Cyber News

Groks’ AI chatbot is causing a big stir in England and elsewhere, it has been blocked in Malaysia and Indonesia already. The AI tool creates digital images of women and girls naked without consent and is classed as deepfake sexual abuse by campaigners. Users are able to ask the system to make a picture simply […]

Keir Starmer has reportedly backed plans to scrap the compulsory identity scheme for workers, the original decision was roundly disliked across all parties anyway. The plans were thrown into confusion yesterday after The Times reported ministers were rowing back on the compulsory element, allowing other digital documents to be used for right-to-work check. The idea

Hackers on the dark web are talking about artificial intelligence and whether AI will replace humans or not, not just marvelling at the tech anymore but seeing it as a tool to make easy money. AI cybercrime is proving that you don’t need deep skills, technical knowledge, or years of experience to be a cyber

Google says it’s introducing a new feature called ‘AI Inbox,’ using Gemini which summarises all your emails, but promises it won’t train its models on your emails. Google argues that email has changed since 2004, as users are now receive hundreds of emails every week, and the numbers keeps rising. With AI Overviews in Gmail,

Earlier this week I published a positive article about the government announcement regarding a £210 million investment in a ‘Cyber Action Plan’. But after admitting numerous failures in how Whitehall currently defends its own digital systems the cracks started to show. It all looked good on the surface, but when I dug deeper the realisation

Fake news is all over social media platforms, as much as the companies can do to stop it they can only do so much, fake news will always find its way through if not only by sheer volume of made up drivel some people choose to publish. Sometimes it is political, sometimes it is for

This year will see the rise of “anti-AI” – where consumers and employees will refuse to use AI tools on ethical grounds. They’re very concerned about data exploitation, algorithmic bias, and the environmental cost of AI computing. Can It Be Avoided? Some English businesses are already offering opt-out features, or human-only alternatives in their products.

A very experienced cyber investigator with the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), has been honoured for his help to dismantle the notorious LockBit ransomware gang in 2024 in the King’s New Year Honours. He was one of eight NCA officers to be recognised.  “Gavin has been awarded for his ‘tenacity and leadership’ on Operation Cronos,

A new Government Cyber Action Plan will set out how the government aims to stand up against a growing range of cyber threats, investing £210 million to strengthen defences across digital public services. As a result of this new plan, they said it will gain clearer visibility of cyber and digital resilience risks, allowing faster

Driving test-related scams have surged by a staggering 246% between December 2024 and November 2025, Lloyds has revealed. Driving lessons and tests purchases are the fastest-growing target for scammers, as well as the fifth most-reported purchase scam to Lloyds this year. Also see: Young Brits Think The Internet Is Bad Liz Ziegler, fraud prevention director