Cyber experts offer lukewarm praise for voluntary code governing use of commercial hacking tools
Cybersecurity professionals who participated in discussions over a code of conduct for nations to use commercial hacking tools said the...
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Trump signs order stripping Chris Krebs of security clearance
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Wednesday revoking the security clearance of former CISA leader Chris Krebs, with the White...
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BadBazaar and Moonshine malware targets Taiwanese, Tibetan and Uyghur groups, U.K. warns
Two spyware variants are targeting Uyghur, Taiwanese and Tibetan groups and individuals, the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre warned in...
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Treasury bureau notifies Congress that email hack was a ‘major’ cybersecurity incident
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has notified Congress that a February breach of its email system is...
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Bill to study national security risks in routers passes House committee
A federal study into the national security risks posed by routers, modems and similar devices controlled by U.S. adversaries moved...
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Microsoft patches zero-day actively exploited in string of ransomware attacks
Microsoft addressed 126 vulnerabilities affecting its systems and core products, including a zero-day in the Windows Common Log File System...
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Tech experts recommend full steam ahead on US export controls for AI
Technology experts pressed Congress to maintain export controls on semiconductor chips and other technologies, telling lawmakers Tuesday that the restrictions...
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Privacy fights over expiring surveillance law loom after House hearing
Lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee say privacy protections under a bill Congress passed to re-up a major surveillance law...
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Google hopes its experimental AI model can unearth new security use cases
Google has built a cybersecurity assistant for information security professionals, and now they’re looking for researchers to play with it....
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Voluntary ‘Pall Mall Process’ seeks to curb spyware abuses
Twenty-one nations signed on to a voluntary accord last week in Paris to govern the use of commercial hacking tools...
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Google addresses 2 actively exploited vulnerabilities in security update
Google addressed 62 vulnerabilities affecting Android devices in its April security update, including a pair of actively exploited software defects...
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Senators re-up bill to expand Secret Service’s financial cybercrime authorities
A bipartisan pair of senators is taking another shot at their bill to expand the U.S. Secret Service’s investigative powers...
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