Alexander Culafi is a Cybersecurity Reporter at Dark Reading. He specializes in topics related to cybersecurity, including cybercrime, data breaches, and network defense, while also sharing insights on video games through his podcasts. His work has been featured in TechTarget, IoT World Today, and Dark Reading.
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Alexander Culafi's coverage mainly focuses on cybersecurity, particularly topics such as ransomware, data breaches, and zero-day flaws. He appears to value expert commentary and relies significantly on government announcements and data citations.
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The White House's AI executive order establishes voluntary framework for early government access to frontier models while investing in federal security.
A newly discovered, critical zero-day vulnerability is under attack; a Qilin ransomware affiliate has been blamed for at least one incident.
"Ghost-Sender" uses Exchange Online or on-premises in hybrid mode with a third-party mail server or spam filter to achieve this level of spoofing.
Bug bounty research inadvertently led organizations to believe they were being breached through their ServiceNow instances.
Initial methods suggest attackers had likely mapped out Ivanti's asset landscape upfront and acted quickly once the exploit became public.
Stay cool: Mythos 5 is an upgrade over Mythos Preview while Fable 5 is Mythos "made safe for general use," Anthropic explained.
The critical, three-stage attack is now patched, but it's part of a new group of AI prompt-injection issues that use hidden URLs and other variables.
An open letter signed by dozens of security experts asked the government to reverse export restrictions on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models.
And one of those basics is focusing on sectors where a ransomware disruption creates immediate pressure to pay up, like with healthcare.
The threat group's curious business model may combine opportunistic monetization alongside intel collection, without much coordination between the two.
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