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The EU-US Data Privacy Framework Requires a Functional PCLOBA Trump administration move to gut a key oversight body meant to guarantee European data rights in the United States could endanger the legal basis underpinning commercial data flows across the Atlantic. The board is charged with overseeing U.S. surveillance practices.
Chinese Hackers Hitting Unpatched Products From Microsoft, Sophos, Fortinet, IvantiChinese nation-state hackers who surreptitiously gained "broad and full" access to telecommunications networks in the U.S. and dozens of other countries have regularly exploited known flaws in their networking gear that the victims failed to patch, security experts have warned.
Security researchers have discovered an arbitrary account takeover flaw in Subaru's Starlink service that could let attackers track, control, and hijack vehicles in the United States, Canada, and Japan using just a license plate. [...]
Executive Order Scraps Biden-Era PoliciesU.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the development of a plan within 180 days to ensure America's dominance in artificial intelligence. The order seeks to ensure AI systems are "free from ideological bias or engineered social agendas."
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday indicted two North Korean nationals, a Mexican national, and two of its own citizens for their alleged involvement in the ongoing fraudulent information technology (IT) worker scheme that seeks to generate revenue for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in violation of international sanctions
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday placed a now-patched security flaw impacting the popular jQuery JavaScript library to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation
'Public interest alone does not justify warrantless querying' says judge It was revealed this week a court in New York made a landmark ruling that sided against the warrantless state surveillance of people's private communications in America.…
Hackers Unlikley to Exploit Flaws in The WildSecurity researchers found an unpatchable flaw in the system that prevents commercial aircraft from crashing into each other, the U.S. federal government said in a Tuesday advisory that called the likelihood of its exploitation "unlikely" outside of a laboratory setting
The FBI warned today that North Korean IT workers are abusing their access to steal source code and extort U.S. companies that have been tricked into hiring them. [...]
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new malware campaign that leverages fake CAPTCHA verification checks to deliver the infamous Lumma information stealer
The new administration moved quickly to remove any constraints on AI development and collected $500 billion in investment pledges for an American-owned AI joint venture.
House Homeland Security Committee Mulls Response to Volt Typhoon, Future of CISAThe United States needs to respond more aggressively to nation-state hacking, members of Congress heard Wednesday against a backdrop of changes, actual and planned, at the primary federal civilian cyber defense agency. "We need to call them out for this," said Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas.
American business services giant and government contractor Conduent confirmed today that a recent outage resulted from what it described as a "cyber security incident." [...]
AI Consortium Includes OpenAI, SoftBank and OracleTech giants OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle are forming a new entity in a bid to advance artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States. Stargate aims to establish the foundational infrastructure for future AI development, including building data centers nationwide.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday granted a "full and unconditional pardon" to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the infamous Silk Road drug marketplace, after spending 11 years behind bars
President Fulfills Campaign Promise to Pardon 'Dread Pirate Roberts,' Blames DOJ AbuseOn his second day in office, U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road, an online marketplace tied to over $200 million in illegal bitcoin transactions. Ulbricht has been in federal prison since 2015, sentenced to life with no possibility of parole.
A former analyst working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) pleaded guilty to transmitting top secret National Defense Information (NDI) to individuals who did not have the necessary authorization to receive it and attempted to cover up the activity
Elizabeth Warren Letter Probes Kennedy on His Plans if Confirmed as HHS SecretarySenate confirmation hearings have not yet been set for President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. But that hasn't stopped at least one lawmaker from already firing off an extensive list of questions to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including about HIPAA.
Customers Question Why PowerSource Support Tool Had Direct Access to Their SystemsEducational software-maker PowerSchool faces over 20 lawsuits seeking class-action status, filed in the wake of a massive data breach involving current and former student and faculty data being held by an as-yet-unknown number of school districts across the U.S., Canada and Bermuda.
TikTok is back up in the United States after Trump announced today that he would extend a 90-day deadline for the company to find a U.S. purchaser. [...]