Ransomware Recovery Readiness: The Board Questions That Prove You Can Recover
Last Updated: 23 October 2026 Executive summary Ransomware recovery readiness should be judged by demonstrated business recovery, not by the...
AndyC
Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.
AI-Generated Fake Bank Calls and NFC App Enabled €380,000 Fraud, Dutch Police Say
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Researchers Uncover Rentable Android Spyware uCreater Targeting WeChat and Telegram
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Microsoft Teams to get AI protection against phishing and fraud
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Apple’s triple-whammy week begins with iPad mini
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PHP Issues Second Windows Security Update in Five Days to Fix Brotli Code Execution Flaw
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Attackers Use Microsoft Teams IT Support Scams to Deploy Malware and Ransomware
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to what they say is a "recurring social engineering pattern" across hundreds of cases in...
⚡ Weekly Recap: This2Shell, That2Shell, Everything’s an RCE? Rogue AI, Supply Chain Chaos and More
This2Shell, That2Shell, Everything2Shell. That's pretty much how the last week went. Critical bugs that let attackers run code remotely are...
Two Critical Wasmtime Flaws Could Let Malicious WebAssembly Modules Escape Sandboxes
Two critical flaws in Wasmtime, a WebAssembly runtime that can be built into other software, could allow a malicious WebAssembly module...
Your Older Android Phone Is Getting a New Scam Defense — Here’s What Google Changed
Your Android phone could be getting another defense against scammers, even without a major operating system upgrade. Google is extending...
The breachpocalypse is here
Seven incidents in seven daysLast week I sent our leadership team a list. In seven days, Sophos' internal SecOps team...
The US Government Is Hiding a Secret Court Ruling About How It Spies on Americans
Two US senators say the Trump administration is breaking the law by withholding the FISA court decision while it presses...
Technology has changed. So should the conversation.
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PHP2Shell: Suspected North Korean campaign targets 216 vulnerable PHP hosts
PHP2Shell: Suspected North Korean campaign targets 216 vulnerable PHP hosts Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2026 Cyfirma links PHP2Shell scans of...
Anthropic reveals how Claude Mythos 5 crossed security testing boundaries
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