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MFA is essential, but it cannot replace OAuth governance, least-privilege scopes, consent monitoring, and rapid revocation.

AI-driven cyberattacks used to be exotic. Soon, it'll be odd if threat actors aren't using agents to do all of their bidding.

The move is consistent with the agency's advice on the need for organizations to prioritize the vulnerabilities that actually matter.

Amid the US and China's fight for eco-colonial influence in Latin America, a stealthy backdoor has taken flight.

CISOs are not waiting for AI to prove its cybersecurity value before investing in the technology. Is it the right move?

Cybersecurity industry veteran Hal Pomeranz gives a pep talk on career anxiety and self-doubt and shares how to build meaningful connections during historical tech industry downturns.

A new type of attack hijacks the AI assistant built directly into various browsers to access sensitive information, execute malicious actions, and exfiltrate data.

A likely North Korean advanced persistent threat (APT) group used a previously undocumented Linux espionage toolkit to compromise load balancers, gain access to communications, and further exploit networks.

You can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs, and you can't patch nearly 1,000 CVEs without a few glitches.

At Black Hat USA, OpenAI engineers reconstruct the Hugging Face incident and explore lessons learned about AI safeguards and cyber resilience.

The full-service malware-as-a-service (MaaS) platform offers a Windows implant, command-and-control (C2) infrastructure, and an operator panel for comprehensive remote access.

The notorious Russian threat group is spreading an upgraded version of the botnet malware, which the FBI disrupted in 2022.

CVE-2026-85706 is a path traversal vulnerability with a 10 out of 10 CVSS score, affecting both GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition instances.

Dario Amodei says it's time to slow the pace of frontier AI improvements so that security and risk prevention efforts can catch up. What does this mean for enterprises?

Cybercriminals behind malicious email campaigns no longer have to compromise volume for credibility, or vice versa, thanks to AI.

A new joint government advisory signals a regulatory shift, pressing organizations to adopt more transparent breach notification and incident response protocols.

The Dubai-based threat detection startup uses artificial intelligence tools to scan billions of IP addresses to find exposed assets, leaked data, and zero-day vulnerabilities.

Fred Heiding of Menlo Park Intelligence talks with the Dark Reading News Desk about his research on frontier models, and their ability to influence human behavior and create emotional dependency.

Adversaries can manipulate AI's defensive reasoning to silently compromise target networks.

From creating lab environments for staging and testing agentic attacks to reconnaissance to lateral movement and exfiltration, the most innovative attackers are widely incorporating AI.