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AI Series Part 4: What should you never tell an AI?
This is the fourth in our plain-English series about artificial intelligence. The full series is at news.atozofcyber.co.uk
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Cyber ExplainedAI Series Part 3: AI agents — when AI stops talking and starts doing
This is the third in our plain-English series about artificial intelligence. Parts 1 and 2 are at news.atozofcyber.co.uk
Cyber ExplainedAI Series Part 2: How to spot AI-generated content — and why it matters that you can
This is the second in our plain-English series about artificial intelligence. You can read Part 1 — What AI actually is — at news.atozofcyber.co.uk
Cyber ExplainedAI Series Part 1 : So what actually is it?
This is the first in a new series of articles about artificial intelligence — what it is, how it works, what it can and cannot do, and how to use it without accidentally giving away more than you intended. No technical knowledge required.
Supply ChainAnother week, another poisoned update. This time it's your website.
Each time, the mechanism has been the same: attackers find a way into a trusted update system, swap the legitimate contents for something malicious, and let the trust do the rest.
AI & HumansWhat was actually inside the leaked AI code — and what does it tell us?
On Tuesday we covered how Anthropic accidentally leaked the source code of Claude Code, and how criminals immediately used that leak as a lure to spread malware. But that story
Cyber ExplainedYou didn't download anything suspicious. You just clicked update. So how did your computer get compromised?
Imagine you are a builder, and you trust your supplier completely. You have been using them for years
Cyber NewsThe AI tool that started stealing secrets the moment you updated it.
The tool was litellm. The update was versions 1.82.7 and 1.82.8. And the damage was done before anyone knew it had started.
Cyber ExplainedThe real weapon behind most cyber attacks isn't code. It's conversation.
Someone calls your IT helpdesk. They sound calm, professional, and helpful. They know the name of an employee. They say there's been a problem with a login and they need a password reset.
Cyber NewsWhen automation goes wrong: the AI tool that wiped 2.5 years of data in seconds
In late February 2026, a developer working late into the night made a series of decisions that seemed reasonable in the moment — and ended with two and a half years