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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
In episode 83 of The AI Fix, Graham reveals he’s taken up lying to LLMs, and shows how a journalist exposed AI bluffers with a made-up idiom. Meanwhile Mark invents a “Godwin’s Law” for AI, and explains how to ruin any LLM with humus.
Also in this epi… Continue reading The AI Fix #83: ChatGPT Health, Victorian LLMs, and the biggest AI bluffers
Have you ever stolen data, traded a hacking tool, or just lurked on a dark web forum believing that you are anonymous?
If so, I might have some unsettling news for you.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Hackers get hacked, as BreachForums database is leaked
The founder of a spyware company that encouraged customers to secretly monitor their romantic partners has pleaded guilty to federal charges – marking one of the few successful US prosecutions of a stalkerware operator.
Read more in my article on the … Continue reading pcTattletale founder pleads guilty in rare stalkerware prosecution
Romance scammers have apparently discovered astrology… and Taurus is their secret weapon.
In episode 449 of “Smashing Security”, we take a look inside an actual romance-fraud handbook – complete with scripts, personality “types”, corporate jargon, a… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #449: How to scam someone in seven days
Police in India have arrested a former Coinbase customer service agent who is believed to have been bribed by cybercriminal gangs to access sensitive customer information.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Coinbase insider who sold customer data to criminals arrested in India
Is Santa Claus real? This Christmas special of The AI Fix podcast sets out to answer that question in the most sensible way possible: by consulting chatbots, Google’s festive killjoys, and the laws of relativistic physics.
Your hosts unwrap a festive … Continue reading The AI Fix #82: Santa Claus doesn’t exist (according to AI)