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June 26, 2025

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TOP STORY

Millions of Brother Printers Hit by Critical, Unpatchable Bug‎‎

A slew of vulnerabilities, including a critical CVSS 9.8 that enables an attacker to generate the default admin password, affect hundreds of printer, scanner, and label-maker models made by manufacturer Brother.‎‎

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Dire Wolf Ransomware Comes Out Snarling, Bites Technology, Manufacturing‎‎

The emerging group has already gotten its teeth into 16 victims since May with its double extortion tactics, claiming victims in 11 countries, including the US, Thailand, and Taiwan.‎‎

Hundreds of MCP Servers Expose AI Models to Abuse, RCE‎‎

The servers that connect AI with real-world data are occasionally wide-open channels for cyberattacks.‎‎

XOR Marks the Flaw in SAP GUI‎‎

The company has patched two vulnerabilities in its Graphical User Interface that would have allowed attackers to grab data from a user's input history feature.‎‎

And Now Malware That Tells AI to Ignore It?‎‎

Though rudimentary and largely non-functional, the wryly named "Skynet" binary could be a harbinger of things to come on the malware front.‎‎

DR GLOBAL

Charming Kitten APT Tries Spying on Israeli Cybersecurity Experts‎

Israel's cyber pros are having to put theory into practice, as a notorious nation-state APT sponsored by Iran targets them with spear-phishing attacks.‎

DR TECHNOLOGY

Taming Agentic AI Risks Requires Securing Non-Human Identities‎

As the definition of machine identities broadens, AI agents working on behalf of the user and gaining access to various services blurs the lines of non-human identities even more.‎

THE EDGE

Cloud Repatriation Driven by AI, Cost, and Security‎

Organizations are moving away from the public cloud and embracing a more hybrid approach due to big changes over the last five years.‎

PODCAST

CISA Is Shrinking: What Does It Mean for Cyber?

Dark Reading Confidential Episode 7: Cyber experts Tom Parker and Jake Williams offer their views on the practical impact of cuts to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

VIRTUAL EVENT

Strategic Security for the Modern Enterprise

Today's virtual event starts at 11 Eastern: As the cyber threat landscape evolves, so must the strategies and technologies to protect sensitive data in the enterprise. Zero trust and SASE approaches to securing networks are all the rage, so how do you harness them to fortify your environment? In this virtual event, we'll explore these security strategies as well as next-generation threat detection.