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The AI Fix #66: OpenAI and Anthropic test each other, and everyone fails the apocalypse test

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In episode 66 of The AI Fix, ChatGPT gives Mark and Graham a terrible lesson in anatomy, boffins at Stanford ruin sushi, Google Gemini has a self-loathing meltdown, DeepSeek gets an "F" in stopping existential threats to humanity, a robot doesn’t give birth, and a team of AI agents stuns our hosts with an amazing medical breakthrough. Plus, Graham explains why the impending AI apocalypse is making

Aug 31, 2025

Hacker suspected of trying to cheat his way into university is arrested in Spain

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Spanish police have arrested a suspected hacker for accessing a government website in order to alter the high school and university entrance exam grades of not only himself, but also some of his closest classmates. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Aug 29, 2025

Sweden scrambles after ransomware attack puts sensitive worker data at risk

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Sweden municipalities hit by cyberattack

Municipal government organisations across Sweden have found themselves impacted after a ransomware attack at a third-party software service supplier. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Aug 27, 2025

Smashing Security podcast #432: Oops! I auto-filled my password into a cookie banner

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We unpack how some password managers can be tricked into coughing up your secrets, with a clickjacking sleight-of-hand, what website owners can do to prevent it, and how to lock down your personal password vault. Then we time-hop to the post-quantum scramble: "harvest-now, decrypt later", Microsoft's 2033 quantum-safe pledge, and whether your printer will survive the update apocalypse. All this, p

Cephalus ransomware: What you need to know

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Cephalus is a relatively new ransomware operation that emerged in mid-2025, and has already been linked to a wave of high-profile data leaks. Read more about it in my article on the Fortra blog.

Aug 26, 2025

The AI Fix #65: Excel Copilot will wreck your data, and can AI fix social media?

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In episode 65 of The AI Fix, a pigeon gives a PowerPoint presentation, Mark plays Graham a song about the Transformer architecture, a robot dog delivers parcels, some robots fall over at the World Humanoid Robot Games, and Graham takes credit for one of computing’s greatest insights. Plus, Graham explains why Microsoft doesn’t want you to use Excel’s new Copilot feature in any spreadsheet calculat

Alleged mastermind behind K-Pop celebrity stock heist extradited to South Korea

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A suspected hacker, believed to be the mastermind behind an organised campaign of attacks that stole millions of dollars worth of stocks from celebrities, including BTS singer Jung Kook, has been extradited to South Korea. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Yemen Cyber Army hacker jailed after stealing millions of people’s data

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A 26-year-old hacker, who breached websites in North America, Yemen, and Israel, and stole the details of millions of people has been sent to prison.

Aug 23, 2025

Blue Locker ransomware hits critical infrastructure – is your organisation ready?

Blue Locker ransomware targets Pakistan's energy

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Critical infrastructure organisations are once again being warned of the threat posed by malicious cybercriminals, following a ransomware attack against a state-owned energy company in Pakistan. Read more in my article on the Exponential-e blog.

Aug 22, 2025

Europol says Telegram post about $50,000 Qilin ransomware award is fake

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Some cybersecurity news outlets were duped a few days ago by a claim that Europol was offering a $50,000 bounty for information about two members of the Qilin ransomware group. Turns out it was all a hoax. Read more details about what happened in my article on the Hot for Security blog

Aug 20, 2025

Smashing Security podcast #431: How to mine millions without paying the bill

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In episode 431 of the "Smashing Security" podcast, a self-proclaimed crypto-influencer calling himself CP3O thought he had found a shortcut to riches — by racking up millions in unpaid cloud bills. Meanwhile, we look at the growing threat of EDR-killer tools that can quietly switch off your endpoint protection before an attack even begins. And for something a little different, we peek into the Int

Warlock ransomware: What you need to know

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The Warlock ransomware has hit a number of organisations including government agencies and departments, and most recently UK-based telecoms firm Colt. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.

Aug 19, 2025

Speed cameras knocked out after cyber attack

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A hack of the Netherlands' Public Prosecution Service has had an unusual side effect - causing some speed cameras to be no longer capturing evidence of motorists breaking the rules of the road. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

The AI Fix #64: AI can be vaccinated against evil, and the “Rumble in the Silicon Jungle”

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In episode 64 of The AI Fix, AI discovers new physics, a robot crab looks for love on the beaches of Portugal, the “Godfather of AI” thinks our only hope is to build motherly AI, a robot folds some laundry, the UK government has a terrible idea, and our hosts discover a long lost sixties soul hit, "Dusty Plasma". Plus, Graham digs into the spat between Elon Musk and Sam Altman, and Mark learns tha

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