Halcyon’s Cynthia Kaiser lifts the lid on the dark web market for AI cybercrime tools
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AI, Global Security News
Beyond Assume-Breach: How AI-Native Security Will Reshape Enterprise Defense
Twenty years after Dark Reading launched, we’re looking ahead at what’s next for enterprise security. Spoiler: It’s hyper-segmented, AI-orchestrated, and way more sophisticated than your dad’s firewall.
Cybersecurity, Global Security News
Name That Toon: Mark of (Cybersecurity) Progress
As part of Dark Reading’s 20th anniversary package, we asked readers for a cybersecurity-related caption that captures their thoughts about the industry’s last two decades.
Cybersecurity, Global Security News
Cybersecurity Evolution: How We Went From Perimeter Defense to AI-Native Security
The cybersecurity industry of 2006 barely resembled today’s billion-dollar behemoth. As part of Dark Reading’s 20th anniversary celebration, we trace the industry’s evolution through a technology lens.
Global Security News
Remembering Tim Wilson, Whose Legacy Lives on at Dark Reading
The co-founder and former editor-in-chief passed away five years ago in November. As Dark Reading enters is third decade, we pause to celebrate and honor Wilson’s instrumental role in building and elevating the media site.
Global Security News
Most dark web activity revolves around a handful of topics
Dark web activity often becomes visible during marketplace seizures, major data leaks, or sudden spikes in criminal activity. Those events can create an impression of an ecosystem where attention shifts quickly and new trends regularly replace old ones. A six-year dataset covering more than 25,000 dark web sites tracked what people discussed in underground forums…
AI, Data Breaches, Global Security News
Looking Back, Looking Forward: Digesting a Dynamic Bouillabaisse of Cyber Evolution
Dark Reading editors reflect on two decades of dramatic change — from perimeter defense to assume-breach strategies — and warn that while AI, cloud, and COVID-19 have transformed the threat landscape, organizations are still failing at fundamental security hygiene that could stop sophisticated attacks in their tracks.
Global Security News
Suspected Dream Market kingpin arrested after gold bars sent to his home address
Lesson one for aspiring dark web kingpins: don’t have your laundered gold bars shipped to your home address. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
AI, Global Security News
US charges suspected Dream Market admin arrested in Germany
The alleged main administrator of Dream Market Incognito Market, one of the largest dark web marketplaces before its shutdown, has been indicted in the United States on money laundering charges. […]
Global Security News
Slovakian Admin of Dark Web Kingdom Market Jailed for 16 Years in US
A Slovakian administrator tied to the dark web Kingdom Market received a 16 year US prison sentence for drug trafficking and cybercrime activity.
Global Security News, Risk Management
20 Leaders Who Built the CISO Era: 2 Decades of Change
As part of Dark Reading’s 20th anniversary special coverage, we profile the CISOs, founders, researchers, criminals, and policymakers who rewrote the enterprise risk playbook.
Global Security News, Network Security
Police Shut Relaunched Crimenetwork Dark Web Marketplace
Spanish police have arrested the suspected administrator of German dark web marketplace Crimenetwork
Global Security News
One Missed Threat Per Week: What 25M Alerts Reveal About Low-Severity Risk
The dark secret of enterprise security operations is that defenders have quietly institutionalized the practice of not looking. This is not just anecdotal, but rather backed by a recent report investigating more than 25 million security alerts, including informational and low-severity, across live enterprise environments. The dataset behind these findings includes 10 million monitored
Global Security News
Has CISA Finally Found Its New Leader in Tom Parker?
Dark Reading investigates rumors that Tom Parker, a board room ‘operator’ and longtime cyber exec, could be next in line to take over CISA.
Global Security News, Risk Management
From Stuxnet to ChatGPT: 20 News Events That Shaped Cyber
As part of Dark Reading’s 20th anniversary celebration, its staff looks back on 20 of the biggest newmaking events from the past two decades that shaped our industry and the risk landscape for today’s security teams.
Global Security News
How the Story of a USB Penetration Test Went Viral
Two decades ago Dark Reading posted its first blockbuster — a story from a pen tester who sprinkled rigged thumb drives around a credit union parking lot and let curious employees do the rest. This episode looks back at the history-making column with its author Steve Stasiukonis, Dark Reading senior editor Becky Bracken, and Dark…
Global Security News
Microsoft tests modern Windows Run, says it’s faster than legacy dialog
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 is getting a new modern Run dialog with dark mode support and faster performance in a new preview build. […]
Global Security News
20 Years in Cyber: Dark Reading Marks Milestone With Month of Special Coverage
On this day in 2006, Dark Reading went live. We have a celebration planned that spans our two decades of covering the industry, and you, dear readers, are invited.
AI, Global Security News, Risk Management
The Android dark mode upgrade you deserve
Love it or hate it, Android’s dark mode has one foundational flaw — an oversight in how it operates that keeps it from being a truly useful option for enhancing how you view your favorite phone’s display. As it stands now, dark mode — the system-level setting that switches the overall Android interface and also…
Cybersecurity, Global Security News
RSAC 2026: How AI Is Reshaping Cybersecurity Faster Than Ever
Dark Reading’s Kelly Jackson Higgins shares insights on the past, present, and future of cybersecurity after attending RSAC 2026 Conference.
AI, Global Security News
LatAm’s Self-Taught Cyber Talent Overlooked Amid Cyberattack Glut
A newly released study exclusively shared with Dark Reading details the unique circumstances that make up Latin America’s labor pool, and why organizations may want to expand their talent search.
AI, Global Security News
AI and Quantum Are Forcing a Rethink of Digital Trust
In a conversation with Dark Reading’s Terry Sweeney, DigiCert CEO Amit Sinha explains how AI-driven identities and quantum threats are reshaping the foundations of digital trust.
AI, Global Security News
Dark Web Market Lists Alleged 375TB Lockheed Martin Data for $600M
A dark web market known as Threat Market is listing 375TB of Lockheed Martin data, which it claims was provided by a group calling itself ‘APT Iran.’
china, Global Security News, Network Security
Police Shut Down 373,000 Dark Web Sites in Single-Operator CSAM Network
Police shut down 373K dark web sites in a one-man CSAM and cybercrime network run by a 35-year-old man in China, with global probe ongoing.
AI, china, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
International police Operation Alice take down 373,000 dark web sites exploiting children
Operation Alice: Police dismantle a massive dark web network with 373,000 fake sites luring users seeking child sexual abuse material. An international law enforcement operation, code named Operation Alice, shut down one of the largest dark web scams, uncovering over 373,000 fake sites tricking users seeking child sexual abuse content. The operation, first investigated in…
Global Security News, Risk Management
Fideo Intelligence enhances dark web monitoring capabilities to reduce payment fraud
Fideo Intelligence announced an expansion of its dark web monitoring and threat intelligence capabilities to help financial institutions, fintech companies, payment service providers (PSPs), and merchants detect fraud earlier and reduce payment risk. As payment credentials, identity data, and fraud tactics spread across hidden forums and encrypted channels, organizations face rising pressure to detect compromise…
Global Security News, malware
Dark Reading Confidential: This Threat Hunter Helped Cops Bust Up An African Cybercrime Syndicate
Dark Reading Confidential Episode 15: Interpol relied on Will Thomas and team to help break up a sprawling cybercrime ring, leading to the arrest of 574 suspects, the recovery of more than $3 million, and the decryption of six malware variants. Here’s his story.
AI, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
The OpenClaw Hype: Analysis of Chatter from Open-Source Deep and Dark Web
OpenClaw has sparked heavy Telegram and dark web chatter, but Flare’s data shows more research hype than mass exploitation. Flare explains how its telemetry found real supply-chain risk in the skills marketplace, yet limited signs of large-scale criminal operationalization. […]
AI, Global Security News, malware
Arkanix Stealer pops up as short-lived AI info-stealer experiment
An information-stealing malware operation named Arkanix Stealer, promoted on multiple dark web forums towards the end of 2025, was likely developed as an AI-assisted experiment. […]
AI, Global Security News
Digital Gold for Predators: Tenable Expert Warns of AI-Powered “Dark Age” for Romance Scams Ahead of Valentine’s Day
GUEST OPINION: Romance scams have entered a “dark age,” evolving from disorganised individual actors into a multi-billion-dollar criminal enterprise. According to the US Federal Trade Commission, investment scams, the primary “endgame” for romance fraud, resulted in $5.7 billion in losses in 2024, a figure experts believe is a conservative estimate.