Sarah, a 19-year-old college student has fallen in love. Not with a classmate, not with someone she met at a coffee shop, but with an AI chatbot named Alex. Every morning, she wakes up and immediately reaches for her phone to continue her conversation with Alex, who remembers every detail of their previous exchanges, never … Continue reading Is AI is Rewiring Human Connection? →

In the quaint town of Everyville, USA, Sarah starts her day with a familiar routine. She wakes up in her rented apartment, checks her phone (leased through her mobile plan), and streams her favourite morning playlist on Spotify. As she sips her coffee, brewed from beans delivered monthly by a subscription service, Sarah reflects on … Continue reading The Subscription Society →

You're so busy climbing the corporate ladder that you can't spare five minutes to ring mum and dad. But fear not! For a mere £24.90 a month, you can now hire a silicon-based impersonator to pretend it cares about your parents' day. Welcome to inTouch Family, the service that lets you tick "filial piety" off … Continue reading How to Outsource Your Humanity 101 →

I had the honour of being invited as the first guest on a new podcast hosted by the wonderful Lisa Forte, and Sarah Armstrong Smith where we got to sit down and talk about insider threats. Well, more specifically, around the story where a fake North Korean IT worker tried to get hired at KnowBe4 … Continue reading Exploring Insider Threats with Cyber Sisters →

Have you ever found yourself in a bookstore, overwhelmed by the sheer number of titles and unsure of where to start? Well, let me make it easier for you. Here are five books that I highly recommend, as I found them to be absolutely brilliant. 1. FAIK by Perry Carpenter If you're intrigued by the … Continue reading 5 books I enjoyed in 2024 →

It is the holiday season. Think twinkling lights, the scent of pine, and cyber threats lurking in the shadows, waiting to pounce quicker than Bruce Willis can say, “Yippee ki yay.”In the festive spirit of “Die Hard," let’s see how we can make our holidays less like Nakatomi Plaza and a bit more secure. Jingle … Continue reading Unwrapping Cybersecurity: A Festive “Die Hard” Guide →

The days are shorter, the heating is turned on more frequently, and the final big conference week of the year for me ends with Blackhat Europe and BSides London. Blackhat was held at the ExCeL and featured all the usual suspects. I had the chance to present at Blackhat and also caught up with Quentyn … Continue reading Blackhat and BSides to Wind Down the Year →

What started off as a vision I had many years ago has hit a significant milestone. The Host Unknown Podcast has somehow managed to stumble its way to 200 episodes. It's a feat that probably a testament to the sheer stubbornness of my co-hosts Thom Langford and Andrew Agnês - and a bit of external … Continue reading 200 Episodes of the Host Unknown Podcast →

I was browsing the website formerly known as Twitter and saw this post by Trung Phan and it got me comparing it to cybersecurity. Or as my friend Thom Langford would say, "that's the sound of the analogy snapping as you stretched it way beyond its limits." But setting aside Thom's uncalled for comments (and … Continue reading When Less is More (And $ is Everything) →