While tech leaders think about how to strategically deploy AI tools to support human intelligence needs, rank and filers express concerns about their livelihoods.
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Greg Barbaccia told CyberScoop that Anthropic's Mythos shows real promise for federal cyber defense, but warns that laboratory results and live network conditions are two very different things.
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She replaces Rep. Eric Swalwell following his resignation, giving her the position of ranking member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
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The increase is being driven by powerful privacy laws in states like California, new interstate partnerships and a renewed focus on the privacy impacts of AI and automation.
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Xu Zewei was allegedly directed by China’s intelligence services to conduct a sweeping espionage campaign to steal data on COVID-19 research and other U.S. policy interests.
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A ruling could come this summer in Chatrie v. United States, which could have bigger ramifications about the scope of government surveillance.
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Sens. Maggie Hassan and Jim Banks wrote to Navigate360 after a hacker claimed to compromise the school safety tool.
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Some attackers, which researchers link to The Com, have swatted company executives to increase leverage and pressure victims to pay their ransom demands.
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An April 30 deadline is looming to extend expiring Section 702 powers, and the newest legislation to re-up it is drawing fire from the left and right.
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The company said it found more evidence of compromise across its customer base. Exposure, which has yet to be defined, poses significant downstream risk.
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Investigators found the malware, dubbed Firestarter, on a federal agency's network in a campaign dating back to at least September 2025.
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ZionSiphon was designed to find and sabotage Israelis’ water supply. An OT expert said it appears to be ineffective and the work of amateurs using AI.
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Researchers said it’s the first-ever mapping of attack traffic to mobile operator signalling infrastructure.
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The joint warning describes a major tactical shift by Chinese-linked hackers and lays out what organizations should do about it.
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Plankey had been waiting for more than a year, prompting the request to withdraw him as the one tapped to lead an agency now in further upheaval.
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Experts say the federal legislation takes inspiration from states laws in Virginia and Kentucky, but a lack of bipartisan support could spell trouble.
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Chatrie v. United States asks whether a single warrant can justify a location-data dragnet — and what “probable cause” means when the search starts with basically everyone nearby.
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When attackers can discover and exploit vulnerabilities in minutes, last quarter's audit doesn't mean much. CISOs need to shift from static measurement to real-time awareness -- and fast.
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Angelo Martino helped accomplices extort a combined $75.3 million in ransom payments from five victim companies.
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Tyler Robert Buchanan “was the glue that held this gang together,” a cybercrime researcher said. He faces up to 22 years in federal prison.
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