Prominent Ransomware Negotiator Faces Extortion Charges

Edward Dubrovsky, a longtime cybersecurity executive, was arrested and charged in Pennsylvania last week under conspiracy to extort money.

No Identity, No Recovery: Cyber Resilience Starts With IAM

The proliferation of enterprise apps and the centrality of cloud identity providers requires an identity security rethink.

Passing the Baton: Dark Reading Names New Editor-in-Chief

Fahmida Y Rashid will keep the momentum going as she leads Dark Reading.

ASOS Breach Reveals the Risks in Customer-Facing SaaS

The attack on the British retailer shows that compromising a single identity can lead to much deeper penetration of the corporate network.

AI Scramble Drives Cybersecurity M&A Boom

Welcome to another gangbuster year for strategic M&A activity in cyber, with 117 deals announced in the latest quarter. What's different: Many of the buyers are not your typical cybersecurity firms.

What We Missed: FBI Strikes Back at ShinyHunters

In this video conversation, Dark Reading editors discuss some of the news they didn't get a chance to cover, from the arrest of a suspected ShinyHunters operative to the compromise of a Pentagon-run data center.

Social Engineering AI Agents: The New BEC for 2026

As AI agents gain authority over business systems, attackers can manipulate them like business email compromise (BEC) victims.