German Banks Halted 10 Billion Euros in PayPal Payments on Fraud Concerns, Says Newspaper Summary German banks reportedly blocked more than €10 billion in PayPal-related payments after flagging millions of…
Dark Reading Confidential: Guided Tour of the Dark Web Summary This is a transcript of a Dark Reading podcast episode hosted by Becky Bracken with guests Alex Culafi and Keith…
Defense Department Reportedly Relies On Utility Written by Russian Dev Content summary A cybersecurity firm (Hunted Labs) and The Register report that the widely used Node.js package fast-glob is maintained…
Developer Unlocks Newly Enshittified Echelon Exercise Bikes But Can’t Legally Release Software Summary An app developer reversed a recent Echelon firmware change that forced machines to stay online and behind…
Silver State Goes Dark as Cyberattack Knocks Nevada Websites Offline Summary Nevada was hit by a network security incident that began on 24 August, knocking official state websites offline, causing…
AI Agents in Browsers Light on Cybersecurity, Bypass Controls Summary Recent research from Guardio Labs and reporting by Dark Reading shows that browser-based AI agents — the new automation features…
The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived Summary New research shows generative AI is being used not just to craft scarier ransom notes but to build and operate ransomware itself.…
AI-Powered Ransomware Has Arrived With ‘PromptLock’ Summary Researchers at ESET have identified a proof-of-concept ransomware strain dubbed PromptLock that leverages an OpenAI weight model (gpt-oss:20b) run locally via the Ollama…
Gaps in California Privacy Law: Half of Data Brokers Ignore Requests Summary A University of California, Irvine study finds widespread noncompliance among data brokers with the California Consumer Privacy Act…
Summary Google security researchers attribute a March–July 2025 espionage campaign to the Mustang Panda APT (tracked as UNC6384). The group compromised edge devices to intercept browser captive-portal checks (observed against…
