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Credit unions hit by process-based loan fraud, not exploits
Flare researchers tracked a structured loan fraud playbook circulating in underground forums that bypasses credit unions without touching a single vulnerability
Critical cPanel Flaw Triggers Mass Exploitation Wave Across Shared Hosting
A critical vulnerability in cPanel — the control panel running on a substantial share of the world's web hosting infrastructure — is under active exploitation,
Critical MOVEit Automation Auth Bypass Patched, CVSS 9.8
Progress Software shipped fixes for two flaws in MOVEit Automation, its server-based managed file transfer scheduler. The headline issue, CVE-2026-4670, is a 9.
Dark Reading at 20: How a 2006 Launch Reshaped Security Journalism
Dark Reading marks its origin story from 2006, when the publication launched into a cybersecurity media landscape dominated by vendor newsletters and generalist
F1 Miami: Energy regen tweaks calm the 'yo-yo' chaos of new hybrid era
Formula One returned in Miami after a five-week pause, with the spotlight on regulatory tweaks rather than the city's pastel-and-hospitality spectacle. The spor
GameStop floats unsolicited $56B bid for eBay with hazy financing plan
GameStop chairman Ryan Cohen sent an unsolicited offer to acquire eBay for $55.5 billion, despite eBay's market cap being more than four times GameStop's. The p
Leaked AWS keys fuel surge in Amazon SES phishing that sails past SPF, DKIM, DMARC
Kaspersky reports a sharp rise in phishing campaigns sent through Amazon Simple Email Service. Because SES is a trusted sender, messages pass SPF, DKIM, and DMA
NBER paper probes whether staying employed actually slows cognitive decline
A new NBER working paper examines a long-standing question in labor and aging economics: does continued employment preserve cognitive function in older workers,
Notepad++ creator disowns unauthorized "Notepad++ for Mac" port
Don Ho, the original author and maintainer of Notepad++, has publicly disavowed a third-party macOS release marketed as "Notepad++ for Mac." The app, built by A
OpenAI's voice AI stack: how they squeeze latency out of real-time speech
OpenAI's engineering write-up walks through the infrastructure behind its real-time voice models, focused on keeping end-to-end latency low enough for natural c
Phishing Crews Pivot to Signed RMM Binaries to Slip Past Endpoint Defenses
Attackers are increasingly weaponizing legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) tools as the payload of choice in phishing campaigns. Because products
Polymarket's Oracle Problem: Hairdryers on Weather Sensors and Insider Bets
Prediction market Polymarket lets users wager on real-world events, but the platform's reliance on external truth sources is becoming an attack surface. Verific