ATF cancels controversial commercial geolocation contract

The agency told CyberScoop the tool was a pilot that didn’t meet their needs. Members of Congress say it was accessed for hundreds of active cases. 

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FCC passes new cybersecurity rules for emergency systems, undersea cables

The new rules would overhaul national emergency systems to protect against hijacking and update federal security review rules for undersea cables providers

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Federal court rules Trump election-focused executive order illegal

Provisions setting up federal voter lists for each state and restricting mail ballots through USPS were declared unconstitutional.

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Court rules SAVE database illegal, orders it dismantled

A judge said the administration’s database violates the Privacy Act, the Social Security Act and the Administrative Procedures Act.

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Trump administration to order agencies to speed up post-quantum migration, boost industry

President Trump signed two executive orders Monday accelerating the federal government’s transition to post-quantum encryption and boosting the domestic quantum computing industry. 

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Intel agencies: Frontier AI models will reshape cybersecurity faster than expected

The joint warning from Five Eyes countries mirrors what many cybersecurity and AI experts have been saying for the past year. 

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Congress tees up No FAKES Act, aiming at AI-generated deepfakes

While preventing third parties from profiting off unauthorized deepfakes of artists and performers is a bipartisan concern, some business and digital rights groups are opposed.

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AI’s constant patching treadmill can be a security problem

The breakneck speed of model releases may be creating short, silent security gaps as developers must choose between performance and security, according to a new report.

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Cybersecurity experts don’t think Anthropic’s Fable 5 presents a unique cybersecurity threat 

Dozens of practitioners said the decision to place export controls on the foreign use of Fable are misguided, and recent jailbreak reports don’t show the model providing unique hacking capabilities.

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US, France, and Italian authorities shut down massive deepfake porn site

The website specialized in non-consensual sexual images of famous women, including politicians, first ladies, royalty, journalists, television presenters, athletes, and entertainers, and others.

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