Trump blames Minnesota for cyberattacks on water sector, drawing pushback from cyber world

The president went against his intelligence agencies’ conclusions about Iran being the likely suspect in the campaign.

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CISA issues recommendations to federal agencies on open-source software security

One expert said they were pleased by the guidance, which touches on open-weight AI models, patching and more.

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Supply chain challenges loom large in quantum race, White House official says

Brad Blakestad, director of the National Quantum Coordination Office, also said encryption and measuring progress would pose challenges.

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Sen. Wyden urges feds to discard older, insecure, public-facing VPNs

In a letter first reported by CyberScoop, Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said ‘devastating’ attacks on the federal government have accumulated due to the tech.

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Industry’s message on CIRCIA: Please ask us fewer questions about cyberattacks

The administration set a target date of September for CISA to finalize the rule, but where the agency is headed remains a mystery to some.

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Rubio restricts visas for sextortionists, cyber scammers

The move stems from a Trump executive order as the administration continues to pursue cyber-enabled fraud and other crimes.

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Most federal cybersecurity reporting rules are duplicative, study finds

The Government Accountability Office looked at 117 rules across 37 agencies and found 70% had reporting requirements that were overlapping.

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House intel bill includes provisions on state and local threat intelligence, election security, AI

The House Intelligence Committee advanced its fiscal 2027 authorization legislation Monday.

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Program to rotate cyber personnel through federal agencies saw little use

The number of people who got approval to be in the Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce program was in the single digits, GAO found.

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Security researchers find stalkers abusing Chrome’s sync feature

Certo Software warns that the capability, designed for convenience, can easily be used to spy on online activity.

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