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Unpatched Active Directory Flaw Can Crash Any Microsoft Server
11 hours 20 minutes ago
Windows servers are vulnerable to a dangerous LDAP vulnerability that could be used to crash multiple servers at once and should be patched immediately.
Becky Bracken, Senior Editor, Dark Reading
UN General Assembly Adopts Cybercrime Treaty
11 hours 34 minutes ago
VicOne and Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) to Lead Pwn2Own Automotive
11 hours 43 minutes ago
US Soldier Arrested in Verizon, AT&T Hacks
12 hours 21 minutes ago
Wagenius posted about hacking more than 15 telecom providers on the Telegram messaging service.
Kristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading
Volkswagen Breach Exposes Data of 800K EV Customers
16 hours 15 minutes ago
Ethical hacking group Chaos Computer Club uncovered exposed data of electrical vehicle owners across the company's VW, Audi, Seat, and Skoda brands.
Kristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading
'Bad Likert Judge' Jailbreak Bypasses Guardrails of OpenAI, Other Top LLMs
18 hours 37 minutes ago
A novel technique to stump artificial intelligence (AI) text-based systems increases the likelihood of a successful cyberattack by 60%.
Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer
Managing Cloud Risks Gave Security Teams a Big Headache in 2024
2 days 12 hours ago
The results of Dark Reading's 2024 Strategic Security Survey suggest that security teams continue to grapple with the challenges that come with increased cloud adoption, such as data visibility and loss of controls. Managing cloud risks will be a focus for security teams in 2025.
Edge Editors
Cybersecurity Lags in Middle East Business Development
2 days 12 hours ago
The fast growing region has its own unique cyber issues — and it needs its own talent to fight them.
Partha Gopalakrishnan
6 AI-Related Security Trends to Watch in 2025
2 days 18 hours ago
AI tools will enable significant productivity and efficiency benefits for organizations in the coming year, but they also will exacerbate privacy, governance, and security risks.
Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
Chinese State Hackers Breach US Treasury Department
3 days 10 hours ago
In what's being called a "major cybersecurity incident," Beijing-backed adversaries broke into cyber vendor BeyondTrust to access the US Department of the Treasury workstations and steal unclassified data, according to a letter sent to lawmakers.
Becky Bracken, Senior Editor, Dark Reading
How to Get the Most Out of Cyber Insurance
3 days 17 hours ago
Cyber insurance should augment your cybersecurity strategy — not replace it.
Rita Gurevich
What Security Lessons Did We Learn in 2024?
3 days 18 hours ago
Proactive defenses, cross-sector collaboration, and resilience are key to combating increasingly sophisticated threats.
Joan Goodchild
Deepfakes, Quantum Attacks Loom Over APAC in 2025
4 days 7 hours ago
Organizations in the region should expect to see threat actors accelerate their use of AI tools and mount ongoing "harvest now, decrypt later" attacks for various malicious use cases.
Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
Hackers Are Hot for Water Utilities
6 days 18 hours ago
The US water sector suffered a stream of cyberattacks over the past year-and-a-half from a mix of cybercriminals, hacktivists, and nation-state hacking teams. Here's how the industry and ICS/OT security experts are working to better secure vulnerable drinking and wastewater utilities.
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Editor-in-Chief, Dark Reading
Defining & Defying Cybersecurity Staff Burnout
6 days 18 hours ago
Sometimes it feels like burnout is an inevitable part of working in cybersecurity. But a little bit of knowledge can help you and your staff stay healthy.
Karen Spiegelman, Features Editor
Quantum Computing Advances in 2024 Put Security In Spotlight
6 days 19 hours ago
The work on quantum computing hit some major milestones in 2024, making the path to a workable quantum computer seem closer than ever. Google, Microsoft, and other research efforts hit significant milestones this year, but is the cybersecurity world ready?
Robert Lemos, Contributing Writer
SEC Disclosures Up, But Not Enough Details Provided
1 week ago
While companies have responded to the new SEC rules by disclosing incidents promptly, many of the reports don't meet the SEC's "material" standard.
Fahmida Y. Rashid
Emerging Threats & Vulnerabilities to Prepare for in 2025
1 week ago
From zero-day exploits to 5G network vulnerabilities, these are the threats that are expected to persist over the next 12 months.
Kristina Beek, Associate Editor, Dark Reading
DDoS Attacks Surge as Africa Expands Its Digital Footprint
1 week 1 day ago
As organizations on the continent expand their use of digital technologies, they increasingly face many of the same threats that entities in other regions have had to deal with for years.
Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer
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