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- Inc Ransomware Exploits SonicWall SMA Zero-Daysby Nate Nelson on July 17, 2026 at 8:01 pm
When chained together, the two vulnerabilities allow threat actors to gain root-level capabilities on SonicWall’s mobile access appliances.
- The Real AI Threat Is Blind Trustby R. Justin Martin on July 17, 2026 at 4:43 pm
AI models left to both interpret and execute commands eliminate critical cybersecurity oversight.
- Gold Eagle Clearinghouse Targets Security Gap, but How Is Unclearby Alexander Culafi on July 17, 2026 at 1:00 pm
The White House launched Gold Eagle to coordinate vulnerability response in a new AI world, but multiple questions linger over how it’s being implemented.
- Google Bets ‘Agentic Defense’ Strategy Can Outpace Attackersby Jeffrey Schwartz on July 17, 2026 at 11:50 am
Google Cloud incorporates key Wiz capabilities into an agentic defense platform to automate threat detection and remediation against AI attacks.
- Agentic AI: Taming the Unpredictableby Arielle Waldman on July 16, 2026 at 8:57 pm
Agentic artificial intelligence is creating enough risks for organizations to demand a security reframe.
- 1M+ Emails Use Hidden Text to Dupe AI Security Filtersby Nate Nelson on July 16, 2026 at 7:41 pm
Artificial intelligence and LLMs can be surprisingly ineffective against text salting, allowing phishing emails to slide right into your inbox.
- Police Disrupt a β¬140M Cyber Fraud Ring in Spainby Nate Nelson on July 16, 2026 at 7:00 am
Iberian hackers carried out a variety of cyberattacks and laundered the winnings through complex financial networks.
- Forgotten Bootloaders Expose Secure Boot Blind Spotby Jai Vijayan on July 15, 2026 at 9:19 pm
Nearly a dozen vulnerable and now revoked UEFI shim bootloaders remained trusted for years, giving attackers a path to bypass Secure Boot.
- Identity Attacks Overtake Exploits as Top Ransomware Causeby Alexander Culafi on July 15, 2026 at 8:16 pm
Email attacks overtook exploits as the top ransomware root cause last year. Multifactor authentication (MFA) was deployed in 97% of credential-based attacks but failed to prevent compromise.
- Guten Tag, Bonjour, Hola to Our European Cyber Defenders!by Tara Seals on July 15, 2026 at 6:08 pm
We’re thrilled to unveil the latest evolution of Dark Reading’s DR Global section β your go-to source for region-specific cybersecurity intelligence beyond North America.
- Is ‘Tech-xit’ Imminent? UK Steps Up Sovereignty Push Amid AI Strifeby Rob Wright on July 15, 2026 at 5:03 pm
The US government’s restrictions on Anthropic and OpenAI frontier models have intensified calls in the UK and other countries to reduce their reliance on US tech companies, with significant cyber implications.
- Claude Flaw Automatically Sends Malicious Prompts to AI Agentsby Elizabeth Montalbano on July 15, 2026 at 3:27 pm
When combined with another exploit, the “PromptFiction” vulnerability, which has been fixed, could have enabled an end-to-end attack on a targeted system.
- 2-Click Cursor Exploit Enables Dev Environment Takeoverby Nate Nelson on July 15, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Simple age-old bugs give bad actors access to developers’ secrets and source code-rich environments.
- Nigeria Deepens Cybersecurity Efforts as Cybercriminals See More Profitsby Robert Lemos on July 15, 2026 at 8:00 am
The West African country advanced rules to force organizations to disclose cyberattacks, joining other nations in a shift to mandated transparency.
- Cribl Adds Agentic Detection Engineering & Boosts SecOps With CardinalOps Dealby Jeffrey Schwartz on July 15, 2026 at 12:05 am
CardinalOps will give Cribl customers the ability to map detection rules and security controls to the MITRE ATT&CK framework. SecOps teams can identify coverage gaps and operationalize threat intelligence.






















