Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

The Instagram accounts for the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Space Force were briefly defaced with pro-Iranian images and messages over the weekend, after instructions began circulating on Telegram showing how to trick Meta's "AI support assistant" bot into resetting account passwords.

Space Force awards 11 firms prototype deals to build orbital interceptors The United States Space Force (USSF) has awarded eleven companies contracts to develop space-based interceptors for President Trump's Golden Dome program, in agreements worth up to $3.2 billion.…

French Vendor's QShield Offering Protects Edge Systems From Reverse EngineeringAircraft manufacturer Airbus plans to acquire 100-person French cybersecurity vendor Quarkslab to strengthen sovereign European defenses by protecting aerospace and defense software, data and edge systems from AI-driven reverse engineering and exploitation.

The acting CISO said that AI is reshaping how the service measures and tracks cyber compliance, moving it from a box-checking exercise to something nimbler and more substantive. The post Space Force official touts AI’s impact on cyber compliance appeared first on CyberScoop.

The cyber threat space doesn’t pause, and this week makes that clear. New risks, new tactics, and new security gaps are showing up across platforms, tools, and industries — often all at the same time

Survey finds security checks nearly doubled in a year as leaders wise up The number of organizations that have implemented methods for identifying security risks in the AI tools they use has almost doubled in the space of a year.…

Artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI on Wednesday announced the launch of ChatGPT Health, a dedicated space that allows users to have conversations with the chatbot about their health

OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT Health, which is a dedicated space for health conversations. Amidst privacy concerns, OpenAI said it won't use your health data. [...]

New data suggests that ChatGPT is losing its market share to Gemini on the web. It's unclear if Gemini is also gaining ground in the mobile space. [...]

Silicon Valley Startup Focuses on Discovery and Governance of Non-Human IdentitiesWith $30.75 million in Series B funding, Defakto aims to strengthen non-human identity security across AI workloads and cloud platforms. The Silicon Valley-based startup plans to deepen discovery, governance and enterprise integrations, while expanding its go-to-market strategy.

Identity Security Vendor to Expand AI Governance Tools Including MCP Server DefenseDescope raised $35 million to expand its agentic identity hub and MCP authorization capabilities. As enterprises adopt AI, CISOs demand granular governance, auditing and secure identity frameworks for nonhuman agents. Descope aims to lead this emerging space.

A new AI-powered clinical decision support system developed by Google and NASA aims to help astronauts diagnose and treat medical issues during space missions - even when real-time communication with Earth is unavailable, said Chris Hein, field CTO of Google Public Sector.

A new AI-powered clinical decision support system developed by Google and NASA aims to help astronauts diagnose and treat medical issues during space missions - even when real-time communication with Earth is unavailable, said Chris Hein, field CTO of Google Public Sector.

The SIEM market is at a pivotal point as XDR platforms and generative AI shake up the security analytics space.

PLUS: Hitachi turns greybeards into AI agents; Tiananmen anniversary censorship; AWS in Taiwan; and more! China’s space agency has revealed its Tianwen 2 probe has unfurled a ‘solar wing’.…

Emerging artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies being applied in the health and wellness space that are not necessarily covered by HIPAA but instead fall under a variety of tough new state privacy laws that are being enacted, said attorney Lily Li of Metaverse Law.

Emerging artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies being applied in the health and wellness space that are not necessarily covered by HIPAA but instead fall under a variety of tough new state privacy laws that are being enacted, said attorney Lily Li of Metaverse Law.

PLUS: South Korea signs for massive supercomputer; HCL gets into chipmaking; US tariffs slow APAC tech buying; and more Asia In Brief Chinese company Guoxing Aerospace last launched a dozen satellites, each packing a 744 TOPS of computing power, in the first step towards creating an orbiting constellation of 2,800 such satellites.…

Also: VPN Vulnerabilities Attract Hackers, Hackers Use Swiss Mail to Send MalwareThis week, Russia suspected in Balctic Sea cable sabotage, VPNs draw ransomware attackers and Swiss snail mail malware. An AI training company reported a cybertheft of $250,000 and a U.S. space firm reported a breach. Microsoft said it will pay $$$ for AI vulnerabilities and a MFA success story.

Scaling Business Often a Challenge in the Country, Experts Told LawmakersDependence on foreign capital in the United Kingdom for investments into artificial intelligence will stymie British technological progress, a parliamentary committee heard Tuesday. An absence of capital makes it hard for British firms to scale operations, said Michael Holmes, CEO at Scale Space