Articles by Ellen Jennings-Trace, Staff Writer

Ellen has been writing for almost four years, with a focus on post-COVID policy whilst studying at the University of Cardiff. During her time at university, Ellen studied BA Politics and International Relations, for which she achieved second-class honours (upper division). Ellen then went on to study an MA in Political Communication, receiving a Merit. Before joining TechRadar Pro as a Junior Writer, she worked for Future Publishing’s MVC content team, working with merchants and retailers to upload content. When she’s not working, Ellen is a keen badminton player, Formula 1 fan, and gym enthusiast.

Articles by: Ellen Jennings-Trace

Hacker using backdoor to exploit SonicWall Secure Mobile Access to steal credentials

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 17 July 25

An ongoing campaign leveraging a SonicWall vulnerability has been identified.

Europol says it disrupted a major pro-Russian DDoS crime gang

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 17 July 25

Servers were disrupted and major infrastructure was taken offline in Operation Eastwood.

Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" set to award $1 billion funding to "offensive cyber operations"

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 16 July 25

Security spending may be slashed, but cyber offensives are getting a boost from Trump bill.

DOGE employee leaks private xAI API key from sensitive database

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 16 July 25

The staffer had access to millions of Americans’ personal data.

US Army soldier pleads guilty to hacking telcos, extortion, wire fraud, identity theft

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 16 July 25

An ex-soldier faces up to 20 years for various fraudulent charges.

Russia shifts cyberwar focus from US to UK following Trump's election

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 15 July 25

Russia has set its sights on Britain.

AI ‘wingman’ app leaks 160,000 screenshots of private chats - here's what we know

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 15 July 25

Flirty chats have been exposed after leak at AI dating advice chatbot.

AI job losses will come "if the world runs out of ideas”, Nvidia CEO warns

By Ellen Jennings-Trace last updated 15 July 25

Fresh ideas are needed to protect the workforce from AI fuelled unemployment, Jensen Huang says.

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The Spanish Government wants Huawei to monitor for system wiretaps

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 14 July 25

The Spanish Government has awarded Huawei the contract despite security concerns.

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Yes, you can still get this super-fast SSD deal at its Prime Day price, but I don't think it's going to stay this cheap for long

By Ellen Jennings-Trace last updated 12 July 25

Prime Day You'll need to be as speedy as this SSD to catch this deal.

This Orico 2TB SSD deal is one of the best I've seen all throughout Prime Day - and I'm sort of annoyed that it won't stay this price when the deals end tonight

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 11 July 25

Prime Day Take advantage of the last few hours of Amazon Prime Day

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Grab these on-the-go monitors before they go back to full price

By Ellen Jennings-Trace last updated 11 July 25

Prime Day Take a look at our picks for the top five 4K portable monitors Prime Day has to offer.

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I've seen so many amazing deals for business pros and students that don't need a Prime membership over Prime Day that I'm finally calling them out

By Steve Clark published 11 July 25

Prime Day Prime Day is nearly over, but who even cares with these deals you won't need to sign up for Prime to get.

With this Crucial 8TB SSD deal, I have absolutely no excuse not to take and store as many photos as I possibly can

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 11 July 25

Prime Day Save big on this huge 8TB Crucial Portable SSD.

This 4TB Crucial SSD packs a punch, and it's at the lowest price right now for Prime Day

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 10 July 25

Prime Day Need more storage? This SSD won't take up much space

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My number one portable SSD from Samsung just got a Prime Day price cut and it's now over 50% off

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 10 July 25

Prime Day If you need more storage, this Samsung T9 is a fantastic deal.

Get the dunce's cap - experts warn pathetically weak passwords in the education sector leave classrooms at risk

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 8 July 25

Schools records are vulnerable from weak passwords, report warns.

Need a new laptop this Amazon Prime Day? This Acer Aspire 3 Premium is the best deal I've seen so far

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 7 July 25

Prime Day If you’re looking for value for money, this Prime Day laptop deal could be the one for you.

Top tech conferences: The ultimate tech events guide for July 2025

By Ellen Jennings-Trace last updated 1 July 25

We've compiled the ultimate list of technology events so you don't have to.

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“We're putting our money where our mouth is” - CyXcel reveals it’s one stop digital risk shop

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 1 July 25

Why knowing the risks can help your business stay safe.

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I've spotted some excellent Samsung monitor deals - and the savings are so good you'd think Prime Day came early this year

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 27 June 25

I've found some big savings on business monitors.

Cybercriminals are abusing LLMs to help them with hacking activities

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 27 June 25

Legitimate AI tools are being hijacked by hackers.

Hackers claim to be selling 61 million Verizon records online, but it might not be what it seems

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 27 June 25

The information has been posted by criminals for sale .

British man behind ‘IntelBroker’ hacker group charged with stealing millions

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 27 June 25

A notorious data thief has been charged by the FBI.

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Most organisations are at risk thanks to immature supply chain security

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 26 June 25

Supply chain worries affect 88% of respondents.

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