US Treasury Tracks $4.5B in Ransom Payments since 2013 – Dark Reading
The US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network shared data showing how dramatically ransomware attacks have changed over time. – Read More
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‘Broadside’ Mirai Variant Targets Maritime Logistics Sector – Dark Reading
‘Broadside’ is targeting a critical flaw in DVR systems to conduct command injection attacks, which can hijack devices to achieve persistence and move laterally. – Read More
Rust Code Delivers Better Security, Also Streamlines DevOps – Dark Reading
Software teams at Google and other Rust adopters see safer code when using the memory-safe language, and also fewer rollbacks and less code review. – Read More
India Rolls Back App Mandate Amid Surveillance Concerns – Dark Reading
Remember when Apple put that U2 album in everyone’s music libraries? India wanted to do that to all of its citizens, but with a cybersecurity app. It wasn’t a good…
Threat Landscape Grows Increasingly Dangerous for Manufacturers – Dark Reading
Manufacturers are the top target for cyberattacks in 2025 because of their still-plentiful cybersecurity gaps and a lack of expertise. – Read More
React2Shell Vulnerability Under Attack from China-Nexus Groups – Dark Reading
A maximum-severity vulnerability affecting the React JavaScript library is under attack by Chinese-nexus actors, further stressing the need to patch now. – Read More
CISOs Should Be Asking These Quantum Questions Today – Dark Reading
As quantum quietly moves beyond lab experiment and into production workflows, here’s what enterprise security leaders should be focused on, according to Lineswala. – Read More
How Agentic AI Can Boost Cyber Defense – Dark Reading
Transurban head of cyber defense Muhammad Ali Paracha shares how his team is automating the triaging and scoring of security threats as part of the Black Hat Middle East conference.…
A Tale of Two CISOs: Why An Engineering-Focused CISO Can Be a Liability – Dark Reading
When hiring a CISO, understand the key difference between engineering and holistic security leaders. – Read More
CISA Warns of ‘Ongoing’ Brickstorm Backdoor Attacks – Dark Reading
State-sponsored actors tied to China continue to target VMware vSphere environments at government and technology organizations. – Read More
CISA Publishes Security Guidance for Using AI in OT – Dark Reading
Global cybersecurity agencies published guidance regarding AI deployments in operational technology, a backbone of critical infrastructure. – Read More
ServiceNow’s Acquisition of NHI Provider Veza Strengthens Governance Portfolio – Dark Reading
The deal, believed to be valued at $1 billion, will bring non-human identity access control of agents and machines to ServiceNow’s offerings including its new AI Control Tower. – Read…
Student Sells Gov’t, University Sites to Chinese Actors – Dark Reading
It’s the best deal going in cybercrime: fully compromised websites belonging to high-value organizations, for just a couple hundred bucks each. – Read More
‘MuddyWater’ Hackers Target Israeli Orgs With Retro Game Tactic – Dark Reading
Iran’s top state-sponsored APT is usually rather crass. But in a recent spate of attacks, it tried out some interesting evasion tactics, including delving into Snake, an old-school mobile game.…
‘ShadyPanda’ Hackers Weaponize Millions of Browsers – Dark Reading
The China-based cyber-threat group has been quietly using malicious extensions on the Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge marketplaces to spy on millions of users. – Read More