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2025

South African man imprisoned after ransom demand against his former employer
Inside a Dark Adtech Empire Fed by Fake CAPTCHAs
Airlines Secretly Selling Passenger Data to the Government
Media Update: Automation, Apple’s Privacy Shield, and a Cooling Economy
Empty shelves after US’s largest natural and organic food distributor suffers cyber attack
Smashing Security podcast #421: Toothpick flirts, Google leaks, and ICE ICE scammers
Patch Tuesday, June 2025 Edition
The AI Fix #54: Will AI collapse under its own garbage, and AI charity “Hunger Games”
New Way to Track Covertly Android Users
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Run in Southern New England
Hearing on the Federal Government and AI
Report on the Malicious Uses of AI
Marks & Spencer’s ransomware nightmare – more details emerge
US offers $10 million reward for tips about state-linked RedLine hackers
Proxy Services Feast on Ukraine’s IP Address Exodus
Audience Targeting Strategies for Omnichannel Advertisers
Smashing Security podcast #420: Fake Susies, flawed systems, and fruity fixes for anxiety
The Ramifications of Ukraine’s Drone Attack
Society6 vs Etsy: Which Is Better?
The AI Fix #53: An AI uses blackmail to save itself, and threats make AIs work better
New Linux Vulnerabilities
Australia Requires Ransomware Victims to Declare Payments
Damascened Peacock: Russian hackers targeted UK Ministry of Defence
Why Take9 Won’t Improve Cybersecurity
Interlock ransomware: what you need to know
U.S. Sanctions Cloud Provider ‘Funnull’ as Top Source of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams
Friday Squid Blogging: NGC 1068 Is the “Squid Galaxy”
Ready for Amazon Prime Day? 10+ Best Practices for Brands [2025 Guide]
Media Update: May Upfronts, YouTube Shopping, and Agentic Commerce
Surveillance Via Smart Toothbrush
Smashing Security podcast #419: Star Wars, the CIA, and a WhatsApp malware mirage
Pakistan Arrests 21 in ‘Heartsender’ Malware Service
Location Tracking App for Foreigners in Moscow
Shopify Horizon Themes Guide (2025 Edition)
Shopify vs Launch Cart: My Verdict for 2025
Adidas customers’ personal information at risk after data breach
The AI Fix #52: AI adopts its own social norms, and AI DJ creates diversity scandal
Chinese-Owned VPNs
Friday Squid Blogging: US Naval Ship Attacked by Squid in 1978
Signal Blocks Windows Recall
3AM ransomware attack poses as a call from IT support to compromise networks
Oops: DanaBot Malware Devs Infected Their Own PCs
The Voter Experience
DOJ charges 12 more in $263 million crypto fraud takedown where money was hidden in squishmallow stuffed animals
Smashing Security podcast #418: Grid failures, Instagram scams, and Legal Aid leaks
Love Growth. Hate Waste. Tinuiti Live Showed Us How
More AIs Are Taking Polls and Surveys
Usercentrics Review: The Ultimate CMP for Growing Brands
KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Near-Record 6.3 Tbps DDoS
The AI Fix #51: Divorce by coffee grounds, and why AI robots need your brain
DoorDash Hack
SEC Twitter hack: Man imprisoned for role in attack that caused Bitcoin’s price to soar.
The NSA’s “Fifty Years of Mathematical Cryptanalysis (1937–1987)”
The AI Fix nominated for top podcast award. Vote now!
Friday Squid Blogging: Pet Squid Simulation
Communications Backdoor in Chinese Power Inverters
Prescription for disaster: Sensitive patient data leaked in Ascension breach
Breachforums Boss to Pay $700k in Healthcare Breach
Tinuiti’s New Customer Insights Tool: A Better Way to Know Your Customers
Media Update: Snap’s New Concert Series, Announcements from IAB NewsFronts, and Tariff Agreements
AI-Generated Law
Smashing Security podcast #417: Hello, Pervert! – Sextortion scams and Discord disasters
Patch Tuesday, May 2025 Edition
Google’s Advanced Protection Now on Android
The AI Fix #50: AI brings dead man back for killer’s trial, and the judge loves it
Two years’ jail for down-on-his-luck man who sold ransomware online
How to Dynamically Change Pricing in Shopify: A Step-by-Step Guide
Court Rules Against NSO Group
Florida Backdoor Bill Fails
Friday Squid Blogging: Japanese Divers Video Giant Squid
LockBit ransomware gang breached, secrets exposed
Hackers hit deportation airline GlobalX, leak flight manifests, and leave an unsubtle message for “Donnie” Trump
Smashing Security podcast #416: High street hacks, and Disney’s Wingdings woe
Pakistani Firm Shipped Fentanyl Analogs, Scams to US
Art of Where vs Gelato: Which Print-on-Demand Platform Wins in 2025?
Art of Where vs Printify: The Full Breakdown from a 10-Year POD Veteran
Chinese AI Submersible
NCSC warns of IT helpdesk impersonation trick being used by ransomware gangs after UK retailers attacked
TeleMessage, the Signal clone used by US government officials, suffers hack
The AI Fix #49: The typo from hell
How to Prepare for Amazon Prime Day 2025: Seller’s Guide
How to Use Gelato with Etsy: The Step by Step Guide
Fake Student Fraud in Community Colleges
Another Move in the Deepfake Creation/Detection Arms Race
The New Tariff Landscape: Predicted Impact on Consumers, Retailers & More
Friday Squid Blogging: Pyjama Squid
Art of Where vs Printful: My Verdict for 2025
Privacy for Agentic AI
NCSC Guidance on “Advanced Cryptography”
xAI Dev Leaks API Key for Private SpaceX, Tesla LLMs
Media Update: Global Ad Availability on Threads, Google’s Legal Battles, and Consumer Sentiment Amid Tariffs
US as a Surveillance State
Smashing Security podcast #415: Hacking hijinks at the hospital, and WASPI scams
Cosmetics Advertising Guide [Strategies & Examples]
Alleged ‘Scattered Spider’ Member Extradited to U.S.
WhatsApp Case Against NSO Group Progressing
The AI Fix #48: AI Jesus, and is the AI Singularity almost upon us?
Applying Security Engineering to Prompt Injection Security
Ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure surge, reports FBI
21 million employee screenshots leaked in bossware breach blunder




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