Global Cybersecurity Advisor at ESET | Former Police Head of Digital Forensics / Cybercrime Officer. Passion for tech, AI, the sea and Dorset
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I don’t think Ed Balls has anything to worry about just yet but I must admit, the @GMB hot seat was rather comfortable!
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Binance has dominated the conversation, but there was another major vulnerability this week - a dodgy Cursor extension. My latest for @FastCompany fastcompany.com/91633244/hac…
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Japan is facing an intense wave of AI-powered cyberattacks that’s laid bare the vulnerability of one of the world’s largest economies to a new breed of hacking. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Devs laptop? More supply chain?
Binance's initial investigation suggests that the security incident may involve a compromised DevOps engineer’s laptop, which allowed an attacker to gain access to a service container and submit unauthorized withdrawal transactions. We have found no evidence of any wallet private key leak. We will share a detailed technical post-mortem once the investigation is complete and the facts are fully verified.
The estimated total impact sits at around $6.3B. We have worked with blockchain partners to freeze affected assets, with ~$3 billion frozen on-chain so far.
Binance will cover all losses from the SAFU fund and the company’s funds. User funds are safe. We will also publish an updated Proof of Reserves once the remediation is complete.
As an immediate precaution, Binance has:
- temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals while security checks are completed;
- revoked the affected address authorisation;
- engaged law enforcement and blockchain intelligence partners to trace and recover funds.
Our teams are working around the clock to resolve this issue safely and thoroughly. We are working closely with our law enforcement partners to confirm the identity of these criminals and bring them to justice.
Please rely only on official Binance channels for updates. Please feel free to contact Binance Customer Support if you have any further questions.
binance.com/en/support/annou…
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Crypto worth billions frozen over 'potential security issue' trib.al/qpUhVDq
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month although judging by the headlines, I’m not sure we really needed reminding this year 😅
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Really like this. Makes it really easy for “normies” to know quickly if that company is calling them. Open app, it knows you’re on the phone, says “it’s not us”
Simple.
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Government services down as AI exposes website flaws
channel4.com/news/government…
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Multiple banks (Lloyds, Revolut, Bank of Scotland and HSBC) are down for some users.
This looks like a Google Cloud issue.
Importantly, your money in Revolut will be safe - this clearly isn't a hack on them and the issue lies with a third party.
downdetector.co.uk
This is why people shouldn't keep all their money in one app, no matter how convenient… although saying that, I wonder if I could specify my banks on their cloud providers 🤔
Revolut outage hits 'multiple services' as thousands of users report app issues bbc.in/4zAlS9s
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I took 45 flights this year (with another 22 to go), 27 of them were long haul. Here's the travel advice everyone gives that I think is rubbish 🧵
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NearestPump calculates the best-value #petrol #diesel based on stops along your route, detours included.
No more chasing cheap fuel, only to waste your savings getting there.
nearestpump.co.uk
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How to stay in the #CelebrityTraitors:
1. Don’t tell everyone that you are a Traitor.
2. Don’t tell everyone that you want to be a Traitor.
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🚨 BREAKING: Microsoft's October 2026 Patch Tuesday is MASSIVE!
Microsoft has fixed a record-breaking 1,411 security vulnerabilities, including 70 critical flaws and 3 zero-days, one of which is actively exploited in attacks.
🔥 317 remote code execution flaws
⚠️ 677 privilege escalation flaws
🛡️ 40 security feature bypass flaws
💻 Time to get patching!
Not all appliances need to be smart
French supermarket's fridges hit by cyber attack bbc.in/4ihqg7i
The UK’s AI minister warns a major cyber breach is “likely, if not inevitable”.
Let’s not forget AI can be part of the problem but also a big part of the solution.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr78…
It was lovely to be on @BBCRadio4’s You and Yours show today discussing stolen cards and how they are tested on small
firms to see which work … but sadly, maybe for the last time?! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0032q…
