Trump officials are steering a cybersecurity scholarship program toward AI

The latest development has thrown scholars for a curveball, and has some worried about being “left out to dry” when it comes to job positions.

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One House Democrat is pressing Commerce on the government’s spyware use

Rep. Summer Lee’s letter, first reported by CyberScoop, follows ICE confirmation of using spyware and news of a Trump ally becoming NSO Group’s executive chairman.

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CISA boasts AI automation improvements to threat analysis, mission support

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency officials said it’s proven a boon in numerous areas, but there are some hurdles to adoption, still.

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Congress kicks the can down the road on surveillance law (again)

It’s the second extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in 10 days, and a regular ritual for the Hill.

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Congress, industry ponder government posture for protecting data centers

A hearing of the House Homeland Security panel’s cyber subcommittee weighed whether to designate data centers as a standalone critical infrastructure sector.

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Rep. Delia Ramirez takes over as top House cybersecurity Dem

She replaces Rep. Eric Swalwell following his resignation, giving her the position of ranking member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.

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Supreme Court justices skeptically question both sides in geofence surveillance case

A ruling could come this summer in Chatrie v. United States, which could have bigger ramifications about the scope of government surveillance.

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Senators seek answers about hackers obtaining sensitive student data from ostensibly anonymous tip line

Sens. Maggie Hassan and Jim Banks wrote to Navigate360 after a hacker claimed to compromise the school safety tool.

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Latest spy power reauthorization bill leaves critics unimpressed

An April 30 deadline is looming to extend expiring Section 702 powers, and the newest legislation to re-up it is drawing fire from the left and right.

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Surveillance campaigns use commercial surveillance tools to exploit long-known telecom vulnerabilities

Researchers said it’s the first-ever mapping of attack traffic to mobile operator signalling infrastructure.

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