FCC tightens KYC rules for telecoms, closes loophole for banned foreign services

The commission wants telecoms to do more to verify their callers and prevent illegal calls and scams from reaching Americans.

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Spy agency officials say job loss anxiety, moving fast ‘safely’ among top challenges in AI workforce overhaul

While tech leaders think about how to strategically deploy AI tools to support human intelligence needs, rank and filers express concerns about their livelihoods.

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U.S. companies hit with record fines for privacy in 2025

The increase is being driven by powerful privacy laws in states like California, new interstate partnerships and a renewed focus on the privacy impacts of AI and automation.

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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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