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Graham warns why it is high time we said goodbye to 2G – the outdated mobile network being exploited by cybercriminals with suitcase-sized SMS blasters. From New Zealand to London, scammers are driving around cities like dodgy Uber drivers, spewing phi… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #427: When 2G attacks, and a romantic road trip goes wrong
Ransomware, considered by British authorities to be the UK’s greatest cybercrime threat, costing the nation billions of pounds and with the capbility to bring essential services to a standstill, is in the gunsights of government.
Read more in my art… Continue reading UK to ban public sector from paying ransomware demands
In episode 60 of The AI Fix, we learn why Grok might be Elon Musk’s bid for digital immortality, how Meta is building a Manhattan-sized data centre called Prometheus, how AI is helping create carbon-sucking concrete, and are bewildered that 2000 people… Continue reading The AI Fix #60: Elon’s AI girlfriend, the arsonist red panda, and the AI that will kill you
The hacking group NoName057(16) has been operating since 2022, launching cyber attacks on government organisations, media bodies, critical infrastructure, and private companies in Ukraine, America, Canada, and across Europe in a seeming attempt to sile… Continue reading Europol targets Kremlin-backed cybercrime gang NoName057(16)
The future of cybersecurity awareness might just be… gluten-based. Continue reading Loaf and order: Belgian police launch bread-based cybersecurity campaign
In episode 426 of the “Smashing Security” podcast, Graham reveals how you can hijack a train’s brakes from 150 miles away using kit cheaper than a second-hand PlayStation.
Meanwhile, Carole investigates how Grok went berserk, which didn’t stop the D… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #426: Choo Choo Choose to ignore the vulnerability
Police have struck a blow against the DiskStation ransomware gang which targets Synology NAS devices, and arresting its suspected ringleader.
Make sure that you have properly hardened the security of your Network Access Storage devices to reduce the… Continue reading Police dismantle DiskStation ransomware gang targeting NAS devices, arrest suspected ringleader
In episode 59 of The AI Fix, our hosts ponder whether AIs need a “disagreement dial”, Mark wonders what he could do with an AI-powered “drug design engine”, Graham plays Wolfenstein instead of working, a robot graduates from high school, and a popular … Continue reading The AI Fix #59: Grok thinks it’s Mecha Hitler, and AIs can think strategically
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading SIM scammer’s sentence increased to 12 years, after failing to pay back victim $20 million
A criminal investigation into Twitter has been initiated by French prosecutors, over allegations that its algorithm is manipulated for the purposes of “foreign interference.” Continue reading Quelle surprise! Twitter faces criminal probe in France