Federal Cuts Put Local, State Agencies at Cyber-Risk Summary Cybercriminals and nation-state actors are increasingly targeting state and local governments just as federal cybersecurity resources and staffing have been reduced.…
Embracing the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Talent Summary There is a severe global shortfall in cybersecurity labour: NIST estimates a gap of about 3.4 million people. This commentary argues that…
Scammers Are Using Grok to Spread Malicious Links on X Summary Bad actors on X are exploiting the platform’s AI assistant, Grok, to make hidden malicious links fully clickable and…
Secretive MaaS Group ‘TAG-150’ Develops Novel ‘CastleRAT’ Summary Researchers have mapped a young malware-as-a-service (MaaS) cluster dubbed TAG-150 that centres on a loader and broader service known as CastleLoader/CastleBot and…
Anyone Using Agentic AI Needs to Understand Toxic Flows Summary This Dark Reading piece explains why “toxic flows” are an emerging and critical security risk in agentic AI deployments. Toxic…
Critical SAP S/4HANA Vulnerability Under Attack, Patch Now Summary A critical code-injection vulnerability (CVE-2025-42957) in SAP S/4HANA — assigned a 9.9 CVSS score — is being exploited in the wild.…
How Has IoT Security Changed Over the Past 5 Years? Summary Over the past five years IoT adoption has grown across industries, but security has not kept pace. Experts tell…
When AI rejects your grant proposal: algorithms are helping to make funding decisions Summary La Caixa Foundation in Barcelona has been using a three-algorithm AI model to pre-screen applications to…
First CRISPR horses spark controversy: what’s next for gene-edited animals? Summary Scientists have produced the first CRISPR-edited horses by editing the myostatin gene in fetal fibroblasts, creating cloned embryos that…
Hope for diabetes: CRISPR-edited cells pump out insulin in a person – and evade immune detection Summary Researchers working with Sana Biotechnology report a medical first: CRISPR-edited pancreatic islet cells…
