Cybercriminals Court Traitorous Insiders via Ransom Notes
Ransomware actors are offering individuals millions to turn on their employers and divulge private company information, in a brand-new cybercrime tactic.
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Chinese 'Infrastructure Laundering' Abuses AWS, Microsoft Cloud
1 year 3 months ago
Funnull CDN rents IPs from legitimate cloud service providers and uses them to host criminal websites, continuously cycling cloud resources in and out of use and acquiring new ones to stay ahead of cyber-defender detection.
Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer
Managing Software Risk in a World of Exploding Vulnerabilities
1 year 3 months ago
Organizations and development teams need to evolve from "being prepared" to "managing the risk" of security breaches.
Kirsten Newcomer
DNSFilter's Annual Security Report Reveals Worrisome Spike in Malicious DNS Requests
1 year 3 months ago
EMEA CISOs Plan 2025 Cloud Security Investment
1 year 3 months ago
Interactive Online Training for Cybersecurity Professionals; Earn CPE Credits
1 year 3 months ago
'Constitutional Classifiers' Technique Mitigates GenAI Jailbreaks
1 year 3 months ago
Anthropic says its Constitutional Classifiers approach offers a practical way to make it harder for bad actors to try and coerce an AI model off its guardrails.
Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
Name That Edge Toon: In the Cloud
1 year 3 months ago
Feeling creative? Submit your caption and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 gift card.
John Klossner
Microsoft Sets End Date for Defender VPN
1 year 3 months ago
Though Windows, iOS, and macOS users won't need to make any changes, Android users are advised to remove their Defender VPN profiles.
Kristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading
AI Malware Dressed Up as DeepSeek Packages Lurk in PyPi
1 year 3 months ago
Adversaries looking to ride the DeepSeek interest wave are taking advantage of developers in a rush to deploy the new technology, by using AI-generated malware against them.
Becky Bracken, Senior Editor, Dark Reading
Ransomware Groups Weathered Raids, Profited in 2024
1 year 3 months ago
Cybercriminals posted nearly 6,000 breaches to data-leak sites last year — and despite significant takedowns, they continued to thrive in a record-breaking year for ransomware.
Robert Lemos, Contributing Writer
1-Click Phishing Campaign Targets High-Profile X Accounts
1 year 3 months ago
In an attack vector that's been used before, threat actors aim to commit crypto fraud by hijacking highly followed users, thus reaching a broad audience of secondary victims.
Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer
Proactive Vulnerability Management for Engineering Success
1 year 3 months ago
By integrating security into CI/CD, applying automated policies, and supporting developers with the right processes and tools, infosec teams can increase efficiency and build secure software.
Remi Yazigi
DeepSeek Jailbreak Reveals Its Entire System Prompt
1 year 3 months ago
Now we know exactly how DeepSeek was designed to work, and we may even have a clue toward its highly publicized scandal with OpenAI.
Nate Nelson, Contributing Writer
Black Hat USA 2024 Highlights
1 year 3 months ago
Check out all the highlights from Black Hat USA 2024 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. #cybersecurity #infosec #blackhat
Black Hat USA 2024 Highlights
1 year 3 months ago
Check out all the highlights from Black Hat USA 2024 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. #cybersecurity #infosec #blackhat
Community Health Center Data Breach Affects 1M Patients
1 year 3 months ago
The CHC remains operational, but a host of personal data is now in the hands of a "skilled cybercriminal," it said.
Kristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading
DoJ Shutters Cybercrime Forums Behind Attacks on 17M Americans
1 year 3 months ago
The "Cracked" and "Nulled" Dark Web sites are now offline, along with the Pakistani "Saim Raza" network of underground forums (aka HeartSender).
Tara Seals, Managing Editor, News, Dark Reading
State Data Privacy Regulators Are Coming. What Story Will You Tell Them?
1 year 3 months ago
Regulators are ready to enforce new state data privacy laws. Here's how experts say organizations can stay compliant and avoid penalties.
Becky Bracken, Senior Editor, Dark Reading
Tenable to Acquire Vulcan Cyber to Boost Exposure Management Focus
1 year 3 months ago
The deal, expected to close this quarter, will give Tenable One Exposure Management much-needed integration with over 100 third-party security tools and platforms.
Jeffrey Schwartz
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