Collaborate Disseminate
He promised “the best security there is” to hundreds of thousands of drug buyers, while quietly making the kind of mistake that guaranteed a 30-year sentence. And maybe training police on cryptocurrency while running a running a vast Tor-hidden drug b… Continue reading Incognito Market admin sentenced to 30 years for running $105 million dark web drug empire
Supposedly redacted Jeffrey Epstein files can still reveal exactly who they’re talking about – especially when AI, LinkedIn, and a few biographical breadcrumbs do the heavy lifting.
Sloppy redaction leads to explosive claims, and difficult reputationa… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #453: The Epstein Files didn’t hide this hacker very well
The FBI has seized control of RAMP, a notorious cybercrime online forum that bragged to be the only place that allowed ransomware, and boasted over 14,000 active users.
Now some of those users’ details are likely to be in the hands of the police…
R… Continue reading FBI takes notorious RAMP ransomware forum offline
Imagine the scene. It’s a cold Monday morning in Moscow. You walk out to your car, coffee in hand, ready to face the day. You press the button to unlock your car, and … nothing happens. You try again. Still nothing. The alarm starts blaring. You can’… Continue reading Hacking attack leaves Russian car owners locked out of their vehicles
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.”