Smashing Security podcast #465: This developer wanted to cheat at Roblox. It cost millions
A developer at an AI startup wanted to cheat at Roblox. They downloaded a dodgy script on their work laptop.
Graham Cluley
17 articles
Alleged Silk Typhoon hacker extradited to the United States to face charges
A man accused of working as a hacker for China's Ministry of State Security has been extradited to the USA from Italy, and faces - if found guilty - the pros...
French police arrest 21-year-old “HexDex” hacker over 100 alleged data breaches
A 21-year-old man suspected of conducting approximately 100 data breaches since late 2025 - including a hack of the French Ministry of National Education tha...
Smashing Security podcast #464: Rockstar got hacked. The data was junk. The secrets it revealed were not
A company that ran anonymous tip lines for 35,000 American schools - handling reports of bullying, weapons, and self-harm - boasted on its website that it ha...
Singer loses life savings to fake wallet downloaded from the Apple App Store
If you hold cryptocurrency, there's a very simple golden rule that you should always follow. Never hand over your seed phrase.
Sometimes changing the password on your email mailbox isn’t enough
Have you ever taken a look at your Microsoft 365 mailbox rules? If not, it might be worth a few minutes of your time.
Smashing Security podcast #463: This AI company leaked its own code. It’s also built something terrifying
A hacking group claims to have broken into the flood defence system protecting Venice's Piazza San Marco - and is offering to sell access to whoever wants it...
108 malicious Chrome extensions caught stealing Google and Telegram data from 20,000 users
Cybersecurity researchers have revealed that 108 malicious Google Chrome extensions have been quietly stealing user credentials, hijacking Telegram sessions,...
AI and cryptocurrency scams are costing Americans billions, FBI reports
The fraud landscape has been changed by AI and cryptocurrency in a way that should concern organisations and individuals alike. Read more in my article on th...
Smashing Security podcast #462: LinkedIn is spying on you, and you agreed to nothing
LinkedIn has been secretly scanning your browser for over 6,000 installed extensions — on every single click you make. It can tell if you're job hunting, wha...
Life imprisonment for Cambodian scam compound operators – but will it make a difference?
Cambodia has taken a dramatic step in its fight against scam compounds that have imprisoned innocent people, and forced them to work as virtual slaves defrau...
Nigerian romance scammer jailed after being caught out by fellow fraudster
A Nigerian fraudster spent years posing as a woman online, romancing unsuspecting American men out of their savings - until he accidentally tried the same tr...
Smashing Security podcast #461: This man hid $400 million in a fishing rod. Then it vanished
A cannabis-growing, beekeeping, gyrocopter-flying Irishman invested his drug money in Bitcoin back in 2011 - and now sits on a fortune worth $400 million. Th...
Alleged RedLine malware developer extradited to United States
A man has appeared in federal court in Austin, Texas, after being extradited to the United States to face charges related to his alleged role as a key develo...
Iranian hackers breach FBI director’s personal email, and post his CV and photos online
It's not every day that you read that the head of America's top law enforcement agency has been hacked, but then - these aren't ordinary times. Read more in ...
World Leaks data extortion: What you need to know
World Leaks is a cyber extortion operation that steals sensitive data from organizations and threatens to leak it via the dark web if a ransom is not paid. R...
Smashing Security podcast #460: Never knock on the door of a nuclear submarine base and ask for a selfie
A disgruntled data analyst decides that the best response to losing his contract is to steal the entire company payroll database and demand $2.5 million in B...