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Cyber

When Your Ransomware Negotiator Works for the Other Side

The shocking arrest of a well-known ransomware negotiator reveals the critical need for vendor program oversight.

Source: Dark Reading
Cyber

When AI Agents Commit Breaches, Humans May Not Be Held Liable

As agents escape containment and access external systems, responsibility remains human. Accountability, however, is much less settled.

Source: Dark Reading
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SecTor 2026 Reveals a Rapidly Shifting Cybersecurity Landscape

The event closed in Toronto last week, with experts sharing critical perspectives on emerging risks, drawing record attendance and marking 22% growth.

Source: Dark Reading
Cyber

F-Secure Launches Victim-First Scam Encyclopedia Covering 50+ Types of Consumer Fraud

Built from decades of threat intelligence research, the new resource explains scams from the victims' perspective and tracks emerging forms of cyber crime.

Source: Dark Reading
Cyber

AI Slop Isn't Just for Social Media; It's Ruining Cyberattacks, Too

Don't buy the hype! AI has been dumbing down cyberattacks, and serious threat actors are barely touching it.

Source: Dark Reading
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Vulnerability Management Isn't About the Score — It's About How It Applies to You

Organizations need to move away from vendor-assigned, theoretical scores toward real exploit data specific to their environments.

Source: Dark Reading
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EU Grocers Pay a Steep Price for Unpatched Fridge Firmware

Hundreds of stores lost millions of euros because they hired third parties to manage the outdated OT firmware running their cooling systems.

Source: Dark Reading
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Ivanti ICS Zero-Day Attacks Highlight Vendor Patching Hurdles

CVE-2026-104935, a high-severity authentication bypass + RCE vulnerability, was only partially discovered and patched in July, leaving an opening for threat actors to capitalize on.

Source: Dark Reading
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Yam Store: The Phishing Network Behind a Billion Messages

A sprawling cybercrime marketplace supplied cloud infrastructure and phishing kits that helped fuel more than 1 billion phishing messages worldwide.

Source: Dark Reading