Articles by Benedict Collins, Senior Writer, Security

Benedict is a Senior Security Writer at TechRadar Pro, where he has specialized in covering the intersection of geopolitics, cyber-warfare, and business security.

Benedict provides detailed analysis on state-sponsored threat actors, APT groups, and the protection of critical national infrastructure, with his reporting bridging the gap between technical threat intelligence and B2B security strategy.

Benedict holds an MA (Distinction) in Security, Intelligence, and Diplomacy from the University of Buckingham Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies (BUCSIS), with his specialization providing him with an elite academic framework for deconstructing complex international conflicts and intelligence operations. He also holds a BA in Politics with Journalism, providing him with a strong investigative nature and the ability to translate complex security data into clear, actionable insights.

When he isn’t analyzing the latest data breach or security threats, Benedict enjoys running and cycling throughout the UK countryside.

Articles by: Benedict Collins

‘A very, very unpleasant surprise’: Meta forced to halt data center water discharges after polluting city's water reclamation system with resistant bacterium — shutdown and cleaning of two water reclamation plants expected lasted months

By Benedict Collins Published 6 July 26

Meta has been named as the source of contamination for a rare metal and drug resistant bacterium that shut down two water reclamation plants.

Enhance your password security with up to 50% off Keeper plans — secure credential generation, storage, and autofill to help protect all your online accounts

By Benedict Collins Published 6 July 26

Keeper is one of the best solutions to password storage and security, with up to 50% off across Personal, Family, and Business plans

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MacPaw Moonlock antivirus review

By Bryan M Wolfe Published 6 July 26

Moonlock is a relatively new arrival to the Mac antivirus scene, but offers excellent usability and won't hinder the performance of older Macs.

81 million login attempts hit Microsoft 365 accounts as hackers try password-spraying to force entry using stolen credentials and OAuth to bypass authentication

By Benedict Collins Published 2 July 26

The attack abused misconfigured conditional access policies to bypass multi-factor authentication protections.

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‘100% of Hide My Email addresses were exploitable’: Apple’s security feature can be duped into supplying the real contact info — and the bug has remained unpatched for over a year

By Benedict Collins Published 2 July 26

The bug was reported to Apple over a year ago, but still nothing has been done.

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Best password generator

By Benedict Collins Last updated 2 July 26

Updated We list the best password generators, to make it simple and easy to generate secure and hard-to-crack passwords.

Zoning authority could be the answer to data center woes, as San Marcos becomes the first Texas city to ban data centers

By Benedict Collins Published 1 July 26

Zoning laws could help ban data centers in Texas cities, but there is state legislation that might get in the way

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‘Families, farmers, and small businesses should not be forced to cover the costs of new power generation’: Forget Trump’s voluntary commitment, this new bipartisan act wants to force AI companies to pay for the energy they use

By Benedict Collins Published 1 July 26

The Ratepayer Protection Act will put some teeth into big tech, forcing them to pay for increased energy consumption, demand, and capacity.

MARIETTA, GA- SEPTEMBER 25, 2020: President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Dobbins Air Reserve Base with a Cobb County Police vehicle assembling in position for the motorcade.

US Secret Service personnel are putting the lives of America’s VIPs at risk by refusing to use government-issued phones — but they might not be up to the job in the first place

By Benedict Collins Published 30 June 26

The Secret Service isn't abiding by its own guidance, and it could be putting lives at risk.

Newsom strikes Anthropic deal to get California government half price Claude AI access

By Benedict Collins Published 30 June 26

Anthropic has provided the Californian government with access to Claude, with a 50% discount.

Nearly 400 illegal World Cup 2026 streaming sites taken offline by US DOJ

By Benedict Collins Published 30 June 26

Operation Offsides was a coordinated takedown of sites illegal streaming World Cup games.

FBI warns of Russian Intelligence phishing campaign abusing Signal support services to target VIPs and high-value government and military targets — this is how to secure your account

By Benedict Collins Published 29 June 26

Russian Intelligence are trying to hijack Signal accounts by tricking users into sending their Backup Recovery Keys

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Over 14 million login credentials leaked from six ISPs in major data breach — here’s what we know

By Benedict Collins Published 29 June 26

The credentials were exposed via an attack on third-party software.

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Unnamed hackers steal stolen data from Icarus hackers responsible for Klue supply chain hack — and yes, it's as confusing as it sounds

By Benedict Collins Published 26 June 26

Klue was hacked by Icarus, and then Icarus was hacked by another group.

NordLayer Summer Sale offers 20% discount across Lite, Core, and Premium plans

By Benedict Collins Published 25 June 26

Grab a 20% discount on annual plans from NordLayer

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‘If AI is to help build a better future, it must be honest about what it costs us now’: UN urges AI giants to reveal full extent of environmental damage

By Benedict Collins Published 24 June 26

AI companies should reveal the full cost on the environment, UN Chief says.

Web browsers and Cloudflare team up to authenticate human traffic to combat the growing malicious bot hordes and keep the internet authentic

By Benedict Collins Published 22 June 26

Cloudflare is developing a protocol to verify legitimate human and AI agent web access

Struggling to load Outlook email replies? You’re not alone — an update has broken email threading and a fix is yet to be released

By Benedict Collins Published 22 June 26

Email replies aren't showing on Outlook for Mac, and a previous update is to blame.

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‘The companies that will not respond, will not align with those requirements, will have difficulties in the European market’: Zscaler’s Casper Klynge on the question of European sovereignty, the transatlantic relationship, and the future of AI

By Benedict Collins Published 21 June 26

Zscaler’s Casper Klynge on the question of sovereignty, the US, and the future of AI

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‘Workers need to be involved in these conversations’: Amazon engineers to be investigated after criticising company’s AI data center buildout – Amazon “may or may not take action based on what we find.”

By Benedict Collins Published 19 June 26

A group of Amazon employees spoke out at a council meeting, and now some of them are being investigated.

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US Conservatives organize ‘Nationwide Day of Protest against the unchecked and unwanted expansion of AI data centers’ – organization pledges to give grassroots Americans “a voice in the critical debate over policies”

By Benedict Collins Published 19 June 26

A Republican group is organizing a national protest across the US against the rapid buildout of data centers.

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The US almost blacklisted DeepSeek for contributing to China’s military and intelligence — but the White House held back to avoid escalating tensions

By Benedict Collins Published 18 June 26

Chinese firms were not added to the Entity List ahead of Trump's meeting with Chinese premier Xi Jinping.

‘AI is going to create a labor shortage’: Jeff Bezos flips the AI narrative on its head, states “I know there's a lot of concern that many people have”

By Benedict Collins Published 18 June 26

The human labour market can expand with the help of AI, Jeff Bezos said

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'Yesterday, a user was the weakest link. Today these agents are becoming the weakest link': Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry on why he believes zero trust can secure the AI agents of the present, and the future

By Benedict Collins Published 17 June 26

Zscaler Zenith Live 2026 Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry explains why zero trust architecture is the best way to secure AI agents

Best data recovery software in 2026 — restore and retrieve files on PC, Mac, and mobile devices

By James Capell Last updated 15 June 26

Updated I've rounded up the best data recovery software to help you recover deleted files and folders on your PC, Mac, mobile device, or storage media.

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