AI can help defenders stop nation-state threat actors at machine speed

Cyber defenders say AI technologies are quickly evolving to help stop sophisticated threat groups, including Chinese adversaries, from embedding themselves inside target organizations.

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Rebuilding Maritime Cybersecurity Resilience: Charting an America First Course to Secure the U.S. Homeland

While the homeland security discussion has focused on the Southern Border, there is more than 95,000 miles of expansive U.S. coastline and over 360 ports that are the backbone to $5.4 trillion in economic activity and over 10 million jobs.

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International intelligence agencies raise the alarm on fast flux

The NSA and its partners want organizations to protect themselves against the technique, which can be tough to spot.

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Cybercom discovered Chinese malware in South American nations — Joint Chiefs chairman nominee

So-called hunt forward operations by U.S. Cyber Command have uncovered Chinese malware implanted in Latin American nations, according to retired Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine.

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ReliaQuest secures $500 Million in funding, boosting AI-driven cybersecurity operations

U.S.-based cybersecurity firm ReliaQuest has secured a significant funding boost with a new investment round totaling over $500 million, elevating the company’s valuation to $3.4 billion. The funding round was led by global investors EQT Partners, KKR, and FTV Capital, alongside existing investors Ten Eleven Ventures and Finback Investment Partners. This fresh capital injection underscores […]

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Despite challenges, the CVE program is a public-private partnership that has shown resilience

In 1999, Dave Mann and Steve Christey, two researchers from the nonprofit R&D corporation MITRE,  debuted a concept for security vulnerabilities that laid the groundwork for the common vulnerability and exposures framework (CVE) that organizes information around computer vulnerabilities. Twenty-five years later, the CVE program, which assigns a unique record to each reported vulnerability, is […]

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How DHS is working to continually improve the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program

Two CISA officials detailed the way agencies are leveraging the program to get the best CDM can offer.

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