OpenAI Agent Escape Causes Wikimedia Service Outage

Autonomous agents also tried to abuse other websites and services hosted by the foundation, using them as proxies for unauthorized activities.

ClickFix Attacks Evolve to Better Hide Malicious Payloads

Threat actors are now hiding payloads by using DNS TXT records and browser cache pre-fetching, making it tougher to spot early attack stages.

IANS' Kakolowski: How AI Is Reshaping CISO Budgets & Security Teams

In this video interview, Nick Kakolowski, senior director for CISO research at IANS, talks AI: budgets, ROI, and changes inside security teams.

'BigDiskBuster' Leaves Microsoft Defender Running While Blocking Updates

Not quite an EDR-killer, but the proof-of-concept cyber technique creates a silent virus detection gap while service runs normally, no exploit required.

ClingSTUN Turns Vulnerable IoT Devices Into Proxy Nodes

The Linux backdoor exploits 24 known flaws to compromise IoT devices and uses legitimate public STUN servers to obscure communications.

Chinese Hackers Impersonate US Officials for AI Cyber Espionage

An emerging threat group known as TA419 established seemingly legitimate professional relationships with AI policy experts working for US think tanks, universities, and legal organizations.

Need for Speed: AI-Driven Attacks Are Changing Security Strategies

AI-powered attacks are fast, relentless, and automated. How security teams can keep up is top of mind, according to the latest Dark Reading reader poll.