Dragos: Despite AI use, new malware targeting water plants is ‘hype’

ZionSiphon was designed to find and sabotage Israelis’ water supply. An OT expert said it appears to be ineffective and the work of amateurs using AI.

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House Republicans roll out national privacy bill

Experts say the federal legislation takes inspiration from states laws in Virginia and Kentucky, but a lack of bipartisan support could spell trouble. 

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Vuln in Google’s Antigravity AI agent manager could escape sandbox, give attackers remote code execution

Google’s highest security setting for its agents runs command operations through a sandbox and throttles network access, but is still vulnerable to prompt injection.

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The FTC’s AI portfolio is about to get bigger

The commission is preparing to enforce key parts of a new law against sexual deepfakes and searching for ways to block AI-driven scamming using voice clones.

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OpenAI expands Trusted Access for Cyber program with new GPT 5.4 Cyber model 

A new cybersecurity-focused variant of ChatGPT and an expanded access program put OpenAI in direct competition with Anthropic’s Project Glasswing — and raises fresh questions about who gets to wield the most powerful security AI.

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Space Force official touts AI’s impact on cyber compliance

The acting CISO said that AI is reshaping how the service measures and tracks cyber compliance, moving it from a box-checking exercise to something nimbler and more substantive.

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Here’s how cyber heavyweights in the US and UK are dealing with Claude Mythos

Two reports from former high-level U.S. cyber officials and the UK government’s top AI research institution reveal how top defenders think about the tool’s hacking capabilities.

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Commerce setting up new AI export regime to push adoption of ‘American AI’ abroad

 The department is looking to create a “menu of priority AI export packages that the U.S. Government will promote to allies and partners around the world.”

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Why is the timeline to quantum-proof everything constantly shrinking?

Experts say advancements in hardware, mathematics and growing fear of Chinese scientific breakthroughs are pushing Google and others to call for speedier migration.

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Wyden warns Social Security chief: Trump’s voter database is ‘blatant voter suppression’

The Senate Democrat said that the SSA following Trump’s executive order would indicate “willing participation” in the administration’s midterm elections scheme.

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