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Insurers Search for Answers to Rein in Rogue AI
As incidents of unintended harm caused by rogue AI agents mount, CISOs and insurance firms are figuring out how to handle the fallout.
Large Enterprises Targeted in Fake Merger & Acquisition Scams
Threat actors behind the "Phantom Deal" campaign are studying companies in extreme detail, aiming to dupe midlevel employees into initiating large financial transfers.
What We Missed: Did ShinyHunters 'Breach' ReliaQuest?
In this video conversation, Dark Reading editors discuss some of the news they didn't get a chance to cover, from the latest antics of ShinyHunters to new research about the prevalence (or lack thereof) of AI-generated malware.
What the AI Warning Letter Completely Missed
The recent open letter is right about the "window," but it omits naming who is coming through it or, critically, who will close it.
AI 'Machine Speed' Cuts 2-Week Attack Down to 10 Hours
The incident demonstrates how frontier AI agents can dramatically compress an attack timeline and coordinate a large-scale breach, according to researchers.
'Breeze Comet' Tears Into Brazilian & Global Financial Systems
Brazil's most sophisticated threat group is making light work of the country's financial systems, putting money directly into its own pocket.
AI's Vulnerability Surge May Be More Manageable Than First Feared
New research suggests the coming Vulnpocalypse may not be so overwhelming for enterprise security teams - if they have the right strategies.
SonicWall SMA 1000 Zero-Days Enable Unauthenticated RCE
The exploitation activity follows attacks earlier this summer on two other zero-day vulnerabilities in the vendor's edge devices.
AI Gives Cybercriminals a Dangerous Time Advantage
Former cybercriminal Brett Johnson provides a look inside the mind of a threat actor and discusses where AI provides the most value for attackers.
Threat Gang 'Springs' Vishing Attacks on Microsoft Teams Users
The "Spring Ring" operation aims to compromise users of the collaboration suite to remotely access their sessions, spread malware, and even take over infrastructure.
Old, Unpatched Flaws Give Attackers Access to Philippines Nuclear Agency
Threat actors exploited commodity vulnerabilities in ownCloud to gain initial access, resulting in stolen reactor databases, personnel records, and credential stores.
Attackers Pounce on Critical Artifactory Bug Following Disclosure
CVE-2026-82329 is an authentication bypass flaw in JFrog's repository manager that enables bad actors to gain admin-level access on affected systems.
Stronger Security Drives Ransomware Groups to Recruit From Within
Some security researchers have observed an uptick in insider-assisted ransomware attacks, but malicious insiders pose other threats that cost companies millions.
Critical Langflow Vulnerability Exploited as Attacks on AI Platform Rise
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.
AI Model Evaluator METR Hit by Credential Theft, Probing
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.
ClickFix Campaign Compromises 31 Orgs, Abuses Polygon Blockchain
The campaign uses EtherHiding to dynamically update its command-and-control server, abusing the blockchain as an attacker-controlled address book.
Anthropic Users Hit by Infostealer Attacks, Session Thefts
A threat actor used a variety of infostealers to collect session information and access Claude accounts belonging to an unknown number of users.
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