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U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Fortinet FortiSandbox and Microsoft SharePoint flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Fortinet FortiSandbox and Microsoft SharePoint flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week, Microsoft’s July 2026 Patch Tuesday addressed the SharePoint remote code execution bug […]

Open-Weight Model Reopens Debate Over US AI Pricing PowerMoonshot AI's Kimi K3 pushed semiconductor stocks into a bear market and revived debate over whether U.S. labs still lead China on AI, even as benchmarks, weights and true costs are still being analyzed.

Labs Use AI to Speed Testing as Experts Explore Broader Public Health PotentialIt's been the most explosive U.S. public health crisis so far this summer: An outbreak of extreme intestinal illness caused by Cyclospora is sickening thousands of people across dozens of states. Experts say AI is playing a role in the investigation could potentially help head off future outbreaks.

Also: Potential Fallout From HIPAA Rule Delay, AI Identity Governance ChallengesIn this week's panel, four ISMG editors discussed the rise of artificial intelligence-powered phishing toolkits, potential fallout from the U.S. government's decision to delay a major overhaul of the HIPAA Security Rule and what security leaders see as the defining AI security challenges of 2026.

CISA Lauded for Fast Response, Transparency and Detailing Security RecommendationsSecure developers' use of public code repositories, monitor them for secrets and if they get exposed, have a well-tested incident response playbook at the ready. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has shared these and other lessons learned after suffering a data leak.

The president’s speech re-hashed debunked conspiracies around U.S. elections. Critics say the administration’s 18-month investigation into voter fraud has been a total failure.  The post State officials, election experts pan Trump speech: ‘This is what desperation looks like’ appeared first on CyberScoop.

Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers led and directed many attacks attributed to the hacker subset of The Com. U.S. authorities previously accused Jubair of participating in at least 120 attacks. The post Leading members of Scattered Spider sentenced in UK to 66 months in jail appeared first on CyberScoop.

The White House launched Gold Eagle to coordinate vulnerability response in a new AI world, but multiple questions linger over how it's being implemented.

Military forces are under increasing pressure to field autonomous capabilities faster than ever before. Across the U.S., UK, and NATO, new investment, evolving defense strategies, and accelerated acquisition pathways are transforming how capability is delivered, rewarding programs that can move from concept to operational deployment at commercial speed

Armenia has held a Russian tourist named Aleksandr Ermakov in a detention center since June 28, on a U.S. extradition request for a REvil ransomware suspect named Aleksandr Ermakov

Russian-speaking UAT-11795 spreads trojanized Zoom, Webex, and MobaXterm installers to deliver Starland RAT and the WLDR memory-only implant. Cisco Talos researchers published a detailed technical report on July 16 disclosing UAT-11795, a financially motivated, Russian-speaking threat actor that has been running a malware campaign against users in the United States and Europe since at least […]

U.S. prosecutors on Thursday charged a New York man and woman for their roles in a large-scale crime ring that laundered money stolen in cyber investment fraud scams. [...]

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds KNX Association KNX Protocol Connection Authorization Option 1 and Oracle flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added SonicWall and Microsoft flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The flaws added to the catalog are: The vulnerability CVE-2023-4346 (CVSS […]

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a newly patched security flaw impacting Microsoft SharePoint Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, requiring Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to apply the fixes by July 19, 2026

Courts, Audits and Federal Agencies Found No Evidence 2020 Votes Were AlteredU.S. President Donald Trump used a primetime address Thursday night to allege that China carried out a sweeping compromise of American voter data and to revive doubts about the 2020 election, while stopping short of claiming any votes were changed.

Experts Say Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Are Seriously OutdatedThe Department of Health and Human Services is seeking public feedback pertaining to cybersecurity matters and the use of artificial intelligence for potentially updating decades-old, rules-of-the-road regulations for U.S. clinical laboratories that test human specimens for health conditions.

Courts, Audits and Federal Agencies Found No Evidence 2020 Votes Were AlteredU.S. President Donald Trump is expected to revive claims that the 2020 election was hacked in a primetime address, but federal agencies, courts and statewide audits have repeatedly found no evidence votes were altered - while the architecture of U.S. voting systems makes remote hacking implausible.

Also: AscendEX Shuts Down; Ethereum Foundation on AI Bug HuntingThis week, Ostium paused trading, AscendEX shut down, Ethereum said AI hastens bug hunting, not verification, the United States charged an inmate over seized transfer, ex-Sheriff's deputy jailed for extortion, Tangem card security, Iran-linked wallets sanctions and the U.S. may drop BitClub charges.

The Coca-Cola Company disclosed today that a ransomware attack impacting its Fairlife dairy subsidiary has disrupted operations, temporarily suspending production of Fairlife products across the United States. [...]

Officials accused three Russian nationals, Media Land and ML.Cloud of supporting cyberattacks spanning 21 U.S. states and other countries, resulting in losses surpassing $62 million. The post Russian trio indicted for allegedly running bulletproof hosting providers that spurred cybercrime appeared first on CyberScoop.