Coordinated cyberattack disrupts water utilities in 30+ Minnesota communities
A cyberattack of undetermined origin disrupted water treatment plants in at least 30 communities in Minnesota, according to the state's technology bureau. Th...
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FBI sees Anthropic’s Mythos as a law enforcement challenge
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AI-assisted security tools are finding more bugs, but the threat level has not changed
Analysis from vulnerability intelligence firm VulnCheck shows AI-discovered flaws aren't being exploited any faster than traditional ones. The post AI-assist...
Microsoft debuts AI cybersecurity offerings as competition heats up
It includes the new agentic model MAI-Cyber-1-Flash and the Project Perception platform, with the tech giant claiming it’ll do a better job than its rivals a...
Trump asks Supreme Court to let him curtail mail-in voting ahead of midterms
In a Monday filing, the Justice Department said states sued before agencies even decided how the order would work. The post Trump asks Supreme Court to let h...
Google’s solution to hacker name confusion? Yet another naming system
APT-number conventions are out, cryptonyms are in, and security teams now have one more naming system to keep straight. The post Google’s solution to hacker ...
Sen. Wyden urges feds to discard older, insecure, public-facing VPNs
In a letter first reported by CyberScoop, Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said ‘devastating’ attacks on the federal government have accumulated due to the tech.
Industry’s message on CIRCIA: Please ask us fewer questions about cyberattacks
The administration set a target date of September for CISA to finalize the rule, but where the agency is headed remains a mystery to some. The post Industry’...
Despite multiple takedowns, botnets continue to grow
Roughly 1 in 4 of those compromised IPs are based in the United States, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs said. Botnets like IPIDEA have also rebounded quickly, surpa...
Microsoft, tech companies throw weight behind spread of open-source AI
Other signatories of the letter include Meta, Palantir, Perplexity, Mistral, NVIDIA, Mozilla, The Linux Foundation, Hugging Face, Dell Technologies and IBM. ...
Rubio restricts visas for sextortionists, cyber scammers
The move stems from a Trump executive order as the administration continues to pursue cyber-enabled fraud and other crimes. The post Rubio restricts visas fo...
Russian espionage group using novel Zimbra exploit to steal sensitive data from Western countries
Laundry Bear exploited a zero-day vulnerability for five months before it was patched in July 2025, and the group is still actively exploiting vulnerable env...
ANCHOR-CI could fix 20 years of broken government-industry collaboration
The government spent the past two decades learning what private sector partners have always known: cyber resilience requires everyone in the room. ANCHOR-CI ...
Most federal cybersecurity reporting rules are duplicative, study finds
The Government Accountability Office looked at 117 rules across 37 agencies and found 70% had reporting requirements that were overlapping. The post Most fed...
Malware is targeting AI tools in software development environments
The worm blends in with thousands of other commands occurring daily in any given environment, yet its intent and origins remain unknown. The post Malware is ...
White House accuses Chinese company of distilling Anthropic’s Fable
While distillation attacks by foreign governments and companies have real national security implications, questions around who ultimately owns the data in AI...
OpenAI says model test was behind Hugging Face hack
At the time, Hugging Face said it wasn’t clear which LLM was used in the attack. OpenAI confirmed it was one of their models being tested for “maximal” cyber...
AI models keep getting caught cheating
New research from the UK shows how nearly every model tested tried to cheat, scam or cut corners on its way to solving problems. The post AI models keep gett...
Where’s the Trump administration line on AI regulation?
The messy approach to U.S.
House intel bill includes provisions on state and local threat intelligence, election security, AI
The House Intelligence Committee advanced its fiscal 2027 authorization legislation Monday. The post House intel bill includes provisions on state and local ...