Vulnerability disclosure policy bill for federal contractors clears Senate panel

The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday also advanced legislation to strengthen the federal IT supply chain.

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Bipartisan Senate bill targets supply chain threats from foreign adversaries

The bill would strengthen oversight powers for the body charged with investigating IT products from China and other foes.

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Botnet serving as ‘backbone’ of malicious proxy network taken offline 

Lumen Technology’s Black Lotus Labs took the ngioweb botnet and NSOCKS proxy offline Tuesday.

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Trump administration should focus on cyber rules, grants and international partnerships, Biden official says

Anne Neuberger made her remarks on priorities for the new administration on the same day the outgoing and incoming president met to discuss the transition.

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Agencies face ‘inflection point’ ahead of looming zero-trust deadline, CISA official says

Shelly Hartsook said she’s seen promising data on implementation of security protocols ahead of next week’s due date for agencies to submit updated plans.

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CISA sees elimination of ‘bad practices’ as next secure-by-design step

Officials at the cyber agency are doubling down on shifting the security onus to software makers.

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OpenAI says it has disrupted 20-plus foreign influence networks in past year

Threat actors were observed using ChatGPT and other tools to scope out attack surfaces, debug malware and create spearphishing content.

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FCC hits operative behind New Hampshire robocall with $6 million fine

Steve Kramer will have 30 days to pay the fine for his work behind the call that used AI to imitate President Joe Biden’s voice.

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