Arrested man allegedly impersonated NSA elite hacking unit, Supreme Court chief justice
Joshua Culver, aka “Maverick Young,” is accused of imitating the head of the NSA’s Tailored Access Operations unit during a time it wasn’t called that. The p...
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Water sector passes, government sector fails attempts to spot and halt simulated CISA attack
Agency red-teamers got initial access to both organizations they tested, but one quickly isolated and shut down the attempts from going further. The post Wat...
Interpol targets Black Axe’s illicit financial web in latest international sting
The multi-country sting targeted Black Axe financial networks, seizing millions in assets and uncovering Crime-as-a-Service infrastructure across four contin...
SCOTUS tosses one of two injunctions against Trump USPS mail-in ballot rules
The 6-3 decision dismisses one lawsuit brought by states, saying they have no standing to sue because the disputed sections “neither requires nor forbids any...
Treasury sanctions alleged Iranian hackers as part of ‘economic D-Day’
It’s a follow-up to an indictment the Justice Department unsealed last week against people affiliated with the Mabna Institute. The post Treasury sanctions a...
Bipartisan Senate bill aims to prepare energy sector for Q-Day
Under the bill, FERC would consider cyber threats from quantum computers and post-quantum cryptography in its reliability standards for the energy sector. Th...
Postal Service moves to finalize mail ballot regs before SCOTUS ruling
The rules have already been rejected by multiple state courts, but the Trump administration said it’s preparing in case of a favorable Supreme Court decision...
Apollo discloses data breach from ongoing wave of attacks hitting financial sector
The private equity firm said attackers broke into some of its cloud platforms during a five-day period in early July, compromising sensitive personal data. T...
Lawmakers seek watchdog review of federal hacking of Americans
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Early 764 member sentenced to 77 years, longest prison term to date for a nihilistic violent extremist
Kyle Spitze led an offshoot of the violent extremist collective and victimized dozens of girls, coercing them to degrade themselves under threats of doxing a...
Retail theft bill spurs ‘very large and very dangerous’ surveillance fears
The Combating Organized Retail Crime Act has won a big House vote and could be on the fast track in the Senate — and supporters say it could help fight cyber...
The push to designate AI as the next critical infrastructure sector
The designation would unlock a range of federal services, tools and resources for an industry that policymakers view as increasingly tied to national and eco...
AI-fueled attacks pose ‘active threat’ to water, other sectors, U.S. agencies warn
The agencies said the hackers are taking aim at Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers in what could be a first. The post AI-fueled attacks pose ‘a...
A California county wants to hire Tina Peters to help run its elections
After her prison sentence for felony election-related crimes was commuted, Peters is poised to once again administer critical election duties. The post A Cal...
The long tail of Clop’s PTC hack is just beginning to emerge
The data theft extortion group likely compromised a critical vulnerability affecting PTC’s product lifecycle management software in June, a month before it s...
Eight years later, federal authorities re-up charges against alleged Iranian hackers at Mabna Institute
The superseding indictment adds defendants and allegations against the Iranian firm accused of a massive cybertheft campaign against foreign universities and...
Medusa ransomware tallies hundreds of new victims, says updated advisory on group’s tactics
The updated warning from the FBI, CISA and HHS draws on a year’s worth of investigations to detail how the group gains initial access and what it does afterw...
Details emerge on BlackFile’s recent attacks on financial companies
BlackFile’s four affiliate groups are still targeting victims, including medical technology organizations. Several potential victims received new extortion d...
Irregular says ‘human oversight’ responsible for AI sandbox escape incidents
In a post-mortem, the frontier AI testing company said internet access for models is necessary to fully test out their cybersecurity capabilities. The post I...
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...