DOJ releases legal rationale for nationwide voter data collection
The Trump administration released a legal opinion outlining the legal rationale behind its nationwide voter data collection efforts, justifying an aggressive federal role in vetting…
Category: Cyberscoop
Daybreak is OpenAI’s answer to the AI arms race in cybersecurity
OpenAI has unveiled Daybreak, a cybersecurity initiative that combines the company’s large language models with its Codex agentic framework to help organizations identify, patch, and…
Google and Amnesty International teamed up to make it harder for spyware vendors to hide
Google launched a feature for Android phones Tuesday for dedicated forensic logs about intrusions from sophisticated attacks like those by spyware vendors, in what design…
Microsoft addresses 137 vulnerabilities in May’s Patch Tuesday, including 13 rated critical
Microsoft addressed another triple-digit batch of vulnerabilities cutting across its various enterprise products, components and underlying systems. Yet despite the high number of defects, the…
‘Mini Shai-Hulud’ malware compromises hundreds of open-source packages in sprawling supply-chain attack
A rapidly spreading malware campaign has infected hundreds of software packages across major open-source registries, embedding credential-stealing code into development tools downloaded millions of times…
Major world economies spell out key elements of AI ‘ingredients list’
A group of international government agencies released guidance Tuesday on what they believe any artificial intelligence “ingredients list” tool should include to make AI more…
AI is separating the companies built to scale from the ones built to sell
If you had time to walk the expo floor at this year’s RSA Conference, it was impossible to miss the shift in our industry. Artificial…
Pressure mounts on Canvas as data leak extortion deadline looms
Pressure is mounting on Instructure, the company behind Canvas, as cybercriminals threaten to leak a trove of sensitive data they claim was stolen during a…
Google spotted an AI-developed zero-day before attackers could use it
Google researchers found a zero-day exploit developed by artificial intelligence and alerted the susceptible vendor to the imminent threat before a well-known cybercrime group initiated…
The missing cybersecurity leader in small business
The average cyberattack costs for a small- or medium-size business is more than $250,000. The salary for a chief information security officer (CISO) is about…
Flaw in Claude’s Chrome extension allowed ‘any’ other plugin to hijack victims’ AI
As businesses and governments turn to AI agents to access the internet and perform higher-level tasks, researchers continue to find serious flaws in large language…
ShinyHunters claims nearly 9,000 schools affected by Canvas data breach
ShinyHunters, the prolific criminal hacker and extortion group, on Thursday provided additional details about its recent breach of Canvas, the learning management system developed by…