Ransomware negotiators dish on being in a ‘moral gray zone,’ unrestricted by accountability or industrywide rules of engagement.
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The voluntary framework would provide legal clarity to third-party AI researchers, including those who study safety and other “unexpected” AI behaviors.
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The legislation also includes mandates on election security funding and CISA staff levels, as well as an extension of a state and local cyber grant program.
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The rise of malicious bots is changing how the internet operates, underscoring the need for stronger safeguards that keep humans firmly in control. Bots now account for more than half of global web traffic, and a new class of “predator bots” has emerged, unleashing self-learning programs that adapt in real time, mimic human behavior, and […]
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Authorities linked the 40-year-old to multiple crimes by tracing the email address he used for a cybercrime forum to the same account he used to apply for a U.S. visa in 2016.
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In a scathing opinion, Judge David Carter called the federal government’s demands for unredacted voter data “unprecedented and illegal.”
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“If I’m confirmed for this, I think my role is to be objective about that as that comes up, or if it continues to come up as a topic,” Rudd said.
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A researcher who discovered the vulnerability said it was fixed in December, after he first reported it to the agency in September.
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Americans are learning to “trust the citations” in AI-generated answers—but AI doesn’t reward credibility, it rewards access.
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ANCHOR will restart conversations between government and industry around critical infrastructure security, with some changes around liability and other areas.
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The botnet took an unusual path by abusing residential proxy networks, allowing it to control an untapped collection of unofficial Android TV devices.
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an investigation Wednesday into xAI over allegations that its artificial intelligence model Grok is being used to create nonconsensual sexually explicit images of women and children on a large scale, marking the latest escalation in regulatory efforts to address AI-generated deepfakes. The California investigation focuses on Grok’s “spicy mode,” […]
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It’s the latest batch of revelations about what makes the Intellexa-made spyware stand out from competitors.
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The service became a prolific tool for cybercriminals in the past year, as it facilitated thousands of attacks involving credential theft, account takeovers, mass phishing and payment diversion fraud.
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President Donald Trump resubmitted his nomination Tuesday after it stalled in the Senate last year.
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Researchers said the information disclosure zero-day exposes sensitive information that attackers can use to undermine defenses and make other exploits more reliable.
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A Trump administration official endorsed a slate of congressional bills Tuesday targeting cybersecurity in the energy sector while touting the office’s new emphasis on AI-driven cyber defenses. Meanwhile, Democratic members repeatedly pressed him over the cybersecurity and reliability impacts from thousands of job cuts that have taken place at the Department of Energy over the […]
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A House hearing weighed the pros and cons from the Trump administration and some lawmakers to step up cyber offensive operations.
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The company says it has no evidence the bug was exploited before October’s patch, but researchers say AI agent configuration can still enable prompt-injection style abuse.
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CrowdStrike announced Tuesday an agreement to acquire Seraphic Security, a browser runtime security provider, in a move that signals growing recognition among cybersecurity firms that traditional protective measures have failed to keep pace with how employees actually work. The acquisition, expected to close during CrowdStrike’s first fiscal quarter of 2027, will integrate Seraphic’s browser-level protection […]
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