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Two serious security issues hit Cursor on the same day, highlighting the risks for AI-powered integrated development environments (IDEs).

A recent law enforcement operation to dismantle harmful scam centers was a big success. A threat intelligence expert walks us through what happened and why he wants more of the same.

I ricercatori non riescono a spiegare del tutto perché le minacce informatiche in Italia siano così diverse rispetto a quelle di qualsiasi altro Paese.

A security firm patched a decade-old app to prevent the takeover of millions of machines, highlighting that abandoned domains remain a boon to attackers.

The "FrostyNeighbor" advanced persistent threat (APT) launched a destructive attack in Ukraine and is raising concerns about deeper alignment with Russian cyber objectives.

Obvious phishing emails with numerous red flags are somehow getting past some of the industry-leading secure email gateway (SEG) products.

This installment of the Reporters' Notebook video series discusses some of the trends and topics from Cybersecurity Awareness Month, from using AI for better training to educating next-generation workforces on modern risks and emerging threats.

As artificial intelligence squeezes early-career learning opportunities, capture-the-flag contests could be one way to help pick up the slack.

An unreleased version of the AI model has found and chained multiple vulnerabilities in Chrome, Safari, Android, Windows, and Linux, Anthropic says.

A four-question exercise that CISOs can use to create a threat model that promises results, without a big spend.

The enigmatic service is providing popular AI coding tools to mainland China and other regions where OpenAI and Anthropic products are not officially for sale — but with key security features turned off.

Researchers can't quite explain why cyber threats look so different in Italy compared with everywhere else.

The supply chain attack campaign's shift toward developer endpoints and cloud access signals what could be next for the cybercrime outfit.

The threat actor lurked behind bots posing as agents from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and others to find exposed data.

Interpol's annual Operation Serengeti, now in its third iteration, led to 1,462 arrests across 20 African countries and the US, recovering $105 million in stolen funds.

Cyber leaders can get ahead of AI liability with rigorous documentation, transparency, and smart contract negotiations with AI vendors.

Mail bombing is getting a new look with a wide-scale, ongoing social engineering campaign that might be tied to the Black Basta ransomware gang.

A recent Shai-Hulud attack shows defenders need real-time visibility into production code and affected services to respond to supply chain compromises.

Nathan Hamiel outlines potential SecOps horror in the AI midst, as core technical capabilities go the way of reading an atlas or remembering phone numbers.

The malware's focus on AI tools expands the traditional infostealer playbook to expose a forest of AI sessions, sensitive business data, and developer infrastructure from a single compromised endpoint.

Measuring AI model security gets complex, fast, thanks to a growing patchwork of benchmarks targeting different variables in the equation. But none replace testing against your own code and workflows.

Nvidia security executive Mark Weatherford says CISOs must help business leaders weigh AI's pros and cons, and ensure those deploying it own the risks.

A new AI agent prompt injection technique exploits how coding assistants consume local instruction files, blurring the line between text documents and executable actions.

An ongoing supply chain attack is harvesting credentials and sensitive data from thousands of developer repositories.

This Cybersecurity Awareness Month's theme, "Securing the Next 250," asks us to look beyond vulnerabilities and consider what will make our digital systems resilient for generations.

Threat actors don't need to rely on malware to breach organizations anymore. They're simply calling help desks and politely asking for access, with a little help from artificial intelligence.

Fixing the critical PHP flaws is not as simple as clicking "Update." Here's how to assess your risk, and what you can do to protect yourself.

One campaign targets 105 sites using open-weight models; in another, public models gained full domain control for $12. Cyber-defense will have to change.

The region is demonstrating what happens when exploits accelerate but assurance does not.

Rising AI, social engineering, and cloud risks are pushing carriers beyond risk transfer and deeper into cybersecurity itself.

Microsoft's Project Perception adds Guardian Agents to monitor and contain anomalous AI agents, but experts warn that policing unpredictable agents with other agents may compound — not contain — the risk.

Relatively small data breaches in India can turn quite serious, thanks to a sophisticated underground market for trading PII.

The China-linked actor used an AI-enabled penetration-testing tool to automate and accelerate its attack on more than 2,200 tenants.

In this video, Dark Reading editors discuss some of the news they didn't get a chance to cover, from busting up North Korea's stateside infrastructure in "Operation Lonestar Justice" to Staples' gift card bonanza.

Des centaines de magasins ont subi des pertes se chiffrant en millions d'euros parce qu'ils avaient fait appel à des tiers pour gérer le micrologiciel OT obsolète qui pilotait leurs systèmes de climatisation.

The United Arab Emirates says it's creating a foundation of security and safety as it transforms its public service footprint.

Cloud providers may be storing sensitive customer data, without either party knowing it. But when a provider is breached, the data comes home to roost.

The effort is aimed at standardizing a NIST FIPS 140-3 Level 3 integrated HSM for cloud and hyperscale data center infrastructure.