Police & Government Email Access for Sale on Dark Web
Police & Government Email Access for Sale on Dark Web Summary Researchers at Abnormal AI have identified a surge in active government and law‑enforcement email accounts being sold on underground…
Google Chrome Enterprise: Advanced Browser Security for the Modern Workforce
Google Chrome Enterprise: Advanced Browser Security for the Modern Workforce Summary In a Dark Reading News Desk interview at Google’s “There’s No Place Like Chrome” event, Mark Berschadski, director of…
State and Local Leaders Lobby Congress for Cybersecurity Resources
State and Local Leaders Lobby Congress for Cybersecurity Resources Summary Emergency federal funding for the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) is due to expire on 30 September 2025…
Downgrade Attack Allows Phishing Kits to Bypass FIDO
Downgrade Attack Allows Phishing Kits to Bypass FIDO Summary Researchers at Proofpoint published a proof-of-concept showing how phishing kits can circumvent FIDO-based authentication for Microsoft Entra ID by forcing a…
Daily briefing: Bird flu is ‘everywhere’ on dairy farms
Daily briefing: Bird flu is ‘everywhere’ on dairy farms Summary Nature Briefing (12 August 2025) — A lead item summarises a preprint suggesting H5N1 avian influenza is widespread across dairy-farm…
Brain editing now ‘closer to reality’: the gene-altering tools tackling deadly disorders
Brain editing now ‘closer to reality’: the gene-altering tools tackling deadly disorders Summary Researchers report striking results in mice that bring the prospect of gene editing for brain disorders much…
Mysterious coffee species turns out to be a blend
Mysterious coffee species turns out to be a blend Summary A detailed genetic and taxonomic analysis has revealed that the coffee variety commonly called liberica is not a single species…
Dodgy Huawei chips nearly sunk DeepSeek’s next-gen R2 model
Dodgy Huawei chips nearly sunk DeepSeek’s next-gen R2 model Summary Chinese AI developer DeepSeek was reportedly pressured by authorities to train its next-generation R2 model on Huawei’s Ascend accelerators. After…
Ransomware crews don’t care about your endpoint security – they’ve already killed it
Ransomware crews don’t care about your endpoint security – they’ve already killed it Summary At least a dozen ransomware gangs are deploying kernel-level “EDR killers” that disable endpoint detection and…
Big Tech’s AI Data Centers Are Driving Up Electricity Bills for Everyone
Big Tech’s AI Data Centers Are Driving Up Electricity Bills for Everyone Summary Major technology companies expanding AI operations and building large data centres are increasing electricity demand, and that…