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Sean Plankey Dodges Election Security Questions in Senate Confirmation Hearing
Sean Plankey, a former Energy Department and National Security Council cybersecurity official, faced tough questions from lawmakers about President Donald Trump's false claims of voting machine vulnerabilities and election fraud in the 2020 election during his Thursday confirmation hearing.

CEO Hitesh Sheth: New AI Offerings Boost Efficiency, Address Modern Network Needs
President and CEO Hitesh Sheth details how Vectra AI uses triage, stitching and prioritization agents to enhance SOC performance and curb alert fatigue. The network detection and response vendor is expanding AI Analyst via AWS Bedrock and integrations with Zscaler and CrowdStrike.

The Critical Disciples of Incident Response and Crisis Management in Cybersecurity
If you're looking for a career that lets you serve your community and protect critical systems, cybersecurity may be right for you. It offers more than just technical work. It's a crisis discipline and increasingly, one of the most vital roles in disaster resilience.

Experts Warn White House AI Action Plan Could Prioritize Deregulation Over Security
The Trump administration pledged Wednesday an offensive against "red tape" hindering artificial intelligence developers in federal and state governments while vowing to ensure that such systems are objective "rather than pursue social engineering agendas."

Healthcare Providers Are Among Dozens of Entities Hit Since Gang Emerged in 2024
U.S. authorities are warning of threats posed by double-extortion gang Interlock, which has been hitting an assortment of businesses across many industries, including healthcare and other critical infrastructure sectors, with a ransomware variant first seen in September 2024.

Series D Raise Targets Security Automation, Trust Centers and Zero-Touch Reviews
With $150 million in new Series D funding at a $4.15 billion valuation, Vanta plans to accelerate its AI-powered trust platform across new markets including government compliance. The company’s tools automate evidence collection, risk management and policy enforcement in real time.

OpenAI's New Agent Automates Tasks, Amid Limits and Privacy Concerns
OpenAI's new ChatGPT Agent can code, browse and send email. The agent excels at tightly scoped, well-structured workflows, such as finding names, drafting content or automating click-heavy tasks, but struggles with ambiguity, creativity or judgment-heavy assignments.

Newly Appointed Advisory Group to Support NIS2 and CRA Implementation Across Europe
Beginning Aug. 1, European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, ENISA, will launch a new Advisory Group composed of 26 independent experts to help guide the EU’s cybersecurity strategy through 2027. Their work will support the rollout of the NIS2 Directive and the Cyber Resilience Act.

Apple, US Took Hard Line Against British Demand
The U.K. government is reportedly set to reverse course on requiring smartphone giant Apple to give police access to device data stored as backups in the California company's cloud service. "The Home Office is basically going to have to back down," a British official said.

Ball to Succeed Todd Wilkinson, Expand Digital Identity Strategy, Tech Integration
Tony Ball, the incoming CEO of Entrust, plans to shift the company's digital identity strategy beyond onboarding to support full life cycle use cases. He also plans to expand Entrust's post-quantum efforts and streamline customer delivery under one platform.

Researchers Find Flaws in Tridium Niagara Framework
Vulnerabilities in Honeywell smart building middleware could allow hackers to manipulate physical systems or disable security alarms, warn security researchers. Hackers would already need access to the network. An attack would also depend on the Tridium Niagara customer not encrypting Syslog data.

Huntress's Kyle Hanslovan Warns of MFA Bypass, Rogue Apps, Fake Device Enrollments
Cybercriminals are bypassing MFA using session tokens and rogue app access, with shadow workflows enabling persistent inbox theft against SMBs. Huntress offers behavioral training and managed identity response to SMBs for real protection not just more alerts, says CEO Kyle Hanslovan.

Early Hacktivists Laid the Blueprint for Chinese Hacking
There's a reason why many of the same tools appear time and time again in Chinese nation-state hacking: A first-generation of hackers who grew up together online and continue to swap techniques to this day. A report shows the influence of the so-called "Red 40".

Alpha Wellness Says 'Devastating' Incident Forced Closure of Georgia-Based Center
Another small medical care provider has shut its doors forever as the result of a recent "devastating" cyberattack. Georgia-based Alpha Wellness & Alpha Medical Centre has permanently pulled the plug on its operations following a data theft attack by cybercriminal gang RansomHub.

Experts Say Critical Infrastructure Sectors Have Made Little Cybersecurity Progress
Panelists told the House subcommittee on cybersecurity and infrastructure protection that U.S. critical infrastructure sectors have made few cyber improvements over the last 15 years despite fears of retaliation following digital and physical attacks on Iranian nuclear sites.

But Hacking Groups of All Stripes Now Have Access to Exploit Code, Researchers Warn
Microsoft said an attack campaign targeting zero-day vulnerabilities in on-premises SharePoint servers appears to have begun by July 7, tied to three Chinese hack groups. With proof-of-concept exploit code now in the wild, security experts said hackers of all stripes have joined the fray.

Labour Government Also Backs Ransomware Payment Clearance and Reporting
The British government vowed Tuesday to proceed with a proposed ransomware payment ban for critical infrastructure organizations such as the National Health Service and to press forward on a mandate for other businesses to notify authorities in advance of paying out a ransom.

Report Urges Indo-Pacific Cyber Shield Strategy Amid Increased Nation-State Threats
A Center for a New American Security study found China and North Korea are accelerating cyberattacks, influence operations and infrastructure breaches across the Indo-Pacific, as researchers urge the U.S. to help develop a regional cyber shield, and deploy forward cyber teams.