Pegasus, NoviSpy variant spyware found on devices of Serbian activists
It’s the first Pegasus infection of 2026 that Citizen Lab is forensically confirming, and the SHARE Foundation said it’s the biggest wave of spyware surveill...
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Wyden seeks upgraded NSA security guidance on commercial VPN use
it’s the latest in a sequence of letters to feds from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.
FBI raises alarm over deceptive phishing campaign targeting prominent people
The ongoing social engineering threat, which dates back to late 2025, tricks victims into granting threat actors long-term access to their accounts. The post...
Tina Peters, through attorney, backs off formal role in Shasta County elections
Peters still left the door open to working with Shasta County on elections and doubled down on her statements that electronic voting machines should be disco...
Whistleblower says USPS deploying new, ‘untested’ IT systems governing mail-in ballots
The Federal Ballot Mail Portal is described by a federal official as one of several IT systems that will be used to potentially deny thousands of mail-in bal...
The Collective Cyber Defense letter wrote your next vendor questionnaire
More than 200 companies have now signed to an August 27 letter about improving cyber defenses in the age of AI. Buried in it are three metrics every one of t...
McKesson copes with fallout from data theft extortion attack
The major healthcare sector vendor did not identify the attackers, but ShinyHunters, a prolific group increasingly targeting the sector, claimed responsibili...
‘Watershed 250’ test program in Texas looks to private sector for water cybersecurity help
The six-month program will be overseen by the Office of the National Cyber Director and Texas Cyber Command to “find out what works.” The post ‘Watershed 250...
The AI Kill Switch Act is repeating the Clipper Chip’s mistakes
Mandating ‘kill switches’ for AI agents would threaten the security of America’s critical infrastructure and undercut U.S.
ATF confirms cyberattack hit system containing info on its investigation targets
The prolific ransomware group Qilin claimed responsibility for the attack. ATF insists the incident was limited to a standalone system and hasn’t impacted cr...
Unit 42 warns AI has shifted balance of power from defenders to attackers
Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence team said the early waves of threats riding on agentic AI models have broken in the wild, and organizations are unpre...
100-plus companies call for ‘global surge’ in AI-powered cyber defense
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and others say there’s a narrow “defenders’ window” to strengthen security before AI-powered attacks become more sophis...
Former sexual abuse victims say Grok used their images, videos to train deepfake capabilities
Elon Musk claimed he was aware of “literally zero” CSAM content created through Grok. A new lawsuit from thousands of real victims say the model was trained ...
Two alleged TeamPCP members arrested and charged after months of software supply-chain chaos
The two men face 14 charges combined. Private researchers traced one suspect through leaked passwords and a decade-old gaming profile.
Cyber threats nudge Trump to sign executive order on foreign equipment in U.S. energy infrastructure
The order says any foreign-produced equipment deemed to pose national security risks can’t be purchased or installed. The post Cyber threats nudge Trump to s...
Officials disrupt Chinese espionage operation that hit multiple federal agencies
The full hacking suite, seized by authorities, allowed Chinese government funded attackers to intrude highly sensitive networks undetected for more than eigh...
OpenAI: Agent behavior that led to Hugging Face intrusion formed in May
The company says the breach stemmed from a systemic failure of alignment and security, and has taken measures to prevent agents from independently orchestrat...
Three 10.0 security flaws fixed across Ubiquiti’s UniFi line
The communications product company disclosed 22 total Wednesday, all but one of which was rated “critical” at 9.0 or higher.
Election official says Tina Peters would be consultant, won’t have access to election systems
Shasta County registrar Clint Curtis told CyberScoop he needs Peters to help manage the county’s 2026 elections and he’s not concerned about her past convict...
The GTA VI leaks are breaking the internet. Security researchers have seen this before.
A memecoin, a manifesto, and a week of daily leaks — but to researchers, it's a familiar extortion playbook with an unusually large audience. The post The GT...