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In episode 452, a London-based YouTuber wins a landmark court case against Saudi Arabia after his phone was hacked with Pegasus spyware — exposing how a single, seemingly harmless text message can turn a smartphone into a round-the-clock surveillance d… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #452: The dark web’s worst assassins, and Pegasus in the dock
How badly do you want to win an online argument? I certainly hope it’s not enough to put the life of the other person at risk.
Police in Hungary and Romania have arrested four young men suspected of making hoax bomb threats and terrorising internet us… Continue reading Four arrested in crackdown on Discord-based SWATting and doxing
If you’ve installed a browser extension to enhance your ChatGPT experience, you might want to think again.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Beware! Fake ChatGPT browser extensions are stealing your login credentials
In episode 85 of The AI Fix, Graham discovers that Silicon Valley has the solution to your pet’s mental health crisis, and Mark explains why AI godfather Yann LeCun thinks the entire AI industry is wrong about LLMs.
Also in this episode, OpenAI decide… Continue reading The AI Fix #85: ChatGPT gets ads, pets get AI therapists, and everyone’s wrong about LLMs
It has just been a few weeks since reports emerged of the Christmas cyber attack suffered by the European Space Agency (ESA), and the situation has already become worse.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading European Space Agency’s cybersecurity in freefall as yet another breach exposes spacecraft and mission data
In episode 451 of “Smashing Security,” we meet the cybercriminal who hacked the US Supreme Court, Veterans Affairs, and more – and then helpfully posted screenshots (and even someone’s blood type) on an account called “I hacked the government.”
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a warning about the threat posed by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks from Russia-linked hacking groups who are reported to be continuing to target British organisations.
Are you pre… Continue reading Pro-Russian denial-of-service attacks target UK, NCSC warns
In episode 84 of The AI Fix, Graham and Mark stare straight into the digital abyss and ask the most important question of our age: “Is AI just a hungry ghost trapped in a jar?”
Also this week, we explore how a shadowy group of disgruntled insiders try… Continue reading The AI Fix #84: A hungry ghost trapped in a jar gains access to the Pentagon’s network
We can no longer say that artificial intelligence is a “future risk”, lurking somewhere on a speculative threat horizon. The truth is that it is a fast-growing cybersecurity risk that organizations are facing today.
That’s not just my opinion, that’s … Continue reading WEF: AI overtakes ransomware as fastest-growing cyber risk
Confusion reigns after claims that data linked to 17.5 million Instagram accounts is up for sale – sparked by a vague post, contradictory statements, and a flood of password reset emails nobody asked for.
And we dig into Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, … Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #450: From Instagram panic to Grok gone wild