Dark Reading May 22

Akamai Joins Growing Chorus of Vendors Betting Big on Secure Enterprise Browsers

When Akamai announced its LayerX acquisition, the company joined a growing list of vendors adding secure enterprise browsers to their product portfolios.

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Dark Reading May 22

Verizon DBIR: Healthcare Fends Off Increased Social Engineering Attacks

Ransomware and vendor breaches persist. The "2026 Data Breach Investigations Report" (DBIR) highlights how evolving social engineering tactics make the secto...

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Dark Reading May 22

China's Webworm Uses Discord, Microsoft Graphs to Hack EU Governments

The advanced persistent threat group also relied on SOCKS proxies like SoftEther VPN, tunneling tools that act as a middleman between victim and attacker.

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Dark Reading May 21

Google API Keys Remain Active After Deletion

A security researcher discovered the API keys can still be used for up to 23 minutes after deletion, even though the cloud provider claims deletion is immedi...

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Dark Reading May 21

AI Agents Are Shifting Identity Security Budget Dynamics

AI agent projects are proliferating throughout the enterprise, and those AI agent identities require management, security, and governance. New Omdia research...

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Dark Reading May 21

Chinese APTs Share Linux Backdoor in Central Asia Telco Attacks

"Showboat" doesn't show off, but clearly it doesn't need to, as it's long helped China spy on small market communications providers.

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Dark Reading May 21

Content Delivery Exploit Opens Websites to Brand Hijacking

The Underminr domain-fronting attack allows threat actors to modify Web requests and leverage trusted websites to cloak malicious activity.

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Dark Reading May 20

Cyber Pros Can't Decide If AI Is a Good or a Bad Thing

There is nothing cybersecurity professionals are more excited about, and nothing they fear more, than AI.

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Dark Reading May 20

GitHub Confirms Breach, 4K Internal Repos Stolen

GitHub confirmed a data breach this week involving the theft of thousands of developer code repositories. One threat actor — TeamPCP — took credit.

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Dark Reading May 20

Fake Android Apps Commit Carrier Billing Fraud for Premium Services

The disguised apps use WebView automation, JavaScript injection, and OTP interception to avoid detection and complete fraudulent subscriptions.

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Dark Reading May 20

Processes & Culture Top Reasons Behind Data Breaches

In spite of state laws meant to improve cyber hygiene, an analysis of incidents shows issues persist and visibility falls short.

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Dark Reading May 20

Patch Now: Critical Flaw in OT Robot OS Gives Attackers Control

An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the command injection vulnerability to gain remote access to robotic systems, causing significant disruption to the e...

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