Trump allows private companies to conduct cyber operations against criminals
The new policy permits "Cyber Effects Operations," which involve manipulating, disrupting, or destroying information systems and networks.
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Pennsylvania budget boosts cybersecurity and digital services funding
The newly enacted budget allocates an additional $10 million for cybersecurity initiatives and $3.7 million for the Commonwealth Office of Digital Experience...
A bold new strategy or a dangerous precedent? Experts are divided on Trump’s memo.
The “philosophical shift” that the memo authorizes raises legal, practical and moral questions, experts say. The post A bold new strategy or a dangerous prec...
Tech contractor for Brightly Software sentenced to 2 years in prison for insider attack
Cameron Curry stole corporate data and employee information, which he used to threaten the company as his six-month contract gig came to a close. He ultimate...
Ukraine shuts down 94 fraudulent call centers, seize millions in cash
Authorities in Ukraine shut down 94 fraudulent call centers across the country that lured people into investment scams or tried to obtain access to bank acco...
The Breached WiFi AI Ports... What? - PSW #939
Akira hackers disable EDR with Safe Mode, steal data but fail to encrypt
An Akira ransomware affiliate disabled the endpoint detection and response (EDR) solution on a compromised system by restarting the machine into Safe Mode wi...
Taiwan confirms AI-assisted cyberattack on government systems
One expert said it's not the first AI-enabled attack on a government network -- it's the first one we've heard about.
GeoServer Zero-Day Targeted in Active Exploitation Attempts, Can Lead to RCE
A newly disclosed zero-day flaw in GeoServer is seeing active exploitation efforts, per watchTowr. The vulnerability, which has yet to be assigned a CVE iden...
ThreatsDay: GhostJacking AI Attacks, EtherHiding ClickFix, Cursor CLI Flaw + 17 More Stories
Some weeks have one big security story. Others bring many smaller updates that are easy to miss but still matter.
Hackers breach govt webmail while running parallel crypto fraud
The Jewelbug hacker group has been carrying out espionage operations targeting governments and militaries while also engaging in cryptocurrency fraud. [.
Adobe Commerce CVE-2026-71362 Comes Under Attack Shortly After Public Disclosure
Hackers began targeting a critical Adobe Commerce flaw that could let unauthenticated attackers hijack customer accounts and access private data. Hackers beg...
Microsoft patches LegacyHive Windows zero-day vulnerability
Microsoft has released security patches to address a Windows zero-day vulnerability known as "LegacyHive," disclosed after the July 2026 Patch Tuesday. [.
To compete with China, America must deliver at home
China competes by building at scale. America’s answer is to build with speed, security and accountability — and measure success by whether life improves for ...
AI 'watermark removers' flood the web. Almost none can prove they work.
Multiple 'watermark removers' have surfaced days after Anthropic began watermarking text generated by Claude, including an open source project with over 4,50...
U.S. CISA adds Metabase, Windows, and Cisco Secure Firewall flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
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U.S. CISA adds Metabase, Windows, and Cisco Secure Firewall flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
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Operating inside the lethal trifecta: Blast radius reduction in AI agent deployments
Seven things security teams can start doing today to reduce risk.
AI’s ‘middle class’ has gotten dramatically better at hacking
As frontier models and their sandbox escaping exploits dominate front-page news, researchers are increasingly worried about cheaper, more efficient AI models...
Flock tightens privacy controls amid scandals over officer abuse
All Flock Safety customers will be required to adopt its "Audit Assistance" feature for tracking abnormal uses, and the company says it will hold license pla...