Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

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A deeper look at the first three pillars and outlining how our capabilities directly support government agencies working to bring this strategy to life.

A long-term and ongoing campaign attributed to a China-nexus threat actor has embedded itself in telecom networks to conduct espionage against government networks

Sean Cairncross said the idea rather is to collaborate with the private sector in a way that helps the U.S. government take the battle to its adversaries. The post Trump administration isn’t pushing companies to conduct cyber offense, national cyber director says appeared first on CyberScoop.

Bold Plan Raises Hard Questions About Execution, Liability and OversightThe Trump administration's national cyber strategy calls for a stronger partnership between the federal government and private companies, heralding a shift in the ways private enterprise could participate in offensive operations against nation-state adversaries, ransomware gangs and cybercriminals.

Hackers have cut their attack timelines from weeks to hours while the government spreads resources too thin. We need to stop pretending we can protect everything and start focusing on what would hurt us most. The post We’ve seen ransomware cost American lives. Here’s what it will actually take to stop it. appeared first on CyberScoop.

The United Kingdom has announced a new cybersecurity strategy, backed by more than £210 million ($283 million), to boost cyber defenses across government departments and the wider public sector. [...]

The threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting Indian governmental, academic, and strategic entities with a remote access trojan (RAT) that grants them persistent control over compromised hosts

The Trump administration wants CISA to transition to a “new model” for supporting local government agencies’ cyber strategy

Guess how much of our direct transatlantic data capacity runs through two cables in Bude? Feature The first transatlantic cable, laid in 1858, delivered a little over 700 messages before promptly dying a few weeks later. 167 years on, the undersea cables connecting the UK to the outside world process £220 billion in daily financial transactions. Now, the UK Parliament's Joint Committee on National Security Strategy (JCNSS) has told the government that it has to do a better job of protecting them.…

A China-aligned threat actor known as TA415 has been attributed to spear-phishing campaigns targeting the U.S. government, think tanks, and academic organizations utilizing U.S.-China economic-themed lures

Are UK taxpayers getting real value from SPA24 — or just high cost convenience? Register debate series The UK government's five-year Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA24) with Microsoft is set to see public sector bodies spend around £1.9 billion each year—nearly £9 billion in total over half a decade. It's a vast sum for software and services, and one that deserves close scrutiny.…

The US government is throwing the book at even mid-level cybercriminals. Is it just, and is it working?

Good to see government that values its academics (cough cough). Plus: New board criticized for lacking 'ops' people Cybersecurity experts have started a formal review into the UK cybersecurity market, at the government's request, to identify future growth opportunities as it looks to grow the industry that's core to the country's Industrial Strategy.…

NCC Group's Katharina Sommer on Why Nations Are Turning Inward on Cyber DefenseGeopolitical shifts are reshaping how countries approach cyber resilience. Katharina Sommer, group head of government affairs and analyst relations at NCC Group, explains why governments are turning inward and focusing on sovereign cybersecurity strategies as cross-border collaboration weakens.

SentinelOne discovered the campaign when they tried to hit the security vendor's own servers An IT services company, a European media group, and a South Asian government entity are among the more than 75 companies where China-linked groups have planted malware to access strategic networks should a conflict break out.…

Effective cybersecurity played a key role Ukraine drone attack on Russian strategic bombers, a leading government security expert has claimed

Buyout Targets Deeper US Penetration, Digital Risk Intel, Ransomware DefenseCognyte’s $4 million buy of GroupSense boosts its North America strategy, enhancing its investigative analytics platform with deep and darkweb threat insights and access to U.S. government and enterprise customers. The deal will enhance Cognyte’s analytics platform and threat protection offerings.

Hackers Targeted Critical Infrastructure for Sabotage, Data TheftRussian and Chinese hackers targeted critical infrastructure in the Netherlands for strategic gains amid escalating tensions with Western governments, the Dutch intelligence agency said. The Netherlands witnessed a number of "cyberespionage attempts against the Dutch government."

The UK government’s new fraud minister will today announce plans for a newly expanded fraud strategy