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Manufacturing and Healthcare Share Struggles with Passwords

The two key economic sectors struggle with security for a reason: Many insiders view access management as a roadblock, while attackers see it as a way in.

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· 20 days ago· Dark Reading

F5 BIG-IP Vulnerability Reclassified as RCE, Under Exploitation

CVE-2025-53521 was initially disclosed in October as a high-severity denial-of-service (DoS) flaw, but new information has revealed the bug is actually much more dangerous.

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· 20 days ago· Dark Reading

AI-Powered 'DeepLoad' Malware Steals Credentials, Evades Detection

The massive amount of junk code that hides the malware's logic from security scans was almost certainly generated by AI, researchers say.

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· 22 days ago· Dark Reading

Coruna, DarkSword & Democratizing Nation-State Exploit Kits

Nation-state malware is being sold on the Dark Web and leaked to GitHub; and ordinary organizations might not stand much of a chance of defending themselves.

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· 22 days ago· Dark Reading

Google Sets 2029 Deadline for Quantum-Safe Cryptography

The post-quantum future may be coming sooner than you think, as Google plans to have PQC migration in place by 2029.

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· 22 days ago· Dark Reading

Infrastructure Attacks With Physical Consequences Down 25%

Operational technology (OT) at industrial and critical infrastructure sites seem to have been benefitting from a lull in ransomware, and hackers' relative ignorance of OT systems.

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· 22 days ago· Dark Reading

Wartime Usage of Compromised IP Cameras Highlight Their Danger

The list of countries exploiting Internet-connected cameras to give them eyes inside their adversaries' borders continues to expand. What should companies look out for?

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· 22 days ago· Dark Reading

China Upgrades the Backdoor It Uses to Spy on Telcos Globally

Chinese APT Red Menshen's super-advanced BPFdoor malware defeats traditional cybersecurity protections. All telcos can do, really, is try hunting it down.

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· 24 days ago· Dark Reading

Why a 'Near-Miss' Database Is Key to Improving Information Sharing

Organizations disclose attack details, though information may be limited, following a breach, but what if they did the same with close calls?

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· 24 days ago· Dark Reading

SANS: Top 5 Most Dangerous New Attack Techniques to Watch

For the first time, SANS Institute's five top attack techniques all have one thing in common — AI.

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· 24 days ago· Dark Reading

Phishers Pose as Palo Alto Networks' Recruiters for Months in Job Scam

A series of campaigns that began in August aim to defraud job candidates, using psychological tactics and data scraped from LinkedIn profiles.

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· 24 days ago· Dark Reading

Blame Game: Why Public Cyber Attribution Carries Risks

Publicly accusing an entity of a cyberattack could have negative consequences that organizations should consider before taking the plunge.

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· 24 days ago· Dark Reading

At RSAC, the EU Leads While US Officials Are Sidelined

While US government sits out this year, EU officials are on the ground in San Francisco leading the conversations on today's top cybersecurity challenges.

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· 24 days ago· Dark Reading

Intermediaries Driving Global Spyware Market Expansion

Third-party resellers and brokers foil transparency efforts and allow spyware to spread despite government restrictions, a study finds.

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· 24 days ago· Dark Reading

AI-Powered Dependency Decisions Introduce, Ignore Security Bugs

AI models often hallucinate or make costly mistakes when tasked with recommending software versions, upgrade paths, and security fixes — leading to significant technical debt.

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· 24 days ago· Dark Reading

How Organizations Can Use Blunders to Level Up Their Security Programs

Organizations repeatedly expose ports, reuse passwords, and skip patches, creating security gaps that attackers exploit for breaches. An industry veteran outlines ways to fix these common mistakes.

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· 24 days ago· Dark Reading

Critical Flaw in Langflow AI Platform Under Attack

Threats actors pounced on the code injection vulnerability within hours of its disclosure, demonstrating that organizations have little time to address critical bugs.