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Exclusive: bipartisan bill would develop federal guidance for distillation attacks, convene industry on defensive cyber

7h ago

eMudhra kills its certificate business after researchers cracked its private keys in under a second

9h ago

Encryption isn’t enough to protect data wherever it goes

14h ago

Microsoft pins ConnectWise supply-chain attack to China-state aligned threat group

Wed

Prepare yourselves: PHP to release emergency fixes for 2 critical vulnerabilities

Wed

Philippines-based American pleads guilty to running expansive fraud scheme targeting US servicemembers

Tue

Nigerian sentenced to 8 years for long-running tax business hacking and fraud scheme

Tue

Russian GRU hackers hit NATO shipbuilder, aircraft engine maker, law enforcement agency in espionage campaign

Tue

ConnectWise customers hit by supply-chain attack linked to compromised API secret

Tue

DOJ escalates fight for election supremacy with California raids

Tue

Wyden seeks adoption of encryption tech at hundreds of federal agencies to protect visitors’ sensitive traffic

Mon

DHS to ban DeepSeek from federal civilian agencies

Mon

Spyware found on devices belonging to prominent Serbian critics as elections loom

Mon

Federal agencies recommend cyber controls, independent testing for frontier AI systems

Sat

Prolific Chinese espionage group exploits BeyondTrust zero-day

Fri

Cybersecurity incident at BAE Systems disrupts US bankruptcy court system

Fri

Proofpoint to buy Varonis for $6.3 billion

Thu

The next election influence campaign will target your AI chatbot

Thu

AdFection: How mercenary spyware invades victims’ devices through targeted advertising

Thu

Authorities charge alleged OLVX cybercrime marketplace operator in North Macedonia

Oct 14

Microsoft drops an actively exploited zero-day among record high of 1,413 vulnerabilities

Oct 14

Senators press Trump admin to rally federal government around AI safety, security

Oct 14

Microsoft and partners disrupt vast Chinese-language phishing kit ecosystem

Oct 14

Ivanti misses opportunity to fix vulnerability before attackers got to work and made it a zero-day

Oct 13

DOJ charges 14 over a sprawling North Korean remote work scheme

Oct 13

FTC says ‘sextortion’ protection companies deceived customers about services

Oct 13

West African scammers targeted in joint international government-industry operation

Oct 13

Flock can now issue CVEs for its own products. Should we trust it?

Oct 12

IonQ to buy zero-trust security firm Elisity in deal valued at up to $1.3 billion

Oct 12

Your AI agent is only as safe as the packages it downloads

Oct 12

Canadian cybersecurity executive arrested in federal extortion case

Oct 10

Leader of 764 pleads guilty, faces up to 30 years in prison

Oct 8

Anthropic rolls out program for ‘long-term commitment’ to secure critical infrastructure, open source software

Oct 8

DOJ, FBI seize Flax Typhoon-linked hacking tools Microscan, FishHub

Oct 8

Ransomware recovery CEO indicted after allegedly paying hackers and pocketing millions

Oct 8

OpenAI says Iran, Russia used AI journalists, think tanks to influence Western media

Oct 8

Quantum computers could break today’s encryption. Washington needs to prepare now.

Oct 8