FTC Chair Tells Tech Giants to Hold the Line on Encryption
FTC Chair Tells Tech Giants to Hold the Line on Encryption Summary FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson sent letters to executives at major US tech companies urging them not to comply…
CISA’s New SBOM Guidelines Get Mixed Reviews
CISA’s New SBOM Guidelines Get Mixed Reviews Summary CISA released a 2025 update to federal guidance on software bills of materials (SBOMs). The draft tightens requirements — demanding machine-readable formats…
Dark Reading Confidential: A Guided Tour of Today’s Dark Web
Dark Reading Confidential: Guided Tour of the Dark Web Summary This podcast episode features Dark Reading editor Becky Bracken, senior reporter Alexander Culafi and Keith Jarvis, senior security researcher at…
1,000+ Devs Lose Their Secrets to an AI-Powered Stealer
1,000+ Devs Lose Their Secrets to an AI-Powered Stealer Summary More than 1,000 JavaScript developers were compromised in a fast, AI-assisted supply chain attack that infected the popular Nx build…
Akira, Cl0p Top List of 5 Most Active Ransomware-as-a-Service Groups
Akira, Cl0p Top List of 5 Most Active Ransomware-as-a-Service Groups Summary Flashpoint’s midyear 2025 recap, reported by Dark Reading, names the five most active ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) groups and highlights shifting…
Hackers Steal 4M+ TransUnion Customers’ Data
Hackers Steal 4M+ TransUnion Customers’ Data Summary TransUnion confirmed a cyber incident that exposed personal information for more than four million customers. The breach occurred on 28 July and was…
CISA, FBI, NSA Warn of Chinese ‘Global Espionage System’
CISA, FBI, NSA Warn of Chinese ‘Global Espionage System’ Summary US and allied agencies (CISA, FBI, NSA and international partners) issued a joint advisory describing a global espionage campaign by…
Microsoft warns of ransomware gang shifting to steal cloud data, lock companies out of systems
Summary Microsoft has warned of a notable shift in ransomware tactics by a threat actor it calls Storm-0501. Active since 2021, the actor has moved from deploying on-premises endpoint ransomware…
Data breach at TransUnion impacts 4.4 million people
Data breach at TransUnion impacts 4.4 million people Summary Nearly 4.5 million people were affected by a data breach at credit reporting firm TransUnion, the company informed regulators. The incident…
SK Telecom walloped with $97M fine after schoolkid security blunders let attackers run riot
SK Telecom walloped with $97M fine after schoolkid security blunders let attackers run riot Summary South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) has fined SK Telecom ₩134.5 billion (about $97…