How ransomware syndicates weaponize corporate-style organization
Similar to the events that unfolded with the Conti ransomware group’s demise in 2022, leaked internal chat logs of the Black Basta cybercrime group last…
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Supreme Court delivers ‘major win’ for tech privacy in Chatrie ruling
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that collecting phone location data from a geographic area is a Fourth Amendment search, in a decision that both privacy…
Warner bill would create federally vetted list for secure, trustworthy AI agents
A new Senate draft bill would establish a list of AI agent software providers that people can use to establish human ownership and securely run…
Supreme Court approves mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the right of states to accept mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day, but can arrive…
What the post-quantum executive order really demands of CISOs
Post-quantum cryptography didn’t sneak up on the industry. For years, security teams, standards bodies, hyperscalers, and governments have been pointing at the same horizon: a…
ATF cancels controversial commercial geolocation contract
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) canceled a contract with Penlink that used ad-surveillance technologies to track the location of Americans. The…
Minnesota man known as ‘Snoopy’ sentenced in DraftKings hack
A 21-year-old Minnesota man who operated under the online alias “Snoopy” was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in federal prison for his role in a…
Russia uses Cellebrite to break into human rights activist’s phone, even after cancellation of contract
Russian authorities used Cellebrite phone-cracking technology to break into a device belonging to a prominent domestic human rights activist they arrested and imprisoned, despite the…
FCC passes new cybersecurity rules for emergency systems, undersea cables
The Federal Communications Commission approved new rules Thursday that boost cybersecurity regulations for the nation’s emergency alert systems and update security rules for the nation’s…
Federal court rules Trump election-focused executive order illegal
A federal judge in Massachusetts struck down major sections of a Trump administration executive order that would have restricted mail-in ballots through the U.S. Postal…
Why patch directives only go so far
When CISA issues an emergency directive, the message to every federal agency and every security team paying attention is to patch now. For CVE-2026-50751, a…
Malicious hackers exploit Cisco zero-day for highest access level at communications service provider
An attacker exploited a previously unknown and unpatched Cisco vulnerability earlier this year to infiltrate a communications service provider and gain the highest level of…