Open-source security is posing challenges governments can’t easily solve
An epidemic of cyberattacks on open-source software has mounted in recent months, making clear how uniquely difficult it is to protect the publicly available code,…
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In a first, a court takedown goes after two cybercrime tools at once
In a novel maneuver for a disruption operation against cyber attackers, industry and law enforcement teamed up to conduct a court takedown of two widely-used…
Justice Department seizes infrastructure used by cyber scam and criminal marketplace
The Justice Department on Tuesday said it has seized infrastructure tied to what officials called one of the world’s most prolific criminal marketplaces, used to…
Algerian man charged with running two cybercrime marketplaces
An Algerian man known online as “SPOX” was extradited from Spain and charged with running a black-market cybercrime operation that prosecutors say defrauded thousands of…
Trump executive orders speed up post-quantum migration, boost industry
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders Monday to accelerate the federal government’s transition to post-quantum encryption and reprioritize government financing to support the domestic…
Court rules SAVE database illegal, orders it dismantled
A federal court ruled Monday that the Trump administration’s national voter database violates federal privacy laws, interferes with Americans’ right to vote, and must be…
Intel agencies: Frontier AI models will reshape cybersecurity faster than expected
Intelligence agencies for the United States, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand are warning that advanced AI models capable of wreaking havoc in the cyber…
Accenture shells out $4.18B on three companies in big industrial cybersecurity push
Accenture announced Thursday it would acquire a majority stake in industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos for $3.25 billion and purchase two smaller security companies outright, essentially…
Congress tees up No FAKES Act, aiming at AI-generated deepfakes
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a new bill this week that seeks to prevent unauthorized deepfakes of American artists, performers and public figures. While the…
Authorities disrupt Evil Corp’s SocGholish botnet
Authorities on Thursday disrupted a botnet, a malware framework and seized infrastructure that Evil Corp and other cybercrime groups used to steal data and break…
How software development’s speed obsession enabled TeamPCP’s chaos crusade
TeamPCP is on a rampage through open-source software. In less than four months, the threat actor has compromised and injected malicious code into more than…
Attackers hit pair of critical Fortinet vulnerabilities the vendor disclosed in April
Attackers are actively exploiting a pair of critical Fortinet vulnerabilities in FortiSandbox, a security product customers use to identify and defend against emerging threats across…