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A top FBI cyber official said Salt Typhoon, the Chinese cyber espionage group behind the widespread compromise of U.S. telecommunications infrastructure in 2024, continues to pose a broad threat to both America’s private and public sectors. Michael Machtinger, deputy assistant director for cyber intelligence at the FBI, touted improved partnerships between the telecommunications industry and […]

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A department official speaking at CyberTalks said HHS is trying to help the sector on finding where those risks are.

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Alexandra Seymour also talked about cyber workforce goals, including emulating Israel’s Unit 8200.

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A “precision cyber strike” makes for a clean narrative. The available evidence in the wake of the operation suggests something harder to label – and harder to learn from.

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Matthew Akande was living in Mexico when he and at least three co-conspirators broke into the networks of tax preparation firms and filed more than 1,000 fraudulent tax returns seeking tax refunds.

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A former federal election official says the FBI's affidavit justifying last month's Fulton County raid misrepresented basic election facts, despite the agency's claims having already been investigated and debunked by Georgia officials. 

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Google researchers said Chinese attackers have been exploiting a zero-day since mid-2024, and they’ve moved on to a more advanced version of Brickstorm malware called Grimbolt.

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The 47-year-old man, who was not identified, faces up to five years in prison for producing, obtaining and sharing computer programs used to conduct cyberattacks.

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The company says it will integrate Koi’s technology into its security offerings to improve visibility into AI-driven activity on workplace devices.

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Trillions in AI infrastructure face systemic failure unless security begins at the chip and ends with the grid.

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Palo Alto Network’s incident response firm said identity-based attacks are exploding as poor security controls stretch across a widening mosaic of integrated tools and systems.

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The research lab says forensic evidence suggests the phone-cracking technology was used against Boniface Mwangi after his July arrest.

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Proofpoint is snapping up the startup to solve the industry’s newest headache: knowing what your autonomous AI is actually doing.

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The vendor said the memory-corruption defect was exploited to target specific people, but it did not describe the objectives of the attack.

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The research underscores how AI tools have matured in their cyber offensive capabilities, even as it doesn’t reveal novel or paradigm shifting uses of the technology.

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One industry official told CyberScoop the town halls are probably not what CIRCIA needs right now.

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Most signs suggest the group is running a massive hoax by claiming hundreds of initial victims, but at least some of the threat 0APT poses is grounded in truth backed by proven capabilities.

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Acting Director Madhu Gottumukkala said it could affect everything from responding to threats to finalizing CIRCIA regulations.

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AI apps are making their way into healthcare. It’s not clear that rigorous data security or privacy practices will be part of the package.

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The MEGA Act and SAVE Act would dramatically transform U.S. election laws in a quest to curb election fraud. Audits and experts say improprieties are extremely rare.  

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