Introduction In October 2025, a work colleague documented a cryptocurrency scam using a fake chatbot . After investigating this, I was able to receive messages from the campaign, and these emails have …
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Channel 4 News’ Cathy Newman and Esme Wren: Our investigative journalism is ‘more precious than ever’
Channel 4 News producer Claire Sinka, presenter Cathy Newman and editor Esme Wren after the British Journalism Awards 2025. Picture: Press Gazette/ASV Photography Channel 4 News presenter Cathy …
The Duchess of Sussex, the Duke of Sussex, and her mother, Doria Ragland. Picture: Ben Stanstall/PA Wire GB News has apologised on air to the mother of Meghan Markle after a commentator wrongly …
This year, GIJN’s Resource Center team produced a wide variety of guides on everything from investigating climate change to reporting on AI, from digging into Chinese companies to probing evidence of …
I n December 2024, criminals stole thousands of dollars from Steve Beckett at a Circle K convenience store in Indiana. The robbery happened in broad daylight. The thieves didn’t use a gun or a knife. …
One of my holiday projects was to redo and optimize part of my home network. One of my homelab servers failed in November. I had only thrown the replacement in the rack to get going, but some cleanup …
The threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting Indian governmental, academic, and strategic entities with a remote access trojan (RAT) that grants …
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Found in Light Fixture Probably a college prank . As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Blog …
Attack Surface Management (ASM) tools promise reduced risk. What they usually deliver is more information. Security teams deploy ASM, asset inventories grow, alerts start flowing, and dashboards fill …
Flock Exposes Its AI-Enabled Surveillance Cameras 404 Media has the story : Unlike many of Flock’s cameras, which are designed to capture license plates as people drive by, Flock’s Condor cameras are …
** Jan 02, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Cloud Security / Email Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a phishing campaign that involves the attackers impersonating legitimate …
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TV producer Keaton Stone became ‘accidental journalist’ with Al Fayed investigation
Keaton Stone speaks while picking up the Investigation of the Year prize at the British Journalism Awards 2025 for Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods. He’s between executive producer Mike Radford and …
As web browsers evolve into all-purpose platforms, performance and productivity often suffer. Feature overload, excessive background processes, and fragmented workflows can slow down browsing sessions …
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: GhostAd Drain, macOS Attacks, Proxy Botnets, Cloud Exploits, and 12+ Stories
** Jan 01, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Cybersecurity / Hacking News The first ThreatsDay Bulletin of 2026 lands on a day that already feels symbolic — new year, new breaches, new tricks. If the past …
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RondoDox Botnet Exploits Critical React2Shell Flaw to Hijack IoT Devices and Web Servers
** Jan 01, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Network Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a persistent nine-month-long campaign that has targeted Internet of Things …
** Dec 31, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Software Security / Data Breach Trust Wallet on Tuesday revealed that the second iteration of the Shai-Hulud (aka Sha1-Hulud) supply chain outbreak in November 2025 …
** Dec 31, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Cybersecurity / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of what appears to be a new strain of Shai Hulud on the npm registry with slight …
** Dec 31, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan API Security / Vulnerability IBM has disclosed details of a critical security flaw in API Connect that could allow attackers to gain remote access to the …
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DarkSpectre Browser Extension Campaigns Exposed After Impacting 8.8 Million Users Worldwide
The threat actor behind two malicious browser extension campaigns, ShadyPanda and GhostPoster , has been attributed to a third attack campaign codenamed DarkSpectre that has impacted 2.2 million users …
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U.S. Treasury Lifts Sanctions on Three Individuals Linked to Intellexa and Predator Spyware
** Dec 31, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Spyware / Mobile Security The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday removed three individuals linked to the …
LinkedIn Job Scams Interesting article on the variety of LinkedIn job scams around the world: In India, tech jobs are used as bait because the industry employs millions of people and offers …
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Trump files lawsuit against BBC over ‘deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory’ editing
Donald Trump. Picture: Shutterstock US President Donald Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against the BBC seeking up to $10bn (£7.5bn) in response to the editing of a speech he made before the …
** Dec 30, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Vulnerability / Email Security The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has issued a bulletin warning of a maximum-severity security flaw in SmarterTools …
A person pulls a copy of The Daily Telegraph out from a newsstand in Paris, France in March 2017. Picture: Hadrian/Shutterstock
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Clandestine Airstrips, a Mexican Mega Leak, and a Crisis of Unidentified Missing People: 2025’s Best Investigative Stories in Spanish
The investigative stories produced in the Spanish-speaking world this year show a vibrant journalistic landscape, despite the challenges reporters now face in many places — from rampant disinformation …