Author: Vidya Saras

Instead of relying on advanced tools or complex scripts, experienced attackers penetrate systems and steal data using the most effective weapon of all: social engineering. Social engineering lies at the intersection of cybersecurity and psychology, exploiting human behavior to achieve malicious goals. From the legendary scams of Kevin Mitnick to today’s AI-driven threats, cybercriminals have come a long way, constantly developing new tactics. In recent years, social engineering attacks have become more strategic and precise. Attackers no longer focus solely on stealing small amounts of money from as many people as possible. Instead, they primarily target individuals within a company…

Daniel Craig returns as Benoit Blanc and Josh O’Connor nearly steals the show in the “darkest” but also “most playful” instalment of the Knives Out franchise so far.Can anyone steal a Knives Out film from the great detective Benoit Blanc? As it turns out, yes, almost. The biggest revelation of Wake Up Dead Man, the third in Rian Johnson’s series of deliciously entertaining mysteries, is that Josh O’Connor, so great at drama, is also an excellent comic. He plays Father Jud Duplenticy, a former boxer turned priest, who as punishment for a violent outburst is sent from upstate New York…

Universal Pictures It feels enormously fitting that the legacy of “Back to the Future” concerns looking back through the decades from whence it originated and being shocked by the sheer enormity of time. That’s right, folks. The year is 2025, and Robert Zemeckis’ acclaimed 1985 sci-fi comedy is celebrating its 40th anniversary. There’s now an even bigger gap from today to when the film came out than the ’85 planted Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) traveling back to 1955. To commemorate the event in style, the film is not only…

Spending short periods of time shopping or browsing online during work hours is not a sackable offence, a UK judge has ruled in a case that awarded an employee more than £14,000 in compensation. The ruling followed the dismissal of Ms A Lanuszka, an accountancy administrator, who was fired in July 2023 after her employer secretly installed spyware on her computer and recorded her visiting websites such as Rightmove and Amazon. The tribunal heard she spent around one hour and 24 minutes over two days on personal browsing. But Employment Judge Michael Magee, sitting in Bury St Edmunds, concluded the…

Nope, we’re not talking about cookware and cute black and white bears. PANS and PANDAS syndrome has gotten more attention in recent years. For children with PANDAS parents say it’s like a switch was flipped. All of the sudden their child becomes consumed by anxiety, OCD, tics and compulsions.  This kind of abrupt transformation can be a sign of PANS or PANDAS. In these conditions the immune system and brain become tangled in ways that most parents (and even many doctors) don’t expect. Though not widely recognized in conventional medicine, these conditions are increasingly being discussed by parents, functional practitioners,…

Hello I’m Thierry Chopain, a freelance interactive art director, co-founder of type8 studio and a UX/UI design instructor at SUP de PUB (Lyon). Based near Saint-Étienne, I cultivate a balance between creative ambition and local grounding, between high-level design and a more human pace of life. I work remotely with a close-knit team spread between Lyon, Montpellier, and Paris, where we design custom projects that blend strategy, brand identity, and digital experience. My approach is deeply collaborative. I believe in lasting relationships built on trust, mutual listening, and the value of each perspective. Beyond aesthetics, my role is to bring…

From ancient civilizations charting the stars to modern-day horoscopes guiding daily decisions, our relationship with the cosmos is as complex as it is enduring. But how well do you really know the difference between astronomy—the study of celestial objects and phenomena—and astrology, the belief that those same objects influence human behavior?Astronomy and astrology may share the same canvas—the sky—but they paint vastly different pictures. One relies on physics, mathematics, and observation; the other on archetypes, intuition, and symbolism. Yet both have shaped cultures, calendars, and conversations for centuries.This quiz is designed to test your ability to distinguish fact from folklore,…

England National Cricket Team former captains Joe Root and Jos Buttler left the young fans overjoyed by gifting gloves after their stunning batting performances against the South Africa National Cricket Team.The dead-rubber third ODI of the series between the England National Cricket Team and the South Africa National Cricket Team is currently underway at The Rose Bowl in Southampton on Sunday, September 7. Joe Root hits a stunning ton, Jos Buttler goes berserk as England pile up 414/5Root and Buttler displayed a batting masterclass in the final match of the ODI series against the Proteas and helped England pile up…

Microsoft’s Azure cloud services have been disrupted by undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, the US tech giant says.The company said Azure users would experience delays because of problems with internet traffic moving through the Middle East. Azure is among the world’s leading cloud computing platforms.Microsoft did not explain what might have caused the cuts to the undersea cables. It added that it had rerouted traffic through other paths. Over the weekend, there were other reports suggesting that undersea cable cuts had affected the United Arab Emirates and countries in Asia. An update posted on the Microsoft website on…

Bitcoin is a financial tool born of code and cryptography. But seen in a wider frame, it belongs to a cultural lineage more than a century old. Since the 1910s, avant-garde movements have probed questions that later became central to Bitcoin: Who decides value? Can rules replace rulers? How do systems record time, distribute trust or resist authority? Far from appearing out of nowhere in 2009, Bitcoin crystallized ideas that had long circulated in artistic experiments. You don’t need to like art — or on-chain art — to follow this argument. This article is not a case for “Bitcoin art”…