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One in eight UK workers has sold their company passwords, and bosses think it’s fine
May 8, 2026
Inside Department 4: Russia’s secret school for hackers
May 8, 2026
Sri Lanka makes 37 arrests as it raids another scam centre
May 8, 2026
Smashing Security podcast #466: Meta sees everything, Copy Fail, and a deepfake gets hired
May 6, 2026
Teenager alleged to be Scattered Spider hacker arrested in Finland, faces US extradition
May 4, 2026
Iran-linked Handala hackers leak US Marines data, send chilling WhatsApp threats
April 30, 2026
Smashing Security podcast #465: This developer wanted to cheat at Roblox. It cost millions
April 29, 2026
Alleged Silk Typhoon hacker extradited to the United States to face charges
April 29, 2026
French police arrest 21-year-old “HexDex” hacker over 100 alleged data breaches
April 28, 2026
Smashing Security podcast #464: Rockstar got hacked. The data was junk. The secrets it revealed were not
April 22, 2026
Singer loses life savings to fake wallet downloaded from the Apple App Store
April 17, 2026
Sometimes changing the password on your email mailbox isn’t enough
April 16, 2026
Smashing Security podcast #463: This AI company leaked its own code. It’s also built something terrifying
April 15, 2026
108 malicious Chrome extensions caught stealing Google and Telegram data from 20,000 users
April 15, 2026
AI and cryptocurrency scams are costing Americans billions, FBI reports
April 10, 2026
Smashing Security podcast #462: LinkedIn is spying on you, and you agreed to nothing
April 8, 2026
Life imprisonment for Cambodian scam compound operators – but will it make a difference?
April 7, 2026
Nigerian romance scammer jailed after being caught out by fellow fraudster
April 3, 2026
Smashing Security podcast #461: This man hid $400 million in a fishing rod. Then it vanished
April 1, 2026
Alleged RedLine malware developer extradited to United States
April 1, 2026
Iranian hackers breach FBI director’s personal email, and post his CV and photos online
March 31, 2026
World Leaks data extortion: What you need to know
March 26, 2026
Smashing Security podcast #460: Never knock on the door of a nuclear submarine base and ask for a selfie
March 26, 2026
How one man used 10,000 bots to steal $8,000,000 from music artists
March 25, 2026
Denver’s crosswalks hacked to broadcast anti-Trump messages
March 20, 2026
LeakNet ransomware: what you need to know
March 20, 2026
Smashing Security podcast #459: This clever scam nearly hijacked a tech CEO’s Apple ID
March 19, 2026
Fraudsters are using public planning records to target permit applicants
March 17, 2026
Free parking in Russia after Distributed Denial-of-Service attack knocks city’s parking system offline
March 16, 2026
Your Signal account is safe – unless you fall for this trick
March 12, 2026
Smashing Security podcast #458: How not to steal $46 million from the US government
March 12, 2026
Twitter suspended 800 million accounts last year – so why does manipulation remain so rampant?
March 10, 2026
How hackers bypassed MFA with a $120 phishing kit – until a global takedown shut it down
March 6, 2026
Smashing Security podcast #457: How a cybersecurity boss framed his own employee
March 5, 2026
They seized $4.8m in crypto… then gave the master key to the internet
March 3, 2026
Your staff are your biggest security risk: AI is making it worse
February 26, 2026
Notorious ransomware gang allegedly blackmailed by fake FSB officer
February 26, 2026
Smashing Security podcast #456: How to lose friends and DDoS people
February 26, 2026
$10,000 bounty offered if you can hack Ring cameras to stop them sharing your data with Amazon
February 25, 2026
Spanish police say they have arrested hacker who booked luxury hotel rooms for just one cent
February 20, 2026
Smashing Security podcast #455: Face off: Meta’s Glasses and America’s internet kill switch
February 19, 2026
Dutch police arrest man for “hacking” after accidentally sending him confidential files
February 18, 2026
Urgent warnings from UK and US cyber agencies after Polish energy grid attack
February 12, 2026
Polish hacker charged seven years after massive Morele.net data breach
February 12, 2026
Smashing Security podcast #454: AI was not plotting humanity’s demise. Humans were
February 12, 2026
Fake Dubai Crown Prince tracked to Nigerian mansion after $2.5M romance scam
February 7, 2026
Incognito Market admin sentenced to 30 years for running $105 million dark web drug empire
February 5, 2026
Smashing Security podcast #453: The Epstein Files didn’t hide this hacker very well
February 5, 2026
FBI takes notorious RAMP ransomware forum offline
January 31, 2026
Hacking attack leaves Russian car owners locked out of their vehicles
January 29, 2026
Smashing Security podcast #452: The dark web’s worst assassins, and Pegasus in the dock
January 29, 2026
Four arrested in crackdown on Discord-based SWATting and doxing
January 28, 2026
Beware! Fake ChatGPT browser extensions are stealing your login credentials
January 28, 2026
The AI Fix #85: ChatGPT gets ads, pets get AI therapists, and everyone’s wrong about LLMs
January 27, 2026
European Space Agency’s cybersecurity in freefall as yet another breach exposes spacecraft and mission data
January 22, 2026
Smashing Security podcast #451: I hacked the government, and your headphones are next
January 22, 2026
Pro-Russian denial-of-service attacks target UK, NCSC warns
January 21, 2026
The AI Fix #84: A hungry ghost trapped in a jar gains access to the Pentagon’s network
January 20, 2026
WEF: AI overtakes ransomware as fastest-growing cyber risk
January 15, 2026
The AI Fix #83: ChatGPT Health, Victorian LLMs, and the biggest AI bluffers
January 15, 2026
Smashing Security podcast #450: From Instagram panic to Grok gone wild
January 15, 2026
Hackers get hacked, as BreachForums database is leaked
January 13, 2026
pcTattletale founder pleads guilty in rare stalkerware prosecution
January 9, 2026
Smashing Security podcast #449: How to scam someone in seven days
January 8, 2026
Coinbase insider who sold customer data to criminals arrested in India
January 6, 2026
The AI Fix #82: Santa Claus doesn’t exist (according to AI)
December 23, 2025
Smashing Security podcast #448: The Kindle that got pwned
December 18, 2025
Surveillance at sea: Cruise firm bans smart glasses to curb covert recording
December 17, 2025
The AI Fix #81: ChatGPT is the last AI you’ll understand, and your teacher is a deepfake
December 16, 2025
Man jailed for teaching criminals how to use malware
December 15, 2025
Gartner tells businesses to block AI browsers now
December 12, 2025
Smashing Security podcast #447: Grok the stalker, the Louvre heist, and Microsoft 365 mayhem
December 11, 2025
Ransomware may have extorted over $2.1 billion between 2022-2024, but it’s not all bad news, claims FinCEN report
December 10, 2025
Four years later, Irish health service offers €750 to victims of ransomware attack
December 10, 2025
Privacy concerns raised as Grok AI found to be a stalker’s best friend
December 9, 2025
California man admits role in $263 million cryptocurrency theft that funded lavish lifestyle
December 9, 2025
The AI Fix #80: DeepSeek’s cheap GPT-5 rival, Antigravity fails, and why being rude to AI makes it smarter
December 9, 2025
Why the record-breaking 30 Tbps DDoS attack should concern every business
December 4, 2025
FBI warns of surge in account takeover (ATO) fraud schemes – what you need to know
December 4, 2025
Smashing Security podcast #446: A hacker doxxes himself, and social engineering-as-a-service
December 4, 2025
The AI Fix #79: Gemini 3, poetry jailbreaks, and do we even need safe robots?
December 2, 2025
Asahi cyber attack spirals into massive data breach impacting almost 2 million people
December 2, 2025
State-backed spyware attacks are targeting Signal and WhatsApp users, CISA warns
November 27, 2025
Smashing Security podcast #445: The hack that brought back the zombie apocalypse
November 27, 2025
Shadow AI security breaches will hit 40% of all companies by 2030, warns Gartner
November 26, 2025
The AI Fix #78: The big AI bubble, and robot Grandma in the cloud
November 25, 2025
Operation Endgame disrupts Rhadamanthys information-stealing malware
November 24, 2025
UK’s new cybersecurity bill takes aim at ransomware gangs and state-backed hackers
November 20, 2025
Wind farm worker sentenced after turning turbines into a secret crypto mine
November 20, 2025
Smashing Security podcast #444: We’re sorry. Wait, did a company actually say that?
November 20, 2025
The AI Fix #77: Genome LLM makes a super-virus, and should AI decide if you live?
November 18, 2025
A miracle: A company says sorry after a cyber attack – and donates the ransom to cybersecurity research
November 18, 2025
Smashing Security podcast #443: Tinder’s camera roll and the Buffett deepfake
November 13, 2025
Leading AI companies accidentally leak their passwords and digital keys on GitHub – what you need to know
November 12, 2025
Russian hacker admits helping Yanluowang ransomware infect companies
November 12, 2025
The AI Fix #76: AI self-awareness, and the death of comedy
November 11, 2025
Hack halts Dutch broadcaster, forcing radio hosts back to LPs
November 10, 2025
The rising tide of cyber attacks against the UK water sector
November 6, 2025
“Pay up or we share the tapes”: Hackers target massage parlour clients in blackmail scheme
November 6, 2025
The AI Fix #75: Claude’s existential battery crisis, and why ChatGPT is a terrible therapist
November 6, 2025