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Former DoD CIO Leslie Beavers on Nation-State Attacks and DefenseLeslie Beavers, retired brigadier general and former acting CIO and principal deputy CIO of the Department of Defense, said the United States is already experiencing a "cyber invasion," driven by coordinated activity from adversaries including Iran, China, Russia and North Korea.
Federal Proposal Pushes AI Adoption While Avoiding Regulatory DetailThe White House AI framework urges rapid deployment and federal alignment to counter China while proposing guardrails on fraud, safety and speech - but leaves unresolved conflicts on IP, content regulation and state preemption that Congress must navigate.
Contec and Epsimed Monitors Containing 'Backdoors' Are at the Center of OrderTexas Gov. Abbott has ordered agencies to review foreign-made connected medical devices - especially those from Chinese manufacturers - used in state-owned facilities for cybersecurity issues that could pose security and privacy risks to patients and healthcare infrastructure.
Also, Telus Breach, Microsoft Hotpatching, Interpol Malicious IP TakedownThis week, Russian hacker OpSec failure, Interpol helped disrupt 45,000 malicious IPs, the FBI is looking for an ATM jackpotting suspect and Telus disclosed a breach. Windows hotpatching, an FTP exploit, a foiled attack on a nuclear research center and China-linked espionage.
These rulings prohibit the entities from entering or doing business in the European Union.
Executives pressed Congress for a strategy as the market – and attack surface – continues to expand. The post U.S. robotics companies want federal help to keep Chinese robots out of America’s networks appeared first on CyberScoop.
AI, Robotics Leaders Warn Chinese Robots Could Disrupt Sensitive OperationsWitnesses told a U.S. House Homeland Security panel that Chinese-developed AI robotics platforms could give Beijing new avenues for surveillance, disruption and physical harm across critical sectors, and urged restrictions on federal use as China expands its industrial dominance.
Chinese Hacking Firm iSoon and Iran's Emennet Pasargad Among TargetsThe European Union sanctioned three Chinese and Iranian hacking operations that have been under U.S. indictments or sanctions for over a year - or, in one case, since 2019. The sanctions freeze assets and forbid EU citizens and companies from funding or otherwise doing business with the targets.
The European Union Council has announced sanctions against three entities and two individuals for their involvement in cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure in the region. [...]
State-sponsored attackers joined by Chinese snoops and hackers-for-hire in latest round of economic penalties The Council of the European Union sanctioned Emennet Pasargad on Monday, a company used as a front for a series of Iranian cyberattacks.…
Researchers uncovered an extensive cyber espionage campaign that used novel backdoors and familiar evasion techniques to maintain persistent access to regional targets.
Hacktivists use proxy services from Russia, China for 'billions of designed-for-abuse connection attempts' Cybercrime has skyrocketed since the start of the Iran war, according to Akamai, which reports a 245 percent increase in everything from credential harvesting attempts to automated reconnaissance traffic aimed at banks and other critical businesses.…
Some of these campaigns are linked to Darcula, a Chinese-language phishing-as-a-service platform