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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 Bitcoin - signing his extortion emails from a company called "Loot." Meanwhile, two people drive up to the entrance of the UK's nuclear submarine base at Faslane and politely ask if they can have a look around. Tourists? Spies? Something in between? All this and more in episode 460 of the "Smashing Security" podcast with cybersecurity veteran Graham Cluley, and special guest Jenny Radcliffe.

Halcyon and Beazley Security track the return of Iranian ransomware group Pay2Key

The National Crime Agency has warned construction firms about surging invoice fraud

Situation as at 28 February 2026

GitHub is adopting AI-based scanning for its Code Security tool to expand vulnerability detections beyond the CodeQL static analysis and cover more languages and frameworks. [...]

While US government sits out this year, EU officials are on the ground in San Francisco leading the conversations on today's top cybersecurity challenges.

Attacks leveraging the 'PolyShell' vulnerability in version 2 of Magento Open Source and Adobe Commerce installations are underway, targeting more than half of all vulnerable stores. [...]

Threat actors are evading phishing detection in campaigns targeting Microsoft accounts by abusing the no-code app-building platform Bubble to generate and host malicious web apps. [...]

A new info-stealing malware called Torg Grabber is stealing sensitive data from 850 browser extensions, more than 700 of them for cryptocurrency wallets. [...]

Cloud Android phones fuel financial fraud, evading detection and enabling dropper accounts

Publicly accusing an entity of a cyberattack could have negative consequences that organizations should consider before taking the plunge.

Citrix has patched two NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway vulnerabilities, one of which is very similar to the CitrixBleed and CitrixBleed2 flaws exploited in zero-day attacks in recent years. [...]

Cybersecurity company’s annual report issues warning over a “mass-marketed impersonation crisis” over attackers abusing legitimate credentials

A series of campaigns that began in August aim to defraud job candidates, using psychological tactics and data scraped from LinkedIn profiles.

Ten finalists will each have three minutes to make their case for being the most innovative, promising young security company of the year. Geordie AI wins the 2026 contest.

For the first time, SANS Institute's five top attack techniques all have one thing in common — AI.

Organizations disclose attack details, though information may be limited, following a breach, but what if they did the same with close calls?

AI accounts are becoming part of the cybercrime supply chain, sold like email accounts or VPS access. Flare Systems shows how underground markets bundle and resell premium AI access at scale. [...]

The US Federal Communications Commission has placed all “consumer-grade” internet routers produced outside the US on its “covered list”