America covers cybersecurity incidents, policy, privacy, public services, advisories, and regional developments affecting digital security.
Search across headline titles and summaries.
Background for this topic.
America covers cybersecurity and information-security developments connected to America, including incidents, policy, privacy, advisories, research, and news affecting organizations, public services, and digital systems in the area.
For practitioners, the tag provides geographic context for developments involving America's organizations, services, partners, and users. Individual articles provide the specific technologies, threats, sectors, and operational implications relevant to each development.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday formally added a critical security flaw impacting React Server Components (RSC) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog following reports of active exploitation in the wild
CrowdStrike warned that Warp Panda, a China-linked cyber-espionage group, is targeting US organizations to steal sensitive data and support Beijing’s strategic interests
American pharmaceutical firm Inotiv is notifying thousands of people that they're personal information was stolen in an August 2025 ransomware attack. [...]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday released details of a backdoor named BRICKSTORM that has been put to use by state-sponsored threat actors from the People's Republic of China (PRC) to maintain long-term persistence on compromised systems
Chinese-Linked Malware Campaign Targets Critical Environments With Weak MonitoringU.S. and Canadian cyber authorities say Chinese state-backed actors used a backdoor dubbed BRICKSTORM to maintain long-term access into critical infrastructure, exploiting VMware environments to exfiltrate credentials and evade detection through encrypted covert channels.
Plan Aims to Modernize Workflow, Expand AI Use Across Agencies, Improve CyberThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled "version 1" of a strategic plan to implement artificial intelligence as a "practical layer" across the department and its agencies aimed at helping to break down silos, improve collaboration and increase efficiencies.
AI in OT May Trigger Cascading Infrastructure FailuresThe U.S. cyber defense agency warned that machine learning and large language model deployments can introduce new attack surfaces across critical infrastructure sectors in a document setting out principles for safely integrating AI into operational technology.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned network defenders of Chinese hackers backdooring VMware vSphere servers with Brickstorm malware. [...]
U.S. prosecutors have charged two Virginia brothers arrested on Wednesday with allegedly conspiring to steal sensitive information and destroy government databases after being fired from their jobs as federal contractors. [...]
Mirion Medical Says Bugs Are Fixed in New Release of BioDose/NMIS SoftwareU.S. federal authorities are warning that several high-severity vulnerabilities discovered in Mirion Medical Co. inventory tracking software used by nuclear medicine departments could allow attackers to modify program executables and gain access to sensitive information.
Federal Cuts Threaten Grid Security as Nation-State Hackings Escalate, Analysts SayCybersecurity leaders told Congress that U.S. energy systems are already compromised by state-backed actors - chiefly China - and warned that shrinking federal support for grid security programs threatens to worsen exposure as utilities face escalating threats with limited resources.
China Still Relies on US Technology, Experts tell SenateWashington spent years constructing export barriers around America's most sensitive artificial intelligence technology. Witnesses told the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee that China is finding ways to move around them. Where one pathway closes, Beijing opens another.
Google is expanding support for its Android's in-call scam protection to multiple banks and financial applications in the United States. [...]
The University of Phoenix (UoPX) has joined a growing list of U.S. universities breached in a Clop data theft campaign targeting vulnerable Oracle E-Business Suite instances in August 2025. [...]
Industry Wants to Stick to Voluntary MeasuresU.S. telecommunications networks are still vulnerable to foreign intrusion, national security and industry panelists told senators during a Tuesday hearing, warning that China and other adversaries are refining long-term access into American infrastructure.
Move Comes After Ruling in Separate Case Discarded HIPAA Reproductive PHI ChangesThe state of Texas has dropped a federal lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that sought to vacate the 25-year-old HIPAA privacy rule, as well as 2024 rule changes under the Biden administration that prohibit the disclosure of reproductive health information.