Palo Alto Networks Grabs IAM Provider CyberArk for $25B – Dark Reading
The deal shakes up the identity and access management landscape and expands Palo Alto Networks’ footprint in the cybersecurity market. – Read More
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Inside the FBI’s Strategy for Prosecuting Ransomware – Dark Reading
The US government is throwing the book at even midlevel cybercriminals. Is it just — and is it working? – Read More
The CrowdStrike Outage Was Bad, but It Could Have Been Worse – Dark Reading
A year after the largest outage in IT history, organizations need to make an active effort to diversify their technology and software vendors and create a more resilient cyber ecosystem…
Attackers Can Use Browser Extensions to Inject AI Prompts – Dark Reading
A proof-of-concept attack shows how threat actors can use a poisoned browser extension to inject malicious prompts into a generative AI tool. – Read More
African Orgs Fall to Mass Microsoft SharePoint Exploits – Dark Reading
The National Treasury of South Africa is among the half-dozen known victims in South Africa — along with other nations — of the mass compromise of on-premises Microsoft SharePoint servers.…
Nimble ‘Gunra’ Ransomware Evolves With Linux Variant – Dark Reading
The emerging cybercriminal gang, which initially targeted Microsoft Windows systems, is looking to go cross-platform using sophisticated, multithread encryption. – Read More
Critical Flaw in Vibe-Coding Platform Base44 Exposed Apps – Dark Reading
A now-patched authentication issue on the popular vibe-coding platform gave unauthorized users open access to any private application on Base44. – Read More
The Hidden Threat of Rogue Access – Dark Reading
With the right IGA tools, governance policies, and risk thresholds, enterprises can continuously detect and act on rogue access before attackers do. – Read More
Supply Chain Attacks Spotted in GitHub Actions, Gravity Forms, npm – Dark Reading
Researchers discovered backdoors, poisoned code, and malicious commits in some of the more popular tool developers, jeopardizing software supply chains. – Read More
Root Evidence Bets on New Concept for Vulnerability Patch Management – Dark Reading
The number of concerning vulnerabilities may be much smaller than organizations think, and this cybersecurity startup aims to narrow down the list to the most critical ones. – Read More
Insurance Giant Allianz Life Grapples With Breach Affecting ‘Majority’ of Customers – Dark Reading
The company has yet to report an exact number of how many individuals were impacted by the breach and plans to start the notification process around Aug. 1. – Read…
Chaos Ransomware Rises as BlackSuit Gang Falls – Dark Reading
Researchers detailed a newer double-extortion ransomware group made up of former members of BlackSuit, which was recently disrupted by international law enforcement. – Read More
Ghost Students Drain Money, Resources From Educational Sector – Dark Reading
The education sector is haunted by a significant fraud problem where fake students impersonate celebrities and employ other identity techniques to steal resources and money from legitimate students. – Read…
New Risk Index Helps Organizations Tackle Cloud Security Chaos – Dark Reading
Enterprises can use the IaC Risk Index to identify vulnerable cloud resources in their infrastructure-as-code environment which are not managed or governed. – Read More
Sophisticated Shuyal Stealer Targets 19 Browsers, Demonstrates Advanced Evasion – Dark Reading
A new infostealing malware making the rounds can exfiltrate credentials and other system data even from browsing software considered more privacy-focused than mainstream options. – Read More