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. Sec Gemini V1 is a…
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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 commonly known as spyware, after…
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 that were first disclosed in…
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 for financial cybercrime probes. The…
Trump fires Gen. Timothy Haugh from leadership of Cyber Command and NSA
Gen. Timothy Haugh, the commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the NSA, was removed from those positions Thursday — another high-profile firing of…
China-backed espionage group hits Ivanti customers again
Ivanti customers are confronting another string of attacks linked to an actively exploited vulnerability in the company’s VPN products. Mandiant said a nation-state backed espionage…
International intelligence agencies raise the alarm on fast flux
International intelligence and cybersecurity agencies jointly issued a warning Thursday about “fast flux,” an advanced technique used by cybercriminals and state-sponsored actors to evade detection…
Cyber Command touts AI-driven gains in cybersecurity, network monitoring
A top Cyber Command official said the agency has been able to use generative AI tools to dramatically cut down the time spent analyzing network…
Don’t cut CISA personnel, House panel leaders say, as they plan legislation giving the agency more to do
Leaders of a key House subcommittee criticized the Trump administration’s personnel cuts at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Wednesday, with its chairman saying…
Independent tests show why orgs should use third-party cloud security services
Businesses don’t always get what they pay for in cybersecurity. Some of the most expensive cloud network firewall vendors are among the worst performers against…
Dispersed responsibility, lack of asset inventory is causing gaps in medical device cybersecurity
Witnesses at a House hearing on medical device cybersecurity Tuesday called out the need for more proactive tracking of products used across the country, saying…
Cybercom discovered Chinese malware in South American nations — Joint Chiefs chairman nominee
So-called hunt forward operations by U.S. Cyber Command have uncovered Chinese malware implanted in Latin American nations, according to President Donald Trump’s nominee to be…