The UK has launched a new Government Cyber Action Plan backed by £210m, aiming to protect digital public services from rising threats. A new central Cyber Unit will coordinate defenses as services like healthcare and benefits move online, with the government eyeing £45bn in productivity gains—if it
According to TechRadar, ExpressVPN spent 2025 fundamentally changing its business and tech. It moved from a single, premium price to three new tiers—Basic, Advanced, and Pro—to boost accessibility. The company also solved the notoriously difficult problem of split tunneling on macOS and pushed for o
The European Space Agency has confirmed a breach of its science servers. A hacker is now selling 200 gigabytes of allegedly stolen data, including confidential documents and source code related to upcoming missions like the Ariel telescope.
2025 saw the internet become fully age-gated, with laws in the UK, Australia, and parts of the US requiring ID scans or facial checks. Privacy experts are sounding the alarm, warning this creates massive data risks and could end anonymous browsing for good.
The cybersecurity landscape in 2025 was defined by high-stakes drama. Major security vendors abandoned a key industry test, while criminals turned everyday devices into a global proxy network and AI models faced new, sophisticated jailbreaks.
NordVPN has already rolled out post-quantum encryption for its VPN connections. Now, its CTO says the next target is securing the authentication phase against future quantum attacks, with a goal for the first half of 2026.
In a major escalation, the U.S. FCC has banned imports of new models of foreign-made drones, directly targeting China’s DJI and Autel. The move follows a 2024 congressional order and a White House security review, but existing drones are unaffected.
The art world’s oldest crime, forgery, has entered a dangerous new era. According to a new report, fraudsters are using AI to create convincing fake sales invoices, valuations, and certificates of authenticity.
The FCC has added foreign-made drones and their critical components to its “Covered List,” effectively banning new models from US import. The move targets potential security risks but exempts existing drones. Chinese giant DJI, while not named, is the clear primary target.
A fake npm package posing as a WhatsApp Web API has been downloaded over 56,000 times in six months. Security researchers warn it’s especially dangerous because it actually works, stealing all user data and backdooring accounts permanently.
