Italy's new facial recognition policy sparks EU law debate
The Italian Senate's EU Policies Committee approved a decree allowing the storage of facial biometric data from cameras in sensitive public areas for seven d...
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UK Department for Education confirms data breach affecting over 600,000 records
The breach, claimed by the ExfilSquad hacking group, exposed names, job titles, and phone numbers of head teachers, university staff, and government officials.
What water utilities need to know about cybersecurity compliance
As federal enforcement tightens and states begin stepping in with their own cybersecurity mandates, water and wastewater utilities face a looming wave of har...
Semiconductor chip titan Analog Devices reports data breach
In a filing for federal regulators, Massachusetts-based Analog Devices said intruders had exfiltrated data from its networks earlier this summer, but the sco...
CISA issues recommendations to federal agencies on open-source software security
One expert said they were pleased by the guidance, which touches on open-weight AI models, patching and more. The post CISA issues recommendations to federal...
FCC Blocks New Foreign-Produced Robots and Power Inverters Over Cyber Risks
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added foreign-produced mobile robots and networked power inverters to its Covered List on July 28. The move gener...
US effectively bans foreign-made advanced robots over security concerns
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has added foreign-made advanced robotic devices to its Covered List, prohibiting their import due to unacceptable...
2026 Minimum Elements for a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)
CISA, the National Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and international partners released joint guidance, 2026 Minimum Elements for a Soft...
CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog
CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-20316 Cisco Sec...
Russia Charges Telegram Founder Pavel Durov With Aiding Terrorist Activity
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) on Wednesday said it charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov for allegedly facilitating terrorist a...
Cloudflare reveals what’s behind major internet outages
Storms, earthquakes, and infrastructure failures disrupted internet access throughout the second quarter, while governments deliberately shut networks down, ...
OpenAI’s rogue AI agent shows why we need federal rules for autonomous systems
The Hugging Face breach shows there is a gap in federal policy. The frameworks to govern autonomous AI already exist—there just needs to be the desire to app...
Risk-based patching is the future. AI made it table stakes
CISA’s new Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04 marks one of the most important changes to federal vulnerability management in years. Rather than requir...
Dozens of Minnesota Water Utilities Targeted in Coordinated OT Attacks
State and federal agencies respond after intrusions disrupt automated controls at municipal water and wastewater utilities. The post Dozens of Minnesota Wate...
FTC sues Hims & Hers for allegedly sharing patient information with third-party platforms
Popular telehealth provider Hims & Hers "shared consumers’ sensitive health information with third-party advertising platforms such as Meta and Snap despite ...
Coordinated “cyberattack” on Minnesota water utilities: What you need to know
A coordinated cyber attack disrupted water systems across more than 30 Minnesota communities. Here is what defenders need to know about the attack so far.
Senate confirms Clayton as intel chief after delays
A party-line vote in the Senate installed Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence, a job that has drawn increasing scrutiny during Donald Trump's se...
German government report details Windows Hello for Business biometric security limitations
Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) published a technical analysis of Windows Hello for Business, detailing how the system performs biome...
CISA shares advice on isolating vital systems during cyberattacks
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Natural disasters and government interference: examining Q2 2026’s major Internet disruption event
Cloudflare Radar tracked Internet disruptions driven by natural disasters, government-mandated shutdowns, and DNSSEC key rollovers over the last quarter. Thi...