In what may be the most extensive data breach in China’s history, a stunning 4 billion sensitive records have been publicly exposed due to a misconfigured database. The leak, which includes financial data, WeChat and Alipay information, and deeply pers…

A South African court has given a man an eight year prison sentence after finding him guilty of holding his former employer to ransom, after breaching its security.

36-year-old Lucky Majangandile Erasmus was convicted of 17 charges related to the atte…

We rely on our phones and computers to stay connected, work, shop, and manage our finances. But as our digital lives expand, so do the risks. Cybercriminals are working around the clock to find new ways to steal data, money, and identities.

Consumers …

Starting in 2026, OpenAI plans to turn ChatGPT into something much more than a chatbot. They want it to become a smart digital assistant that knows you well, understands your needs, and helps you with all kinds of tasks — big or small.

If you’re an en…

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) lets customers split payments into smaller chunks over time, often interest-free. It’s fast, easy, and increasingly expected by online shoppers.

But where money flows quickly, fraud often follows. Criminals use BNPL to make u…

The spate of cyber attacks impacting the retail industry continues, with the latest victim being United Natural Foods, one of the USA’s largest wholesale distributors of healthy and specialty food.

Unite Natural Foods (UNFI), which supplies organic pr…

If you think phishing scams are everywhere, you’re not wrong.

According to the latest insights from Action Fraud, more than 41 million phishing attempts have been reported to the Suspicious Email Reporting Service (SERS) since its launch in 2020.

Tha…

A security researcher has identified a critical vulnerability in Google’s account recovery system that could have allowed attackers to obtain the phone numbers of Google users by exploiting an outdated recovery mechanism that functioned without newer J…