DHS to unveil replacement council for critical infrastructure cybersecurity

The Department of Homeland Security is bringing back a key cybersecurity information sharing effort with critical infrastructure, more than a year after the Trump administration shuttered an existing nerve center between government and private sector. The Alliance of National Councils for Homeland Operational Resilience – Critical Infrastructure program, first reported by CyberScoop in January, is meant […]

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Warner bill would create federally vetted list for secure, trustworthy AI agents

The bill empowers the FTC to create a registry for sellers of AI agent software certifying their privacy and cybersecurity protections.

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Supreme Court approves mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day 

The ruling is a victory for election advocates who say the evidence overwhelmingly shows that voter fraud is rare and not tied to mail voting in general. 

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Supreme Court approves mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day 

The ruling is a victory for election advocates who say the evidence overwhelmingly shows that voter fraud is rare and not tied to mail voting in general. 

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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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