Human-in-the-loop security will define 2026: Predictions from Sophos experts
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Year in Review 2025: The major headlines and moments from Sophos this year
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The State of Ransomware in Enterprise 2025
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Laughter in the dark: Tales of absurdity from the cyber frontline and what they taught us
From a quintuple-encryption ransomware attack to zany dark web schemes and AI fails, Sophos X-Ops looks back at some of our favorite weirdest incidents from the last few years – and the serious lessons behind them Categories: Threat Research Tags: Ransomware, Hive, Lockbit, BlackCat, LLM, AI, Money Laundering
Strange ‘Little Red Dots’ in Space Have a Mind-Boggling Explanation, Scientists Discover
🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. Astronomers think they have solved the puzzle of so-called “little red dots” in space, a population of bizarre objects at the very edge of the observable universe, according to a study…
How One Guy Crowdsourced More Than 500 Dashcams for Minneapolis to Film ICE
When self-employed software engineer Nick Benson put out the call for dashcams online, he thought he’d get maybe 10 people to donate. More than 500 have shown up on his front porch in suburban Minneapolis. “The state apparatus, of course, has cameras everywhere,” Benson told 404 Media. “The citizens will also benefit from having the…
Cop Used Flock to Wrongfully Accuse a Woman Then Refused to Look at Evidence That Exonerated Her, Body Camera Shows
A police officer in Colorado used evidence from Flock cameras to wrongfully accuse an innocent woman for package theft, then yelled at her on the phone when she told him she had evidence that exonerated her, according to body camera footage obtained by 404 Media. The nightmare situation happened in September in Columbine Valley, Colorado…
Podcast: The ICE Tool That Tracks Entire Neighborhoods
We start this week with Joseph’s article about Webloc, a tool ICE bought that can monitor phones in entire neighborhoods. After the break, Emanuel and Sam talk about their recent coverage of Grok. In the subscribers-only section, Jason explains how police inadvertently unmasked millions of their surveillance targets through a Flock redaction error. Listen to…
Instagram AI Influencers Are Defaming Celebrities With Sex Scandals
AI generated influencers are sharing fake images on Instagram that appear to show them having sex with celebrities like LeBron James, iShowSpeed, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. One AI influencer even shared an image of her in bed with Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro. The images are AI generated but are not disclosed as such, and…
Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error
A handful of police departments that use Flock have unwittingly leaked details of millions of surveillance targets and a large number of active police investigations around the country because they have failed to redact license plates information in public records releases. Flock responded to this revelation by threatening a site that exposed it and by…