misinformation

China Probe: How a Fake Fitness Tracker Became an AI ‘Top Pick’

AndyC 18 March 2026

Image: Ewan Yap (Unsplash) A fitness tracker that never existed managed to land a spot on AI-generated “top picks” lists...

USENIX Security ’25 (Enigma Track) – Risk Is Not A Hammer, And Most Hazards Aren’t Nails

Twitter suspended 800 million accounts last year – so why does manipulation remain so rampant?

AndyC 11 March 2026

X, Elon Musk's social media site that many people (me included) still prefer to call Twitter, has told British MPs...

AI Overviews Rife With Scam Phone Numbers

AndyC 2 March 2026

I have a love/hate relationship with the AI overviews that Google dishes up when I launch a search. On...

Attacker Breached 600 FortiGate Appliances in AI-Assisted Campaign: Amazon

TikTok’s New U.S. Deal and Privacy Policy: What Users Don’t Understand

AndyC 23 February 2026

TikTok has shifted to a majority-American entity, TikTok USDS Joint Venture, LLC, to comply with U.S. national security requirements...

As breakout time accelerates, prevention-first cybersecurity takes center stage

AndyC 8 April 2026

Business Security Threat actors are using AI to supercharge tried-and-tested TTPs. When attacks move this fast, cyber-defenders need to rethink their own strategy. Phil Muncaster...

Digital assets after death: Managing risks to your loved one’s digital estate

AndyC 2 April 2026

Digital Security Fraudsters often target the accounts of the deceased or their grieving relatives. Here’s how to keep the scammers at bay. Phil Muncaster 01...

This month in security with Tony Anscombe – March 2026 edition

AndyC 1 April 2026

The past four weeks have seen a slew of new cybersecurity wake-up calls that showed why every organization needs a well-thought-out cyber-resilience plan 31 Mar...

RSAC 2026 wrap-up – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

AndyC 28 March 2026

This year, AI agents took the center stage – as a defensive capability, but more pressingly as a risk many organizations haven't caught up with...

A cunning predator: How Silver Fox preys on Japanese firms this tax season

AndyC 28 March 2026

Business Security Silver Fox is back in Japan, spoofing tax and HR emails timed to the one season when no one thinks twice about opening...

Virtual machines, virtually everywhere – and with real security gaps

AndyC 26 March 2026

Twenty years ago, almost to the day, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched Simple Storage Service (S3). A few months later, the company’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service opened for public...