virtually unbiased news from around the world.

New Brisbane stadium to replace Gabba as venue for Olympics, cricket, AFL

31 March 2025 @ 10:22 pm

Australia Related articles 31 March 2025: New Brisbane stadium to replace Gabba as venue for Olympics, cricket, AFL 17 February 2025:

Danish foreign minister responds to U.S. vice president on Greenland

31 March 2025 @ 3:45 pm

. Image: News Oresund.File photo of Rasmussen in 2023. Image: News Oresund.

Wildfires wreak havoc across parts of Texas

27 March 2025 @ 10:42 pm

Texas Related articles 27 March 2025: Wildfires wreak havoc across parts of Texas 20 March 2025: South by Southwest film fe

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

Who signed this off?

2 April 2025 @ 6:35 am

Who signed this off? This is a tower block in Barking. Now I'll give the builders a bye for the design of the balconies on the right tower, but no one will convince me that one balcony four down on the left is in its intended position. It's a daily trigger! submitted by /u/Fatbloke-66 to r/CasualUK [link] [comments]

Play area, neighbour complaining about children and privacy

2 April 2025 @ 5:52 am

Play area, neighbour complaining about children and privacy Looking for some advice, I have recently built a play area for my children in our garden. In respect of our neighbour I added virticle strips of wood to block the gaps between the fence and added trellis on top to the end of the play area. With that being said my neighbour is complaining that my 5 year old and 3 year old are "constantly looking in her garden" and it's blocking her view of the woods in the back and the trampoline off picture all she can see is my boys heads jumping up and down. I respect what the neighbours are sa

The amazing agility of a Border Collie

2 April 2025 @ 5:44 am

The amazing agility of a Border Collie submitted by /u/Reasonable-Pop-9933 to r/nextfuckinglevel [link] [comments]

meirl

2 April 2025 @ 5:02 am

meirl submitted by /u/Mysterious-Earth2256 to r/meirl [link] [comments]

Size difference between RB7 and RB16B

2 April 2025 @ 4:55 am

Size difference between RB7 and RB16B submitted by /u/NagaFX to r/formula1 [link] [comments]

Actor Val Kilmer, star of 'Batman Forever', dies at 65

2 April 2025 @ 4:04 am

submitted by /u/jstehlick to r/news [link] [comments]

Clown

2 April 2025 @ 4:00 am

Clown submitted by /u/Joeyfingis to r/pics [link] [comments]

AITA for not stopping my husband from getting the paternity test?

2 April 2025 @ 3:58 am

My husband recently asked me for a paternity test. Why? Because our son looks nothing like him. I never cheated on him. I would never. He knows he was my first and only partner. I told him he can have the test. Who am I to stop him from it? He took the test and found out our son is actually his and he seemed very happy. I told him congrats. Now you are sure it's your own son you are paying child support for. He asked what does that mean and I told him if he thinks I cheat on him then we truly shouldn't be married. I took my son and left and we are currently staying in a hotel and I'm going to get divorced. He keeps calling and texting and begging me to come back but I don't want to. He said if I had such a problem with the test then I should have stopped him instead of allowing it and then "acting like a bratty child and ruining our lives". I'm not sure how I'm the one ruining

Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65

2 April 2025 @ 3:52 am

Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65 submitted by /u/dndplosion913 to r/movies [link] [comments]

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Security & cybercrime blog

How Each Pillar of the 1st Amendment is Under Attack

31 March 2025 @ 1:22 am

In an address to Congress this month, President Trump claimed he had "brought free speech back to America." But barely two months into his second term, the president has waged an unprecedented attack on the First Amendment rights of journalists, students, universities, government workers, lawyers and judges. This story explores a slew of recent actions by the Trump administration that threaten to undermine all five pillars of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees freedoms concerning speech, religion, the media, the right to assembly, and the right to petition the government and seek redress for wrongs.

When Getting Phished Puts You in Mortal Danger

27 March 2025 @ 4:39 pm

Many successful phishing attacks result in a financial loss or malware infection. But falling for some phishing scams, like those currently targeting Russians searching online for organizations that are fighting the Kremlin war machine, can cost you your freedom or your life.

Arrests in Tap-to-Pay Scheme Powered by Phishing

21 March 2025 @ 7:12 pm

Authorities in at least two U.S. states last week independently announced arrests of Chinese nationals accused of perpetrating a novel form of tap-to-pay fraud using mobile devices. Details released by authorities so far indicate the mobile wallets being used by the scammers were created through online phishing scams, and that the accused were relying on a custom Android app to relay tap-to-pay transactions from mobile devices located in China.

DOGE to Fired CISA Staff: Email Us Your Personal Data

20 March 2025 @ 1:26 am

A message posted on Monday to the homepage of the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is the latest exhibit in the Trump administration's continued disregard for basic cybersecurity protections. The message instructed recently-fired CISA employees to get in touch so they can be rehired and then immediately placed on leave, asking employees to send their Social Security number or date of birth in a password-protected email attachment -- presumably with the password needed to view the file included in the body of the email.

ClickFix: How to Infect Your PC in Three Easy Steps

14 March 2025 @ 10:15 pm

A clever malware deployment scheme first spotted in targeted attacks last year has now gone mainstream. In this scam, dubbed "ClickFix," the visitor to a hacked or malicious website is asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that causes Microsoft Windows to download password-stealing malware.

Microsoft: 6 Zero-Days in March 2025 Patch Tuesday

11 March 2025 @ 11:53 pm

Microsoft today issued more than 50 security updates for its various Windows operating systems, including fixes for a whopping six zero-day vulnerabilities that are already seeing active exploitation.

Alleged Co-Founder of Garantex Arrested in India

11 March 2025 @ 4:49 pm

Authorities in India today arrested the alleged co-founder of Garantex, a cryptocurrency exchange sanctioned by the U.S. government in 2022 for facilitating tens of billions of dollars in money laundering by transnational criminal and cybercriminal organizations. Sources close to the investigation told KrebsOnSecurity the Lithuanian national Aleksej Besciokov, 46, was apprehended while vacationing on the coast of India with his family.

Feds Link $150M Cyberheist to 2022 LastPass Hacks

8 March 2025 @ 1:20 am

In September 2023, KrebsOnSecurity published findings from security researchers who concluded that a series of six-figure cyberheists across dozens of victims resulted from thieves cracking master passwords stolen from the password manager service LastPass in 2022. In a court filing this week, U.S. federal agents investigating a spectacular $150 million cryptocurrency heist said they had reached the same conclusion.

Who is the DOGE and X Technician Branden Spikes?

7 March 2025 @ 12:54 am

At 49, Branden Spikes isn't just one of the oldest technologists who has been involved in Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). As the current director of information technology at X/Twitter and an early hire at PayPal, Zip2, Tesla and SpaceX, Spikes is also among Musk's most loyal employees. Here's a closer look at this trusted Musk lieutenant, whose Russian ex-wife was once married to Elon's cousin.

Notorious Malware, Spam Host “Prospero” Moves to Kaspersky Lab

28 February 2025 @ 8:14 pm

One of the most notorious providers of abuse-friendly "bulletproof" web hosting for cybercriminals has started routing its operations through networks run by the Russian antivirus and security firm Kaspersky Lab, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.