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.

'AgentCorruption' Puts AWS Environments At Risk With Single Prompt

A now-patched vulnerability in AWS Bedrock AgentCore could allow an attacker to use one AI chatbot to take over an organization's entire fleet.

Venezuelan Cartel's Malware Honcho Nabbed for ATM Jackpotting

The first cybercriminal to ever make the FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" list allegedly infused Tren de Aragua's violent criminal operations with cash.

Russian Spies Give 'MatchBoil' Malware a Stealthy Facelift

Cyber-espionage actor UAC-0099 has been steadily refining its flagship dropper in campaigns targeting Ukrainian organizations.

Australian Gov't Weighs Mandatory AI Incident Reporting

In the wake of an agentic attack against its own Medicare systems, Australia's government is feeling out what regulations might look like for frontier AI companies.