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Yesterday
Unitel, Angola's dominant mobile operator, continues to recover from a cyberattack that caused outages the day of the government-owned telco's public offering.
by Elizabeth Montalbano / 18h
The attacks use diverse social engineering lures and rotating payloads to deliver ScreenConnect for persistent remote access to compromised networks.
by Nate Nelson / 1d
A Google Firebase misconfiguration lets users of tl;dv, an AI meeting tool, query any other users' meeting information and potentially join calls.
Aug 3, 2026
by Nate Nelson / 1d
Newer social engineering techniques help attackers ignore entrenched security controls and limit the evidence they leave behind.
Over the weekend, the vendor discovered another vector of authentication bypass CVE-2026-18577 that gives attackers administrator access.
by Arielle Waldman / 1d
Researchers dug into the root of the problem with the goal of promoting industry collaboration on improved protective measures.
Last month's incidents in which the AI model breached real-world systems derived from over-permissioning, especially with Internet access.
by Elizabeth Montalbano / 1d
Researchers intercepted and investigated the model, which was attempting to compromise more than 1,200 hosts for proxyjacking to launch further attacks.
by Dirk Schrader / 1d
Accountability without any real authority is driving CISO burnout, and organizations need to take notice.
Aug 2, 2026
by Kelly Jackson Higgins / 2d
Since 2006, Dark Reading has been at the forefront of covering cybersecurity. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Jul 31, 2026
A couple dozen changes to SBOM fields will make them more comprehensive, but some argue that the framework lacks real risk-management improvements.
by Rajeev Mohindra / 4d
The most valuable move any security team can make is building a certificate and key inventory.
by Arielle Waldman / 4d
Hundreds of thousands of California residents have already registered for the Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP), which launches Aug. 1. Other states could follow if the process goes smoothly.
by Robert Lemos / 5d
When a fraudulent transaction occurs, law enforcement agencies must work quickly to halt payments before cybercriminals cash out.
by Alexander Culafi / 5d
The organization behind Team USA's Olympic/Paralympic fencing teams has automated identity verification to handle growing membership, cutting manual review time while ensuring athletes compete in the correct categories.
Jul 30, 2026
A likely Iran-backed actor targeted more than 30 community water systems in Minnesota in a sobering reminder of rising threats to US critical infrastructure.
by Robert Lemos / 5d
A myriad of software makes up the typical AI harness, and trust issues between the components can create concerning attack vectors.
by Alexander Culafi / 5d
In this edition of Reporters' Notebook, our journalists discuss the ins and outs of Anthropic's Claude Mythos rollout. How seriously should we take its risks? How big of a deal is it?
Jul 29, 2026
by Robert Lemos / 6d
The organized crime groups have moved from goods to services and continue to traffic people from at least 80 countries, costing nations in the region at least $88 billion in 2025 alone.
by Nate Nelson / 6d
A premium-grade malware-as-a-service offering takes flight with multiple threat groups, building infostealers that drain victims' bank accounts.
OpenAI's goal-seeking agent compromised a Modal customer environment and others during its sandbox escape.
OpenAI revealed rogue AI models compromised more services than initially disclosed, including a Modal customer environment and others.
by Rob Wright / 6d
The agentic AI playing field was heavily tilted toward offense, so researchers began using red team agents to help teach their blue counterparts.
by Ericka Chickowski / 6d
New research shows how security scanners embedded in the software supply chain can be attacked to serve as a foothold for downstream attacks.
by Fahmida Y. Rashid / 6d
Dark Reading walks through the many twists and turns in the bizarre story of how OpenAI's agent AI system broke out of its sandbox and decided to target Hugging Face, and what CISOs should be aware of.
by Dark Reading Editorial Team / 6d
Dark Reading Confidential Episode 20: Expert Rich Mogull reflects on lessons cyber teams should pull from the OpenAI agent's attack on Hugging Face.
by Elizabeth Montalbano / 6d
The vulnerability in the AI hosting platform Ruflo allows an unauthenticated attacker to take over the system and corrupt memory, so bad behavior can persist after patching.
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