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security Totally different attack from the break-in last month. Oh so that’s OK then  Oxford University students seeking work will be dismayed to learn that

If they don’t get you online, they’ll try in person. A data-theft and extortion gang has targeted “dozens” of banks, law firms, and other professional

security Good luck, sys admins The threat is real. Unknown miscreants are exploiting a high-severity, zero-day bug in Cisco’s SD-WAN management software, and the networking

security Those receiving aid in the famine-threatened, war-torn territory told support will remain Humanitarian organization World Food Programme (WFP) says one of its systems was

Security Blue Badge holders exposed to each other after BCC function proves too complex A City of York Council email mishap exposed the email addresses

CYBER-CRIME A familiar tactic popularized by chaotic crime crew Lapsus$ A new extortion brand called Pink uses voice phishing and fake help-desk calls to gain

Security Codex drops an HTTP/2 Bomb The next threat your server faces may have been helped along by a bot. OpenAI’s Codex agent helped uncover a

Security Cash-for-intel tradecraft continues to concern intelligence officials years after it was first spotted MI5 and its international allies are once again warning that China

cyber-crime Fresh penalties secured after initial prison, community service sentences for RAC double act Two former RAC workers in the UK have three months to

There’s a lot of fear surrounding the bug-finding capabilities of super-advanced AI models like Anthropic’s Mythos and OpenAI’s GPT 5.5-Cyber. But attackers are already using

SECURITY It was far too easy for a hacker to get the information PWNED Welcome back to PWNED, the weekly column where we talk about

AI-enabled cybercriminals have better tools and are inflicting more pain on their victims, wiping out virtual machines and hypervisors and leaving infrastructure in a “dark,

networks It’s hard to stop a signal jammer if you can’t locate the source, say Rice University researchers Wireless jamming attacks are on the rise.

Security Researchers follow in Nightmare Eclipse’s footsteps, flipping off Redmond in favor of insta-leaks Yet another aggrieved bug hunter has leaked a vulnerability affecting a

UK banks are set to receive access to OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 Cyber after being excluded from Anthropic’s latest expansion of Project Glasswing. Project Glasswing, and access

Kids Online Your child’s first data breach may happen before they’ve even opened a bank account. Here’s how to keep their digital life safe. Phil

cyber-crime You don’t infect anyone in Russia or other CIS countries Even ransomware cartels make mistakes, and in this case, it was a biggie that

Security Meanwhile, Anthropic adds 150 partners to Project Glasswing Bug hunting has become a whole lot more exciting in recent months with both Anthropic and