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A Yemeni hacking group is eavesdropping on the phones of military personnel in the Middle East, the latest sign of how surveillance has gone mobile in conflicts across the world, researchers say. cyberscoop.com/researchers-...
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U.S. officials tracking efforts to meddle in American politics say that Russia continues to be the most active foreign power trying to influence voters, with the Kremlin once again preferring Donald Trump over his Democratic rival in November’s election. cyberscoop.com/us-intel-off...
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New legislation from a bipartisan pair of senators would create an interagency committee tasked with streamlining the country’s patchwork system of cybersecurity regulations if signed into law. cyberscoop.com/cybersecurit...
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An established cybercrime group with a track record of attacking political targets posted on Tuesday roughly two gigabytes of data from the Heritage Foundation, a prominent conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. cyberscoop.com/hackvists-re...
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The Department of Justice said Tuesday that it had seized a pair of internet domains and hundreds of social media accounts that authorities claim were part of a Russian-government bot farm that used AI to generate content aimed at meddling in American politics. cyberscoop.com/us-internati...
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Public comments for the latest iteration of the cyber incident reporting mandate for critical infrastructure reveal an industry that wants a scaled-back version of what is arguably the Biden administration’s most significant cyber regulation. cyberscoop.com/cisa-cyber-r...
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The Biden administration has looked to regulation to strengthen cybersecurity rules, but a Supreme Court ruling threatens that effort. cyberscoop.com/cybersecurit...
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It’s not often that an OpenSSH vulnerability is discovered, so when researchers at the cybersecurity firm Qualys revealed a flaw in the widely used secure communications protocol, it set the security community buzzing. cyberscoop.com/openssh-vuln...
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The Supreme Court handed a major, if partial, victory to tech companies this week by ruling that content moderation falls within the First Amendment rights of online platforms. cyberscoop.com/supreme-cour...
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Experts warned that Monday’s ruling hands former President Donald Trump a major victory to avoid accountability for efforts to stay in power after the 2020 election. cyberscoop.com/supreme-cour...
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The group behind the Predator spyware has become far less visible in its operations in recent months, a development that researchers say likely indicates that sanctions and exposure have dented the firm’s operations. cyberscoop.com/sanctioned-a...
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The Federal Communications Commission is pressing telecommunications carriers for more transparency around efforts to curb the use of voice-cloned robocalls that impersonate political candidates over their networks. cyberscoop.com/fcc-wants-ma...
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This one's been in the works for a bit. "Sanctioned and exposed, Predator spyware maker group has gone awfully quiet." cyberscoop.com/sanctioned-a...
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"while they continue to see some activity from the spyware maker, it has decreased following the imposition of sanctions and a series of embarrassing exposures."
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Selena Larson, Sr. Threat Intelligence Analyst at Proofpoint, delves into the shifting focus of cyberoperations. While state-backed hackers from Russia and China dominate headlines, the rise of e-crime groups poses an equally significant threat to our cyber safety.
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Experts and industry representatives told lawmakers at a Thursday hearing that U.S. businesses face obstacles in obtaining the cybersecurity insurance they need to hedge against the impact of breaches. cyberscoop.com/cyber-insura...
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A House panel abruptly canceled its plans Thursday to take action on a sweeping federal privacy bill amid disagreements with Republican leadership and opposition from key interest groups. cyberscoop.com/house-panel-...
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The Department of Homeland Security is “actively looking to streamline” the process for determining which of its cybersecurity jobs need clearances, the agency’s chief information officer said during a House hearing Wednesday. cyberscoop.com/homeland-sec...
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Lawmakers have a difficult needle to thread when they convene Thursday to mark up a landmark federal privacy proposal, legislation that represented a breakthrough when it was announced but that now faces new barriers to becoming law. cyberscoop.com/federal-priv...
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A federal grand jury in Maryland on Wednesday indicted a Russian who allegedly worked with his country’s military intelligence to attack targets in Ukraine ahead of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. cyberscoop.com/russian-nati...
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Supreme Court rejects effort to limit government communication on misinformation cyberscoop.com/supreme-cour...
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Chinese-linked cyberespionage campaigns are increasingly deploying ransomware as the final stage in operations to either make money, distract their adversaries or make it more difficult to attribute their work, researchers w/ SentinelLabs and Recorded Future said Wed. cyberscoop.com/chinese-hack...
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Deterring U.S. adversaries from attacking American infrastructure requires making clear that the United States can strike back in kind. cyberscoop.com/cyber-deterr...
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Heather Barnhart, SANS Institute fellow and digital forensics expert, joins #SafeMode to discuss a pressing issue: the rise of AI-generated sexual imagery and its impact on teens. Learn how families can combat sextortion and keep their children safe online. cyberscoop.com/radio/protec...
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A handful of major U.S. auto dealers said their business operations have been affected by a ransomware incident on the key software provider. cyberscoop.com/cdk-ransomwa...
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The Commerce Department will ban the cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs from selling its software to U.S. consumers, the latest move by the Biden administration to curtail the Russian company’s operations in the United States. cyberscoop.com/biden-admini...
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The activity highlights a rapidly evolving, aggressive cyberespionage operation that played out across Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, a Talos report says. cyberscoop.com/chinese-alig...
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The Department of Homeland Security plans on spending the next two years focusing on looming threats to critical infrastructure, including artificial intelligence, supply chain concerns, and the growing tension with the People’s Republic of China. cyberscoop.com/dhs-critical...
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Over the course of 20 years as an election administrator in Shasta County, Calif., Cathy Darling Allen oversaw nearly a dozen national election cycles and countless local races.
In February, she decided she’d had enough. cyberscoop.com/picketed-at-...
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How well critical infrastructure sectors are equipped to switch to manual operations in the event of a cyberattack would be assessed and reported to Congress under new legislation from a bipartisan pair of House lawmakers. cyberscoop.com/critical-inf...
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A more fragmented information ecosystem is making it more difficult to combat disinformation. cyberscoop.com/u-s-election...
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The Cybersecurity Clinics Grant Program Act aims to provide “high-potential paths” to cyber jobs at two-year colleges and minority-serving institutions.
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British national with possible links to high-profile phishing campaigns arrested in Spain
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Microsoft President Brad Smith faced sharp questions from lawmakers Thursday over the tech giant’s presence in China at a time when his company and U.S. infrastructure is coming under increasing attack by hackers linked to Beijing. cyberscoop.com/lawmakers-qu...
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Looking to build its incident response muscles before AI becomes an even greater threat, the federal government on Thursday held its first tabletop for the burgeoning technology, bringing in partners from across the country and abroad for the exercise. cyberscoop.com/cisa-ai-tabl...
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A congressional watchdog is sending a reminder to the White House that it has a long laundry list of cybersecurity regulations to address as the 2024 election draws near.
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Microsoft’s Brad Smith should prepare for ‘ritual punishment’ before House hearing
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This admin is packed to the brim with cybersecurity experts and strategies - leaving me to wonder why researchers were left to shoulder the "Recall" debacle themselves. My thoughts for @cyberscoop.bsky.social 👇
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Microsoft’s Recall puts the Biden administration’s cyber credibility on the line cyberscoop.com/microsoft-re...
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An ongoing Chinese-linked cyber espionage operation has successfully infiltrated “a significant number of victims” that include Western governments, international organizations and the defense industry, Dutch intelligence and security authorities said Monday. cyberscoop.com/chinese-cybe...
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As many as 165 organizations may be impacted by data exfiltration attacks targeting customers of the data storage firm Snowflake, Google’s Mandiant said Monday. cyberscoop.com/as-many-as-1...
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Microsoft on Friday said that it would make major changes to a recently announced AI product that relied on screenshots of users’ screens to make a searchable log of past activity, a move that comes after withering criticism from security researchers. cyberscoop.com/microsoft-ro...
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The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to advance a proposal to improve the security of a foundational routing protocol for the internet. cyberscoop.com/fcc-moves-ah...
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This week on Safe Mode, host Elias Groll deep dives into the evolving discipline of AI red-teaming with Josh Harguess, AI security chief at Cranium AI. Discover how this emerging field is crucial for ensuring the reliability and safety of AI systems.
🎧 Listen now: cyberscoop.com/radio/josh-h...
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A mysterious Israeli political marketing firm with little online presence is at the heart of a government-led information operation targeting the United States and Canada. cyberscoop.com/israel-influ...
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A CISA initiative to enhance collaboration between government and industry should avoid policy distractions, establish a physical meeting space and create a “smart Rolodex” for identifying potential partners, according to a CISA advisory panel. cyberscoop.com/panel-advise...
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Congress needs to step in on cybersecurity harmonization, White House official says
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Google, in coordination with the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics, granted 15 colleges, universities and community colleges up to $1 million each to create new cybersecurity clinics at campuses across the country.
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A key House panel has zeroed out funding for federal grants that would send tens of millions of dollars to state and local governments to improve the security of their election infrastructure, while slashing funds for the federal agency charged with disbursing them. cyberscoop.com/house-republ...
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The FCC is set to vote Thursday on advancing a proposal to improve security for a key component of the modern internet, a rule that eases some — but not all — of the criticisms of the agency’s previously stated plans for strengthening the Border Gateway Protocol. cyberscoop.com/fcc-vote-on-...
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