Threat actors exploited commodity vulnerabilities in ownCloud to gain initial access, resulting in stolen reactor databases, personnel records, and credential stores.
Some security researchers have observed an uptick in insider-assisted ransomware attacks, but malicious insiders pose other threats that cost companies millions.
The attacks targeting CVE-2026-0768 are the latest threat against the low-code AI development platform, which is receiving more attention from adversaries this year.
In one attack, threat actors stole an API key that ultimately led to the consumption of $600,000 in public AI model credits for the security nonprofit.
While guardrails are critical, as evidenced by recent high-profile incidents, defenders need help staying ahead of attackers who do not play by the rules.
The Hugging Face incident was bigger and worse than previously thought, with approximately 700 agents collaborating on a sophisticated, multistage attack.
Omdia's Theresa Lanowitz talks with the Dark Reading News Desk about the potential — and risks — of using agentic AI for penetration testing, red teaming, and other practices.
Proposed legislation could mandate that companies be able to "throttle, suspend, or shut ... down" AI agents, but how and when to do that remain open questions.
This installment of the Reporters' Notebook video series discusses the topics that dominated the cybersecurity conference, such as AI's effects on vulnerability reporting and security research.
James Kettle of PortSwigger talks with the Dark Reading News Desk about his AI-powered open source tool, which found new HTTP request-smuggling techniques.