Leicester City Council suffers a crippling ransomware attack, and a massive data breach, but is it out of the dark yet? And ...

Take That’s Gary Barlow chats up a pizza-slinging granny from Essex via Facebook, or does he? And a scam takes a sinister ...

Security researchers find a way to unlock millions of hotel rooms, the UK introduces cyberflashing laws, and Google’s AI search pushes malware and scams. All this and much much more is discussed in ...

MPs aren’t just getting excited about an upcoming election, but also the fruity WhatsApp messages they’re receiving, can we trust AI with our health, and who on earth is pretending to be a producer ...

Google says it is deleting your Google Chrome Incognito private-browsing data that it should never have collected anyway. Can a zero-risk millionaire-making bot be trusted? And what countries are ...

On Tuesday, 26 March, Amazon was supposed to have delivered an iPhone 15 and an accompanying Otterbox case to my home. Amazon said it would require a signature upon delivery. So, I naturally ensured ...

On 7 March 2024, the UK’s Leicester City Council had its systems disrupted by a devastating cyber attack, forcing it to shut down its IT systems and phone lines. Among those affected were care home ...

Every week I appear on the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast with Carole Theriault and a variety of special guests. The podcast launched in December 2016 with a third co-host, security ...

Here is an incomplete list of some of my recent media appearances. If you are a member of the press and would like to interview me, please get in touch.

This file can seriously damage your enjoyment of the game. It’s much more fun to try and work out how to complete Humbug on your own. You have been warned. This is not the “official” solution. This ...