Search Engine Ads Explained in 10 Minutes (with Expert Tips)
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Search Engine Ads Explained in 10 Minutes (with Expert Tips)

Search engine advertising (also called pay-per-click, PPC or SEA) offers a direct path to website visitors, but is it the right choice for you? This guide breaks down what beginners need to know before investing in search ads. SEO), which take time to build, search ads appear almost instantly at the top of search results…

UAT-5918 Targets Taiwan's Critical Infrastructure Using Web Shells and Open-Source Tools

UAT-5918 Targets Taiwan’s Critical Infrastructure Using Web Shells and Open-Source Tools

Threat hunters have uncovered a new threat actor named UAT-5918 that has been attacking critical infrastructure entities in Taiwan since at least 2023. “UAT-5918, a threat actor believed to be motivated by establishing long-term access for information theft, uses a combination of web shells and open-sourced tooling to conduct post-compromise activities to establish persistence in…

How to Create Quality Content (Follow Our 5-Level Framework)
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How to Create Quality Content (Follow Our 5-Level Framework)

If you’ve spent some time in digital marketing, you’d think making quality content is the cure-all to every marketing woe. It’s in every SEO guide and content marketing playbook and tossed around like buzzwords from a management consultant’s presentation. But what does “quality” even mean? Some people think the Alchemist changed their lives, while others…

My Favorite Wayback Machine Alternatives
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My Favorite Wayback Machine Alternatives

The internet never forgets… unless the page vanishes, the site goes offline, or the content quietly changes overnight. That’s where web archiving tools come in. They allow you to access saved versions of web pages, even if they get taken offline. The Wayback Machine is the best-known option, but it isn’t perfect—it’s slow, sometimes misses…

YouTube Game Cheats Spread Arcane Stealer Malware to Russian-Speaking Users

YouTube Game Cheats Spread Arcane Stealer Malware to Russian-Speaking Users

YouTube videos promoting game cheats are being used to deliver a previously undocumented stealer malware called Arcane likely targeting Russian-speaking users. “What’s intriguing about this malware is how much it collects,” Kaspersky said in an analysis. “It grabs account information from VPN and gaming clients, and all kinds of network utilities like ngrok, Playit, Cyberduck,…

Hackers Exploit Severe PHP Flaw to Deploy Quasar RAT and XMRig Miners

Hackers Exploit Severe PHP Flaw to Deploy Quasar RAT and XMRig Miners

Threat actors are exploiting a severe security flaw in PHP to deliver cryptocurrency miners and remote access trojans (RATs) like Quasar RAT. The vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-4577, refers to an argument injection vulnerability in PHP affecting Windows-based systems running in CGI mode that could allow remote attackers to run arbitrary code. Cybersecurity company…

The 7 Phases of the Search Demand Lifecycle: Going Beyond Search Volume
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The 7 Phases of the Search Demand Lifecycle: Going Beyond Search Volume

Many junior SEOs make the same mistake: they chase high search volume, assuming it means long-term opportunity. But search volume alone is completely misleading.  A keyword with 50,000 searches/month sounds like a goldmine, until you realize it’s already in decline. Investing in a fading trend is like buying MySpace stock today. Every keyword follows a lifecycle…

New ‘Rules File Backdoor’ Attack Lets Hackers Inject Malicious Code via AI Code Editors

New ‘Rules File Backdoor’ Attack Lets Hackers Inject Malicious Code via AI Code Editors

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new supply chain attack vector dubbed Rules File Backdoor that affects artificial intelligence (AI)-powered code editors like GitHub Copilot and Cursor, causing them to inject malicious code. “This technique enables hackers to silently compromise AI-generated code by injecting hidden malicious instructions into seemingly innocent configuration files used by…

Apache Tomcat Vulnerability Actively Exploited Just 30 Hours After Public Disclosure

Apache Tomcat Vulnerability Actively Exploited Just 30 Hours After Public Disclosure

A recently disclosed security flaw impacting Apache Tomcat has come under active exploitation in the wild following the release of a public proof-of-concept (PoC) a mere 30 hours after public disclosure. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-24813, affects the below versions – Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.2 Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.34 Apache Tomcat 9.0.0-M1 to…

The Top 5 Most Expensive Domain Names in 2024
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The Top 5 Most Expensive Domain Names in 2024

Websites can sell for eye-watering sums. Hope you’re sitting down… Here, we reveal the most expensive domains and URLs and share top tips for buying and selling domains. Table of Contents The world’s most expensive domain names sell for truly eye-watering figures. It’s a given that owning a good domain name has heaps of advantages,…

Malicious PyPI Packages Stole Cloud Tokens—Over 14,100 Downloads Before Removal

Malicious PyPI Packages Stole Cloud Tokens—Over 14,100 Downloads Before Removal

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a malicious campaign targeting users of the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository with bogus libraries masquerading as “time” related utilities, but harboring hidden functionality to steal sensitive data such as cloud access tokens. Software supply chain security firm ReversingLabs said it discovered two sets of packages totaling 20 of them….

16 of the Best AI Marketing Tools We’ve Tried & Spied in 2025
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16 of the Best AI Marketing Tools We’ve Tried & Spied in 2025

We’ve shared, discussed, tested out, and invested in a whole tech stack’s worth of different AI marketing tools lately. Below, you’ll find some we love and use every day, and others we’re keeping a keen eye on in 2025. ad targeting, according to research from SurveyMonkey. The best AI marketing tools help users save time and…