Organizations may not be ready for completely autonomous communication processes, but there are places where automating information updates would…
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US Government Email Systems Open to Abuse Thanks to Typos
Erroneous or outdated DNS records can give attackers surprising powers over organizations’ email systems.
Scammers use AI-generated images of missing pets to extort owners
Scammers are using AI images to enhance their “I’ve found your missing pet and want money to return it to you” schemes.
Fake OpenAI, SpaceX events used to steal Microsoft, Google accounts
Hackers are using fake OpenAI, SpaceX, and Anthropic event invitations to lure employees into phishing attacks, using two different phishing-as-a-service…
Artificial intelligence and cyber intrusion
An NCSC assessment that examines current AI-enabled threat trends and projections of the threat landscape to 2028.
Google Calendar phishing campaign hijacks sessions, bypasses MFA
A phishing campaign used Google Calendar invites, trusted redirects, and fake login pages to hijack corporate Google sessions and bypass MFA protections.…
Researchers Bypass ChatGPT Lockdown Mode to Exfiltrate Chats Without User Interaction
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched vulnerability that could be exploited to bypass Lockdown Mode protections in OpenAI…
What We Missed: Knicks Phishing Test Goes Out of Bounds
In this video conversation, Dark Reading editors discuss some of the news they didn’t get a chance to cover, from an ill-conceived phishing simulation to…
OpenSSH Issues Emergency Fix for Flaw Letting Long Passwords Bypass SSH Auth on Alpine Linux
Attackers can log in to accounts that have no password, such as SSH key-only accounts, on some Alpine Linux servers running the standard openssh-server…
Nearly 1.5 million exposed secrets targeted in new revocation program
Truffle Security has launched the Secrets Revocation Program, a free initiative that helps API key issuers revoke 1.4 million publicly exposed secrets…
Social media giants sue California to overturn law shielding kids 15 and under from compulsive use
Google, Meta and TikTok each filed suit in federal court against an incoming California law that blocks platforms from deploying features considered…
A Critical SSH Password Bypass Hits musl-Based Linux
OpenSSH 10.6p2 shipped on November 5, 2026, and it closes a critical password authentication bypass. On affected systems, anyone who can reach the SSH…
The White House is apparently a popular residential proxy exit spot
How it got there is another matter entirely
AWS launches Kiro bots to help devs coordinate AI coding agents
AWS on Thursday launched Kiro bots, generally available within Kiro Crew, its open-source multi-agent development environment, to help developers…
Chainalysis Breach Exposes Password Hashes and Live Tokens
Chainalysis exposed password hashes and live tokens. Learn what happened, which monitoring tools went offline, and what affected users should check.
UK School Network Hit by 3AM Ransomware as Researchers Suspect AI-Assisted Intrusion
An incident involving ransomware against a UK school network has brought attention to how much of a factor AI is becoming in cybercrime. During the…
US issues more sanctions against Prince Group scam center affiliates
The sanctions target four people and 41 companies linked to the Prince Group — a Cambodian company accused of running a billion-dollar scam operation.
APT29’s Watering Holes Target Thousands of Mobile Users
After compromising websites, the Russian state-sponsored threat group is fingerprinting victims, then harvesting information from the interesting ones.
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra silently obstructed safety research tasks
OpenAI has disclosed another AI alignment incident where GPT-6 Astra was found to sometimes quietly withhold help on safety research. […]
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