Issues

7 issues, newest first. For every story in one list, see the archive.

• 12 October 2026

  4 stories: Canadian cyber executive arrested in case reportedly tied to ShinyHunters hackers; Cisco warns of five critical flaws in Nexus 3000/9000 switches; Germany arrests alleged core Qilin ransomware member after extradition from Japan; and more.

• 11 October 2026

  8 stories: Attacker used ARTEX AI toolkit and Claude agents against South Korean banks, exposing customer data; Fake Claude installers in Google ads use Bing redirects to trick Mac users into pasting a malicious command; FBI arrests founder of ransomware-negotiation firm in ShinyHunters extortion probe; and more.

• 10 October 2026

  10 stories: Arizona courts say hackers copied backup files covering about 1.3 million people, including Social Security numbers; ASOS says its breach began when an employee was tricked into giving up login details; Bitdefender finds budget Android phones shipping with built-in malware that runs ad fraud and turns them into proxies; and more.

• 8 August 2026

  3 stories: Guilty plea in Snowflake cloud extortions underscores MFA gap; ICO reprimands Met Police after stalking victim's new address leaked to her abuser; N-able warns hackers are exploiting an auth-bypass flaw in its N-central IT management tool.

• 4 July 2026

  2 stories: FBI takedown: two million hacked TV boxes and smart-TV apps ran a criminal proxy network; Opera becomes first browser to block 'ClickFix' copy-paste attacks.

• 3 July 2026

  4 stories: Deepfake ad pushes bogus GBP 35 'energy-saving' plug as bills rise; Don't pay the ransom: 323 UK organisations hit last year, over half SMEs; Fake Perplexity AI extension on Chrome Web Store tracked users' searches; and more.

• 30 June 2026

  6 stories: Argos shoppers hit by account takeover fraud; Booking.com breach fuels convincing travel scams; Cyber Essentials: MFA now mandatory or auto-fail; and more.