We’re only seeing the tip of the chip-smuggling iceberg
Last year, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang repeatedly denied that China was obtaining America’s most advanced chips. ‘There’s no evidence of any AI chip diversion,’ he…
Category: Cyberscoop
Space Force official touts AI’s impact on cyber compliance
Seth Whitworth, who is both acting Associate Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Cyber and Data and acting chief information security officer, said he believes…
CISA cancels summer internships for cyber scholarship students amid DHS funding lapse
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has informed participants of the federal government’s Scholarship for Service program that it has canceled this year’s summer internship…
Microsoft drops its second-largest monthly batch of defects on record
Microsoft addressed 165 vulnerabilities affecting its various products and underlying systems, including one actively exploited vulnerability in Microsoft Office SharePoint, in this month’s Patch Tuesday…
Black Basta’s playbook lives on as former affiliates launch fast-scale intrusion campaign
A small group of former Black Basta affiliates have targeted more than 100 employees across dozens of organizations to intrude network systems for potential data…
Secretary Mullin must help finish the job: Urge the Senate to confirm Plankey
On March 23, the Senate confirmed Senator Markwayne Mullin as the next homeland security secretary, marking an important step in strengthening leadership during a critical…
OpenAI’s Mac apps need updates thanks to the Axios hack
OpenAI updated its security certificates and is requiring all macOS users to update to the latest versions after determining its products, along with many others,…
Here’s how cyber heavyweights in the US and UK are dealing with Claude Mythos
A joint report from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the SANS Institute and the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) concludes that in the near…
Commerce setting up new AI export regime to push adoption of ‘American AI’ abroad
The Department of Commerce is putting together a catalog of AI tools that will be given special export status by the federal government to be…
Why is the timeline to quantum-proof everything constantly shrinking?
When Google announced last month it was moving up its own internal timeline for migrating to quantum-resistant forms of encryption, it started a broader conversation…
Iranian attacks on US critical infrastructure puts 3,900 devices in crosshairs
The fallout and potential exposure from Iran’s state-backed targeting of U.S. critical infrastructure extends to more than 5,200 internet-connected devices, researchers at Censys said in…
Inside the FBI’s router takedown that cut off APT28’s ‘tremendous access’
The recent FBI-led operation to knock Russian government hackers off routers sought to topple an especially insidious and threateningly contagious cyberespionage campaign, top bureau cyber…