US lawmakers ask government to ban 3 hack-for-hire firms
Democratic senators Ron Wyden and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Republican congressman Pat Harrigan, sent a letter to U.S.
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Pentagon weighs CMMC reforms after industry feedback
The CMMC program, particularly its Phase 2 requirements, faced criticism for being overly burdensome and costly for small and medium-sized businesses.
Chinese state-linked hackers exploit Chrome vulnerability
The BlueMoon exploit kit targeted U.S.
Chinese espionage groups swarm to exploit triple-link chain of zero-days
Multiple China-aligned threat groups exploited the defects quickly to target various organizations. Proofpoint said the activity is ongoing and expects it to...
Chinese espionage groups swarm to exploit triple-link chain of zero-days
F5 BIG-IP malware hides web shells in memory to evade detection
Memory-resident malware targeting F5 BIG-IP appliances can evade file-based security defenses.
Four Spy Groups Used the Same Chrome and Windows Exploit Kit Within a Week
Multiple espionage-motivated threat activity clusters have been found deploying a previously undocumented exploit kit called BlueMoon that chains together mu...
Multiple Chinese hacking groups seen using identical Chrome zero-day exploit
A Google Chrome bug identified in August was exploited by at least four China-linked cyber-espionage groups, according to researchers.
One report, many missions: A better way to coordinate America's cyber defense
How CIRCIA creates an information-sharing framework for private companies and the federal government.
Center for Internet Security partners with OpenAI for AI cybersecurity pilot
The AI Cyber Defense Pilot will involve state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, along with critical infrastructure organizations like the Multi-St...
Mars Security launches real-time threat intelligence to detection platform
The platform, developed by former military red team operators, systematically ingests threat reports from sources like CISA, Mandiant, and Microsoft.
Why federal cyber defense demands an offense-driven mindset
Static checklists and annual penetration tests leave agencies with dangerous blind spots. True resilience requires moving from reactive attestation to contin...
The US military just turned off ad tracking on its phones. Maybe you should too
Location data sold by the ad industry has reportedly helped adversaries target US troops. The Pentagon has responded by switching off ad tracking on its devi...
Mars Security Debuts Automated Threat Engine Processing Live Cyber Intelligence Into Validated Rules Within Minutes
Mars Security, an autonomous threat hunting and detection engineering platform founded by offensive cybersecurity veterans, today announced Real-Time Intel-B...
Threat actors are giving AI agents a bigger role in cyberattacks
AI agents are automating parts of cyberattacks with less human involvement, including vulnerability scanning, credential harvesting, and troubleshooting, acc...
Hackers Create Domain Admin Account and Disable Security Tools Inside Windows Network
A newly documented ransomware intrusion attributed to The Gentlemen shows how attackers can convert a foothold in a Windows environment into domain-wide cont...
North Korean Hackers Deploy New Linux Espionage Toolkit
The stealthy toolkit embeds a backdoor in HAProxy and targets automotive and media organizations in South Korea for long-term surveillance. The post North Ko...
Berlin Ransomware Leak Exposes State Secrets
Berlin refused a 30 Bitcoin ransom, leading hackers to leak 6TB of sensitive state administration and national defense data on the dark web. When a ransomwar...
DPRK-Linked Hackers Backdoor HAProxy Servers to Spy on South Korean Organizations
A previously undocumented Linux espionage toolkit linked with medium confidence to DPRK-aligned threat actors has been used to compromise South Korean organi...
CrowdStrike Launches SafeMind Agentic AI Cybersecurity System Built With NVIDIA Nemotron
CrowdStrike has launched SafeMind, an AI-driven cybersecurity system developed using NVIDIA’s Nemotron models. This new technology is designed as an automate...