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Research is the systematic study of technologies, systems, attack methods, vulnerabilities, and defensive techniques to establish evidence and produce new findings. In information security, it includes work such as discovering flaws in software or protocols, analyzing malware and attacker behavior, testing cryptographic designs, and evaluating security controls. News under this tag may describe a proof of concept, a measurement study, or a proposed technique rather than a confirmed real-world attack.
For practitioners, research can change how risks are prioritized and mitigated. A demonstrated vulnerability may require vulnerability-management teams to verify affected assets, apply fixes, or add compensating controls; responsible disclosure gives developers time to assess and remediate before technical details enable exploitation. Research involving live systems, personal data, or offensive tooling also raises privacy, authorization, dual-use, and ethical concerns. Sound findings should state their assumptions, scope, limitations, and reproducibility, since laboratory results do not automatically show that an attack is practical in every environment.
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Cybersecurity researchers tested Open AI GPT 5.5’s offensive cyber capabilities – and the results showed how effective a frontier LLM can be for hackers
Research of incidents by Sophos finds that phishing, brute force attacks and other identity-based threats have surpassed software vulnerabilities as means of delivering ransomware
Researchers at Jamf Threat Labs detail CrashStealer, which steals passwords, cryptocurrency wallets and more
New research reveals cyber-attackers can spoof OAuth Client IDs in Microsoft Entra ID, creating a stealthy path into cloud environments
Researchers at the AI Now Institute developed a proof-of-concept exploit showing common AI tools used for security could backfire
Cybersecurity researchers at ESET identify big rise in suspicious and malicious toolsets which put users at risk from cyber-attacks
Check Point researchers have identified a new cyber adversary targeting Israeli government and IT businesses, tracked as ‘Cavern Manticore’
Researchers have revealed JadePuffer, the first agentic AI-powered ransomware campaign, highlighting how autonomous agents can automate cyber-attacks
The ransomware landscape is reconsolidating around major players, with Qilin emerging as the leading RaaS operation, researchers say
Researchers warn that collaboration could lead to “unprecedented” ransomware attacks, as FBI also issues warning
Bitdefender researchers warned of curious ransomware campaign which has targeted businesses around the world
Analysis of ransomware incidents by researchers at Black Kite found that attacks have risen by over 50% in the last year, with supply chain attacks increasing
LayerX tricked AI browsers including ChatGPT Atlas and Comet into bypassing their guardrails
North Korean threat actor Sapphire Sleet has been linked to a supply chain attack targeting Mastra, according to Microsoft security researchers
Tenet Security researchers reveal how new “agentjacking” attacks could trick coding agents into executing arbitrary code
Menlo Security research warns that as enterprise applications become increasingly browser based, traditional cybersecurity tools leave them vulnerable to cyber threats
OWASP’s new Agentic Research Council will aim to connect academic work to operational realities on agentic AI security
From a research-driven pilot, the Cybersecurity Communities of Support (CyCOS) is about to be handed over to CIISec
China-linked Webworm APT expands beyond Asia, targeting European government organizations and refining its cyber espionage tactics, according to ESET research