Dark Reading

Cybersecurity Predictions 2026: An AI Arms Race and Malware Autonomy

It’s that season once again. The time in which all cybersecurity prognosticators and armchair analysts get on their feet, pound the pulpits, and decry that they know what is coming in the next ...
Homeland Security Today

CISA and Partners Release Update to Malware Analysis Report

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency, and Canadian Centre for Cyber Security have released an update to the Malware Analysis Report BRICKSTORM Backdoor ...
9to5Mac

MacSync Stealer variant finds a way to bypass Apple malware protections

We’ve recently seen how ChatGPT was used to trick Mac users into installing MacStealer, and now a different tactic has been found to persuade users to install a version of MacSync Stealer. The Mac ...
IEEE

Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) for Malware Analysis: A Survey of Techniques, Applications, and Open Challenges

Abstract: Machine learning (ML) has rapidly advanced in recent years, revolutionizing fields such as finance, medicine, and cybersecurity. In malware detection, ML-based approaches have demonstrated ...
CSOonline

Polymorphic AI malware exists — but it’s not what you think

We are either at the dawn of AI-driven malware that rewrites itself on the fly, or we are seeing vendors and threat actors exaggerate its capabilities. Recent Google and MIT Sloan reports reignited ...
Bleeping Computer

CISA warns of Chinese "BrickStorm" malware attacks on VMware servers

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned network defenders of Chinese hackers backdooring VMware vSphere servers with Brickstorm malware. In a joint malware analysis ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Comprehensive Performance Bound and Bottleneck Analysis Of Neuromorphic Accelerators (Harvard, Politecnico di Torino, Intel et al.)

A new technical paper titled “Modeling and Optimizing Performance Bottlenecks for Neuromorphic Accelerators” was published by researchers at Harvard University, Politecnico di Torino, Intel, LMU ...
ZDNet

I let Gemini Deep Research dig through my Gmail and Drive - here's what it uncovered

Gemini's Deep Research can now work with your Google files. You can connect to Gmail, Search, Google Drive, and Google Chat. Deep Research will then consult the sources and compile a report. I often ...
Ars Technica

5 AI-developed malware families analyzed by Google fail to work and are easily detected

Google on Wednesday revealed five recent malware samples that were built using generative AI. The end results of each one were far below par with professional malware development, a finding that shows ...
TechRepublic

Gmail-Linked Credentials Exposed in Massive Breach

A dataset of 183 million credentials surfaced online, exposing users and raising new security concerns for businesses. This includes many Gmail users. Image: Unsplash If you use Gmail for work, ...
InfoWorld

Self-propagating worm found in marketplaces for Visual Studio Code extensions

Treat this as an immediate security incident, CISOs advised; researchers say it’s one of the most sophisticated supply chain attacks they’ve seen, and it’s spreading. A month after a self-propagating ...