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This is the AI service you should never sign up to

August 12, 2026

Would you like access to Anthropic's Claude at 90% off the normal price? All you have to do is redirect your traffic to a mysterious service called "Poison Claude". Only problem is that it's run by fraudsters...Meanwhile, a phishing-as-a-service platform called "Greatness" has come up with something rather nasty: a phishing attack that doesn't need a fake website, a suspicious URL, or your password. Just a real Microsoft login page and a moment of misplaced trust -...

How a fake police officer nearly stole Graham's cryptocurrency

August 05, 2026

Graham gets a phone call from the police. Well, someone who sounds convincingly like the police. There's just one small problem: what they really want is the 24-word seed key to Graham's cryptocurrency wallet.Meanwhile, if you've stayed in a hotel recently, the free Wi-Fi you connected to might have come with an unexpected extra: an all-you-can-eat buffet of "Captive Crunch" for a Russian intelligence-linked hacking group.And a group calling itself the "ExFilSquad"...

This job interview could destroy your company

July 29, 2026

You've been headhunted for a great job in cryptocurrency. All you have to do is complete a short online assessment - with your webcam on, of course, so they can verify who you really are. Which is ironic, because the person recruiting you doesn't exist. And North Korean hackers using this trick have already made off with $643 million in crypto this year alone.Meanwhile, researchers at UC San Diego have discovered that 2.2 million cars across the United States can be unlocked or immobi...