Trump moves to fire Democratic FTC commissioners
Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter of the Federal Trade Commission confirmed reports that President Donald Trump is attempting to...
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Infostealers fueled cyberattacks and snagged 2.1B credentials last year
Cybercriminals used information-stealing malware to a devastating effect last year, capturing sensitive data that fueled ransomware, breaches and attacks targeting...
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Google acquires Wiz for $32 billion
Google announced Tuesday it will acquire cloud security firm Wiz for $32 billion. The move pairs Google — among the...
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Who is sending those scammy text messages about unpaid tolls?
It’s not just you. Seemingly everyone is getting those text messages that serve as a notification of an unpaid toll...
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DOGE staffer violated security policies at Treasury Department, court filing shows
A staffer for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) violated security policies at the Treasury Department by improperly sharing sensitive...
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Cloudflare rolls out post-quantum encryption for enterprise users
Internet security company Cloudflare, the world’s largest DDoS-mitigation service, plans to shift a sizable chunk of its traffic through post-quantum...
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California’s legal push on geolocation data collection must take aim at the right targets, privacy experts say
The attorney general for California announced this week a wide-ranging investigation into the way companies collect, process and use consumer...
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Water utilities would get cybersecurity boost under bipartisan Senate bill
Small water and wastewater utilities would get a boost to their cybersecurity defenses under a bipartisan Senate bill that a...
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US must prioritize cybersecurity training for the military’s engineers
The Trump administration begins under the shadow of a series of consequential Chinese cyber hacks targeting U.S. critical infrastructure. While...
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Lazarus Group deceives developers with 6 new malicious npm packages
Lazarus Group has burrowed deeper into the npm registry and planted six new malicious packages designed to deceive software developers...
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Legislative push for child online safety runs afoul of encryption advocates (again)
Two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are preparing to introduce a bipartisan bill that would mandate tech companies to...
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Microsoft patches 57 vulnerabilities, including 6 zero-days
Microsoft patched 57 vulnerabilities affecting its foundational systems and core products, including six actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities, the company said...
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