Hackers claim breach of Russian election systems days before parliamentary vote
An anonymous hacking group claimed to have broken into computer systems connected to Russia’s election infrastructure just days before the country begins vot...
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Cyber Essentials Has Record Year but Takeup Remains Low
New government figures reveal a 20% annual increase in certifications
Israeli contractor BlackCore trained Angolan officials in online influence operations
An Israeli influence-for-hire company trained Angolan government officials to run online influence operations, including by creating fake social media person...
FBI takes down one of the longest-running DDoS-for-hire services
The FBI has seized the domains behind NightmareStresser, a DDoS-for-hire service officials call one of the longest running “booter” operations in existence. ...
US takes down NightmareStresser DDoS-for-hire platform
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How Candidates Could Use AI for Good
This essay was written with Nathan E. Sanders, and originally appeared in The Guardian.
Iranian hackers use CHOSEN BRICK Windows malware to spy on targets
Government agencies are warning that Iranian state-linked hackers are using a Windows malware strain named CHOSEN BRICK to target dissidents, activists, and ...
LinkedIn fights for the right to tell customers when the feds want their data
Microsoft’s top lawyer argued Tuesday that legislators “must make secrecy [orders] the exception” in government subpoenas demanding information about LinkedI...
House passes bill to equip local law enforcement with scam-fighting tools
The Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception Act (GUARD) attempts to address a common complaint from the victims of online scams like pig butcherin...
Revolut Data Leak May Trace Back to Compromised Italian Government Accounts
A suspected compromise of an Italian government PEC account may have allowed threat actors to impersonate law enforcement and obtain sensitive data from hund...
Ukraine moves to crack down on scam call centers after corruption scandal
Ukraine’s parliament has approved tougher criminal penalties for involvement in fraudulent call centers and the theft of personal data, following a corruptio...
US, UK, Dutch Agencies Expose Iranian ‘Chosen Brick’ Surveillance Malware
US, UK, and Dutch government agencies published a report detailing the malware, and the FBI described the abuse of Telegram for C&C. The post US, UK, Dutch A...
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-2026-58704 Google Pi...
CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog
CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-76460 Cisco I...
Self-improving AI should slow down, von der Leyen tells EU lawmakers
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants frontier AI development slowed, and said on Wednesday that she will invite the leading AI labs to di...
NIST and CISA finalize playbook to stop token theft and forgery
NIST and CISA have finalized guidelines to help federal agencies and cloud service providers (CSPs) protect identity and access tokens from forgery, theft, a...
What’s next for CISA’s CDM program that gives cybersecurity tools to federal agencies
Three feds spoke about future plans for the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, and lessons they’ve learned. The post What’s next for CISA’s CDM p...
Electric and gas utility CenterPoint Energy warns of data breach after dark web post
Houston-based CenterPoint Energy notified federal regulators about an incident that exposed some customer data on the dark web.
Former AT&T store worker jailed after moonlighting as a SIM-swap gang’s inside man
44-year-old Kenneth Carter from Portland, Oregon, used to work in an AT&T retail store. But now he has been sentenced to 16 months in a federal prison.
Non-Zero-Day VPN Flaw Left Japan ‘s Government Shared Network Platform Exposed: 246,000 Records at Risk
Japan ‘s Digital Agency disclosed a VPN breach exposing 246,000 government employee records across 23 ministries. Detected June 25, publicly disclosed Septem...