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Insider Threats

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Vulnerabilities & Threats

How Are Modern Fraud Groups Using GenAI and Deepfakes?How Are Modern Fraud Groups Using GenAI and Deepfakes?

Fraud groups are using AI and deepfake technology to scale up their operations to create fake identities and execute fraud campaigns.

byJennifer Lawinski, Contributing Writer

Feb 4, 2025

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Vulnerabilities & Threats

Backline Tackles Enterprise Security Backlogs With AI Backline Tackles Enterprise Security Backlogs With AI

byDark Reading Staff

Feb 4, 2025

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Threat Intelligence

Credential Theft Becomes Cybercriminals' Favorite Target Credential Theft Becomes Cybercriminals' Favorite Target

byKristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading

Feb 4, 2025

1 Min Read

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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

Feb 4, 2025

1 Min Read

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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

Feb 4, 2025

1 Min Read

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Сloud Security

Chinese 'Infrastructure Laundering' Abuses AWS, Microsoft Cloud Chinese 'Infrastructure Laundering' Abuses AWS, Microsoft Cloud

byElizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer

Feb 4, 2025

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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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Endpoint Security

Super Bowl LIX Could Be a Magnet for Cyberattacks

Super Bowl LIX Could Be a Magnet for Cyberattacks

byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer

Data Privacy Day 2025: Time for Data Destruction to Become Standard Business Practice

Data Privacy Day 2025: Time for Data Destruction

byAdam Strange, Principal Analyst, Data Security, Omdia

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Reporting a Breach or Vuln? Be Sure Your Lawyer's on Call

Reporting a Breach or Vuln? Be Sure Your Lawyer's on Call

byRobert Lemos, Contributing Writer

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Vulnerabilities & Threats

Cryptographic Agility's Legislative Possibilities & Business Benefits

Cryptographic Agility's Legislative Possibilities & Benefits

byKeavy Murphy, Cybersecurity Specialist

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Сloud Security

Actively Exploited Fortinet Zero-Day Gives Attackers Super-Admin Privileges

Fortinet Zero-Day Gives Attackers Super-Admin Privileges

byElizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer

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Сloud Security

For $50, Cyberattackers Can Use GhostGPT to Write Malicious Code

For $50, Cyberattackers Can Use GhostGPT to Write Malicious Code

byJai Vijayan, Contributing Writer

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Endpoint Security

Apple Patches Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability

Apple Patches Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vuln

byKristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading

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Сloud Security

The Case for Proactive, Scalable Data Protection

The Case for Proactive, Scalable Data Protection

byTom Ferrucci, Chief Information Officer, Natco Home Group

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