Experts endorse Sean Cairncross for national cyber director ahead of Senate hearing
President Donald Trump’s pick to serve as national cyber director was endorsed by a collection of cyber experts days before a Senate panel will consider…
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Future-ready cybersecurity: Lessons from the MITRE CVE crisis
The recent funding crisis surrounding MITRE’s Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)program was more than just a bureaucratic hiccup — it was a wake-up call for…
Top FBI cyber official Cynthia Kaiser exits for Halcyon
Cynthia Kaiser, a former top FBI cyber official, is joining the cybersecurity firm Halycon this week as senior vice president of its newly created ransomware…
Trump budget proposal would slash more than 1,000 CISA jobs
The fiscal 2026 budget proposal President Donald Trump unveiled last week would make deep cuts to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency workforce, with a…
Top counter antivirus service disrupted in global takedown
AVCheck, a large-scale service that cybercriminals use to check if their malware can be detected by various antivirus tools, was seized and taken offline Tuesday…
US intelligence employee arrested for alleged double-dealing of classified info
The FBI on Thursday arrested a Defense Intelligence Agency employee working in the Insider Threat Division unit with top secret security clearance for allegedly attempting…
Four Senate Democrats call on DHS to reinstate Cyber Safety Review Board membership
Four senators asked Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to reestablish the Cyber Safety Review Board, citing the need to investigate a landmark breach…
Treasury sanctions crypto scam facilitator that allegedly stole $200M from US victims
The Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned Philippines-based Funnull Technology and its administrator Liu Lizhi for allegedly providing infrastructure that supported thousands of cryptocurrency investment scams,…
Parties behind 2024 Biden AI robocall reach deal in lawsuit
Two of the parties behind an AI-generated robocall that imitated then-President Joe Biden and warned residents not to vote in the New Hampshire Democratic primary…
Questions mount as Ivanti tackles another round of zero-days
Multiple attackers are raiding Ivanti customers’ systems again by exploiting a pair of closely intertwined vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) to achieve unauthenticated…
Mandiant flags fake AI video generators laced with malware
As the internet fills up with clips from AI-video generators, hacking groups are seeding the online landscape with malware-laced programs and fake websites hoping to…
Chinese hackers used Google Calendar to aid attacks on government entities
Google said Wednesday that it caught suspected People’s Republic of China-backed hackers leveraging its Calendar service to help stealthily stage attacks on government agencies. In…