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How to Ensure Cybersecurity Investments Remain a Priority Across Your Organization

01/05/2023
Collaboration across all business units is key to building a robust cybersecurity program.

2023 Will See Renewed Focus on Quantum Computing

01/03/2023
Adopting post-quantum cryptography is something that has been discussed for years; it's time for organizations to get to work.

Cyberattackers Torch Python Machine Learning Project

01/03/2023
The popular PyTorch Python project for data scientists and machine learning developers has become the latest open source project to be targeted with a dependency confusion attack.

WordPress Sites Under Attack from Newly Found Linux Trojan

01/03/2023
Researchers who discovered the backdoor Linux malware say it may have been around for more than three years — and it targets 30+ plug-in bugs.

Holiday Spirit? LockBit Gives Children's Hospital Free Decryptor

01/03/2023
The Russian-speaking cybercrime gang said an affiliate violated its rules against attacks that could lead to bodily harm for medical patients.

Raspberry Robin Worm Hatches a Highly Complex Upgrade

01/03/2023
The Evil Corp-linked malware family has undergone an evolution, becoming more obfuscated and "several times more complex," as the group behind it tests how far the worm can be spread.

Chinese 'RedZei' Group Batters Victims With Incessant Vishing Effort

01/03/2023
The cybercriminals switch up carriers and SIM cards regularly, making it difficult for either mobile users or telecom companies to block the barrage of malicious calls and voicemails.

Name That Edge Toon: The Upside Down

01/03/2023
Come up with a clever caption, and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 Amazon gift card.

Are Meta and Twitter Ushering in a New Age of Insider Threats?

01/03/2023
The era of digital trust is broken, and constant vigilance is needed to get things back on track.

Black Hat Flashback: The Day That Dan Kaminsky Saved the Internet

01/03/2023
Dark Reading's Kelly Jackson Higgins explains the enormous legacy left behind by Dan Kaminsky and his seminal "Great DNS Vulnerability" talk at Black Hat 2008.

API Security Is the New Black

12/30/2022
API security is so hot right now.

War and Geopolitical Conflict: The New Battleground for DDoS Attacks

12/30/2022
The effectiveness of attacks largely depends on organizations' distributed denial-of-service defenses.

Adobe, Apple, Cisco, Microsoft Flaws Make Up Half of KEV Catalog

12/30/2022
CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog has become a valuable repository of vulnerabilities to be patched. A pair of reports analyze the vulnerabilities under attack to understand the kind of threats organizations should be prioritizing.

Beyond the Obvious: The Boldest Cybersecurity Predictions for 2023

12/30/2022
Dark Reading's panel of security experts deliver a magnum of bubbly hot takes on what 2023 will look like, featuring evil AIs, WWIII, wild workplace soon-to-be-norms, and more.

6 Ways to Protect Your Organization Against LAPSUS$

12/29/2022
Businesses need to educate employees the type of social engineering attacks used by hacking group DEV-0537 (LAPSUS$) and strengthen their security posture.

3 Industries, 3 Security Programs

12/29/2022
Security leaders from a media corporation, a commercial real estate company, and an automotive technology company share how they address cyber-risk.

Extracting Encrypted Credentials From Common Tools

12/29/2022
Attackers are harvesting credentials from compromised systems. Here's how some commonly used tools can enable this.

After the Uber Breach: 3 Questions All CISOs Should Ask Themselves

12/29/2022
How CISOs handle the ethical issues around data breaches can make or break their careers. Don't wait until a breach happens to plot the course forward.

New Year's Surprise: Cybersecurity M&A, Funding Activity Snowballs in Q4

12/29/2022
Concerns about recessionary trends impacting the cybersecurity sector in 2022 remained largely unfounded in Q4, as investment activity surged after a Q3 slowdown.

Healthcare Providers and Hospitals Under Ransomware's Siege

12/28/2022
According to the FBI and Internet Crime Complaint Center, 25% of ransomware complaints involve healthcare providers.