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Newspaper Giant Lee Enterprises Reels From Cyberattack Newspaper Giant Lee Enterprise Reels From Cyberattack

The newspaper company expects the investigation to take some time, but said in an SEC filing that it has not yet identified any material impact.

byKristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading

Feb 10, 2025

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

Magecart Attackers Abuse Google Ad Tool to Steal Data Magecart Attackers Abuse Google Ad Tool to Steal Data

byElizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer

Feb 10, 2025

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Application Security

LLM Hijackers Quickly Incorporate DeepSeek API Keys LLM Hijackers Quickly Incorporate DeepSeek API Keys

byNate Nelson, Contributing Writer

Feb 7, 2025

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Remote Workforce

Microsoft: Thousands of Public ASP.NET Keys Allow Web Server RCE Microsoft: 1000s of Public ASP.NET Keys Allow Web Server RCE

byTara Seals, Managing Editor, News, Dark Reading

Feb 7, 2025

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Application Security

Researcher Outsmarts, Jailbreaks OpenAI's New o3-mini Researcher Outsmarts, Jailbreaks OpenAI's New o3-mini

byNate Nelson, Contributing Writer

Feb 6, 2025

1 Min Read

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Vulnerabilities & Threats

Agencies Sound Alarm on Patient Monitors With Hardcoded Backdoor Agencies Sound Alarm on Patient Monitors With Hardcoded Backdoor

byKristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading

Feb 6, 2025

1 Min Read

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Vulnerabilities & Threats

The Cyber Savanna: A Rigged Race You Can't Win, but Must Run Anyway

Cyber Savanna: A Rigged Race You Can't Win, but Must Run

byBoaz Barzel, Field CTO, OX Security

Remote Workforce

Abandoned AWS Cloud Storage: A Major Cyberattack Vector

Abandoned AWS Cloud Storage: A Major Cyberattack Vector

byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer

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Vulnerabilities & Threats

How Are Modern Fraud Groups Using GenAI and Deepfakes?

How Are Modern Fraud Groups Using GenAI and Deepfakes?

byJennifer Lawinski, Contributing Writer

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Vulnerabilities & Threats

Backline Tackles Enterprise Security Backlogs With AI

Backline Tackles Enterprise Security Backlogs With AI

byDark Reading Staff, Dark Reading

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Threat Intelligence

Credential Theft Becomes Cybercriminals' Favorite Target

Credential Theft Becomes Cybercriminals' Favorite Target

byKristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading

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Threat Intelligence

Ferret Malware Added to 'Contagious Interview' Campaign

Ferret Malware Added to 'Contagious Interview' Campaign

byKristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading

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Threat Intelligence

Cybercriminals Court Traitorous Insiders via Ransom Notes

Cybercriminals Court Traitorous Insiders via Ransom Notes

byKristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading

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Сloud Security

Chinese 'Infrastructure Laundering' Abuses AWS, Microsoft Cloud

Chinese 'Infrastructure Laundering' Abuses AWS, Microsoft Cloud

byElizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer

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Vulnerabilities & Threats

Managing Software Risk in a World of Exploding Vulnerabilities

Managing Software Risk in a World of Exploding Vulnerabilities

byKirsten Newcomer, Director, Cloud and DevSecOps Strategy, Red Hat

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Application Security

'Constitutional Classifiers' Technique Mitigates GenAI Jailbreaks

'Constitutional Classifiers' Technique Mitigates GenAI Jailbreaks

byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer

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Сloud Security

Name That Edge Toon: In the Cloud

Name That Edge Toon: In the Cloud

byJohn Klossner, Cartoonist

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Vulnerabilities & Threats

Proactive Vulnerability Management for Engineering Success

Proactive Vulnerability Management for Engineering Success

byRemi Yazigi, Information Security Engineer, Cisco Systems

Application Security

DeepSeek Jailbreak Reveals Its Entire System Prompt

DeepSeek Jailbreak Reveals Its Entire System Prompt

byNate Nelson, Contributing Writer

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

Community Health Center Data Breach Affects 1M Patients

Community Health Center Data Breach Affects 1M Patients

byKristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading

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Cybersecurity Operations

DoJ Shutters Cybercrime Forums Behind Attacks on 17M Americans

DoJ Shutters Cybercrime Forums Behind Attacks on 17M Americans

byTara Seals, Managing Editor, News, Dark Reading

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Сloud Security

Tenable to Acquire Vulcan Cyber to Boost Exposure Management Focus

Tenable to Acquire Vulcan Cyber to Boost Exposure Management Focus

byJeffrey Schwartz, Contributing Writer

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Application Security

Code-Scanning Tool's License at Heart of Security Breakup

Code-Scanning Tool's License at Heart of Security Breakup

byRobert Lemos, Contributing Writer

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Endpoint Security

Can AI & the Cyber Trust Mark Rebuild Endpoint Confidence?

Can AI & the Cyber Trust Mark Rebuild Endpoint Confidence?

byChris "CT" Thomas, Security Specialist, IBM

Vulnerabilities & Threats

New Jailbreaks Allow Users to Manipulate GitHub Copilot

New Jailbreaks Allow Users to Manipulate GitHub Copilot

byNate Nelson, Contributing Writer

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Vulnerabilities & Threats

Automated Pen Testing Is Improving — Slowly

Automated Pen Testing Is Improving — Slowly

byAlex Haynes, Chief Information Security Officer, IBS Software

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Threat Intelligence

Fake Videos of Former First Lady Scam Namibians

Fake Videos of Former First Lady Scam Namibians

byNate Nelson, Contributing Writer

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Endpoint Security

PrintNightmare Aftermath: Windows Print Spooler Is Better. What's Next?

PrintNightmare Aftermath: Windows Print Spooler Is Better. What's Next?

byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

Researchers Uncover Lazarus Group Admin Layer for C2 Servers

Researchers Uncover Lazarus Group Admin Layer for C2 Servers

byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer

Endpoint Security

Unpatched Zyxel CPE Zero-Day Pummeled by Cyberattackers

Unpatched Zyxel CPE Zero-Day Pummeled by Cyberattackers

byKristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading

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Endpoint Security

Mirai Variant 'Aquabot' Exploits Mitel Device Flaws

Mirai Variant 'Aquabot' Exploits Mitel Device Flaws

byElizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer

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Vulnerabilities & Threats

The Old Ways of Vendor Risk Management Are No Longer Good Enough

Old Ways of Vendor Risk Management Are No Longer Good Enough

byJatin Mannepalli, Information Security Officer, IMC Trading

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Insider Threats

CrowdStrike Highlights Magnitude of Insider Risk

CrowdStrike Highlights Magnitude of Insider Risk

byJeffrey Schwartz, Contributing Writer

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Application Security

OAuth Flaw Exposed Millions of Airline Users to Account Takeovers

OAuth Flaw Exposed Millions of Airline Users to Account Takeovers

byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer

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Cyberattacks & Data Breaches

Phishing Campaign Baits Hook With Malicious Amazon PDFs

Phishing Campaign Baits Hook With Malicious Amazon PDFs

byKristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading

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