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Inside Amazon Web Services' plan to make networking disappear
The Register gets a look inside AWS' networking lab in Cupertino FEATURE In an unassuming three-story office building in Cupertino, California, engineers from Amazon Web Services a…
Shadow IT has given way to shadow AI. Enter AI-BOMs
'If you don't have visibility, you can't understand what to protect'
Shadow IT has given way to shadow AI. Enter AI-BOMs
'If you don't have visibility, you can't understand what to protect' When it comes to securing enterprise supply chains, now heavily infused with AI applications and agents, a soft…
AI inference just plays by different rules
Why no cloud storage architecture was designed for what agentic AI is about to demand
Silver Fox Springs Tax-Themed Attacks on Orgs in India, Russia
More than 1,600 socially engineered messages from the China-backed advanced persistent threat (APT) group target various sectors to deliver the previously undocumented ABCDoor back…
⚡ Weekly Recap: AI-Powered Phishing, Android Spying Tool, Linux Exploit, GitHub RCE & More
This week, the shadows moved faster than the patches. While most teams were still triaging last month’s alerts, attackers had already turned control panels into kill switches, kern…
StarlingX 12.0 is right on time for mixed-hardware edge deployments
Keeping time across a distributed network is harder than it sounds. The OpenInfra Foundation is now out with StarlingX 12.0, and precision timing support is one of its headline add…
They don’t hack, they borrow: How fraudsters target credit unions
Fraudsters aren't hacking credit unions, they are exploiting normal business processes. Flare reveals how structured loan fraud methods use stolen identities to pass verification a…
Cisco nerds out: May the Fourth be with your AI assistant
Your local Cisco AI Assistant just got a little Jedi training. Cisco is looking to make the most of the unofficial Star Wars Day with a May the Fourth Be With You release of wha…
Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 33 Deals Announced in April 2026
Significant cybersecurity M&A deals announced by Airbus, Cyera, Fortra, Palo Alto Networks, Silverfort, and Socket. The post Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 33 Deals Announced in April …
DigiCert Revokes Certificates After Support Portal Hack
Hackers delivered malware via a customer chat channel, infected an analyst’s system, and accessed the internal support portal. The post DigiCert Revokes Certificates After Support …
Progress warns of critical MOVEit Automation auth bypass flaw
Progress Software warned customers to patch a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in its MOVEit Automation enterprise-grade managed file transfer (MFT) application. [...]
Webinar: Why MSPs must rethink security and backup strategies
Security breaches don't just test your defenses—they test your recovery. Join Kaseya in our upcoming webinar to learn how MSPs strengthen resilience with SaaS backups and BCDR to s…
Memory shortage and cost surge push enterprises toward the cloud
Enterprises grappling with surging memory prices and constrained supply are increasingly turning to cloud infrastructure over on-premises deployments. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy flagged…
2026: The Year of AI-Assisted Attacks
On December 4, 2025, a 17-year-old was arrested in Osaka under Japan’s Unauthorized Access Prohibition Act. The young man had run malicious code to extract the personal data of ove…
Silver Fox Deploys ABCDoor Malware via Tax-Themed Phishing in India and Russia
The China-based cybercrime group known as Silver Fox (aka Monarch, SwimSnake, The Great Thief of Valley, UTG-Q-1000, and Void Arachne) has been linked to a new campaign targeting o…
CISA says ‘Copy Fail’ flaw now exploited to root Linux systems
CISA has warned that threat actors have started exploiting the "Copy Fail" Linux security vulnerability in the wild, one day after Theori researchers disclosed it and shared a proo…
How Dark Reading Lifted Off the Launchpad in 2006
Twenty years ago, this media brand didn't have a print edition to attract eyeballs and sponsors. Top-notch content and editorial talent did the heavy lifting.
Moving to mainframe can be cheaper than sticking with VMware: Gartner
Serious Linux VMs will enjoy big iron – if you can learn to love lock-in risks and skills challenges VMware users considering a new home might find it cheaper to move to an IBM mai…
Moving to mainframe can be cheaper than sticking with VMware: Gartner
Serious Linux VMs will enjoy big iron – if you can learn to love lock-in risks and skills challenges
Exploitation of ‘Copy Fail’ Linux Vulnerability Begins
CISA has added the bug to its KEV list, and Microsoft has observed limited exploitation, mainly associated with PoC testing. The post Exploitation of ‘Copy Fail’ Linux Vulnerabilit…
Microsoft confirms April Windows updates cause backup failures
Microsoft has confirmed that the April 2026 security updates are causing failures in third-party backup applications using the psmounterex.sys driver. [...]
Hacking Polymarket
Polymarket is a platform where people can bet on real-world events, political and otherwise. Leaving the ethical considerations of this aside (for one, it facilitates assassination…
OpenAI Rolls Out Advanced Security for ChatGPT Accounts
Advanced Account Security provides stronger login methods, more secure account recovery, shorter sessions, and training exclusion. The post OpenAI Rolls Out Advanced Security for C…
Critical cPanel Vulnerability Weaponized to Target Government and MSP Networks
A previously unknown threat actor has been observed targeting government and military entities in Southeast Asia, alongside a smaller cluster of managed service providers (MSPs) an…
If the vote you rocked, your personal info can be grokked
Even limited voter rolls can be linked to identify people, research shows
If the vote you rocked, your personal info can be grokked
Even limited voter rolls can be linked to identify people, research shows Your voter data could be used against you. A foreign intelligence service that wished to identify the fami…
Over 40,000 Servers Compromised in Ongoing cPanel Exploitation
The attacks likely target CVE-2026-41940, a recently patched zero-day leading to administrative access. The post Over 40,000 Servers Compromised in Ongoing cPanel Exploitation appe…
How TeamViewer ONE transforms IT operations from firefighting to autopilot
Forget 'have you tried turning it off and on again?' Agentic AI support systems now seek and destroy tech issues before they're a problem.