Four Senate Democrats call on DHS to reinstate Cyber Safety Review Board membership

The lawmakers say the January purge has left the United States blind on the nature of the historic Salt Typhoon telecommunications breach.

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Chinese hackers used Google Calendar to aid attacks on government entities

Google Threat Intelligence Group said it developed means to counter the activity, which it linked to APT41.

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Senators revive bill to harmonize conflicting cybersecurity regulations

The legislation Sens. Gary Peters and James Lankford would create an executive branch panel to align federal cyber rules.

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Appeals court rejects attempt by Khashoggi widow to renew suit against NSO Group

Hanan Elatr Khashoggi has alleged that the spyware vendor played a role in the death of her husband.

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Massachusetts man will plead guilty in PowerSchool hack case

It’s the first public break in the case that might be the largest breach of American schoolchildren’s data.

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Consensus forms on reauthorizing 2015 cyber info-sharing law now, upgrading it later

Both witnesses and lawmakers at a House hearing said the law must not lapse in September.

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SAP cyberattack widens, drawing Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon comparisons

Multiple firms are tracking the zero-day attacks on Europe’s top software firm.

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DHS won’t tell Congress how many people it’s cut from CISA

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., leveled that charge at DHS Secretary Kristi Noem at a hearing Wednesday.

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Sen. Murphy: Trump administration has ‘illegally gutted funding for cybersecurity’

He’s the latest Democrat who sits on an appropriations panel to sharply criticize CISA personnel reductions and proposed funding cuts.

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