Cisco customers hit by fresh wave of zero-day attacks from China-linked APT
Cisco customers are confronting a fresh wave of attacks from a Chinese threat group that has actively exploited a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting the vendor’s…
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Policymakers grapple with fallout from Chinese AI-enabled hack
Policymakers and companies are reckoning with increased reports over the past few months showing AI tools being leveraged to conduct cyber attacks on a larger…
U.S. Sentencing Commission seeks input on criminal penalties for deepfakes
The U.S. Sentencing Commission is issuing preliminary sentencing guidelines for criminal offenses under the Take It Down Act, a law passed earlier this year to…
Senate Intel chair urges national cyber director to safeguard against open-source software threats
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton is raising the spectre of foreign adversaries playing too heavy a role in open-source software, and asking the national…
React2Shell fallout spreads to sensitive targets as public exploits hit all-time high
Fallout from React2Shell — a stubborn vulnerability that impacts wide swaths of the internet’s scaffolding — continues to spread as public exploits and stealth backdoors…
DOJ announces takedown of alleged laundering platform used by cybercriminal groups
Federal prosecutors in Michigan say they have dismantled online infrastructure tied to an alleged money laundering operation that moved tens of millions of dollars in…
Illusory Systems settles with FTC over 2022 cryptocurrency hack
The Federal Trade Commission is ordering a company that publicly touted its cybersecurity capabilities to return recovered funds to victims and implement security reforms, after…
Outgoing GAO chief warns of ‘taking our foot off the gas’ at CISA
Retiring Comptroller General Gene Dodaro delivered a message to lawmakers Tuesday on what he believes should be one of Congress’s top priorities as he exits…
Key lawmaker says Congress likely to kick can down road on cyber information sharing law
With a little more than a month left before a foundational cyber threat information sharing law expires for a second time, Congress might have to…
Amazon warns that Russia’s Sandworm has shifted its tactics
Attackers associated with Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) have targeted Western-based critical infrastructure with a special focus on the energy sector as part of an…
Opexus claims background checks missed red flags on twins accused of insider breach
Opexus admits it missed key red flags when it hired twins Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, as it failed to learn about crimes the brothers pleaded…
AI is causing all kinds of problems in the legal sector
The American Bar Association believes the use of artificial intelligence in the legal sector is eroding key procedures, documentary records and evidence relied on to…