# This month in security with Tony Anscombe - December 2025 edition

DevFeed: [This month in security with Tony Anscombe - December 2025 edition](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/this-month-in-security-with-tony-anscombe-december-2025-edition-8420.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/videos/month-security-tony-anscombe-december-2025/>)

Author: Editor

Published: 2025-12-29T10:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [WeLiveSecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/welivesecurity.md>)

Topics: [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [ransomware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ransomware.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Threat Research](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/threat-research.md>), [Cybercrime](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybercrime.md>)

Tags: [2025](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2025.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [insights](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/insights.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [ransomware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ransomware.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [techniques](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/techniques.md>), [video](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/video.md>)

## AI overview

Tony Anscombe reviews major cybersecurity stories from December 2025 and the year as a whole, including ransomware payments exceeding $2.1 billion by U.S.-based organizations from 2022 to 2024 and allegations that major TV manufacturers secretly collected viewing data.

## Source excerpt

As 2025 draws to a close, Tony looks back at the cybersecurity stories that stood out both in December and across the whole of this year