Exclusive: Senator calls on Commerce to tighten proposed rules on exporting surveillance, hacking tech to problematic nations

Ron Wyden, D-Ore., fears the regulations have a major loophole and don’t cover enough repressive governments’ agencies.

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Threat awareness, cloud security, quantum computing among chief agency cyber policy priorities ahead

The interim Federal Chief Information Security Officer spelled out some 2025 agenda items for feds at CyberTalks.

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Coker: Agencies flooded with cyberattacks, beset with complex problems can’t always innovate

It’s why his Office of the National Cyber Director is taking on challenges like BGP security, he said.

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Suspected Russian hacking, influence operations take aim at Ukrainian military recruiting

Google’s Threat Analysis Group and Mandiant said one group is behind the hybrid campaign that takes aim at both recruits and broader recruiting efforts.

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Report: Chinese hackers used telecom access to go after phones of Trump, Vance

U.S. authorities said they are investigating “unauthorized access to telecommunications infrastructure” by hackers linked to China.

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Change Healthcare breach affected 100 million Americans, marking a new record

The company notified the Health and Human Services Department about the figure this week, the first it has specified.

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Task force unveils cyber recommendations for the next president

The 40-member panel has suggestions for whoever wins, from how to handle regulations to deterring malicious hackers.

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Alleged Anonymous Sudan leaders charged, prolific gang’s tool disabled

A criminal complaint says the group jeopardized lives via DDoS attack, with 35,000 attacks since the beginning of 2023.

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Iranian hackers are going after critical infrastructure sector passwords, agencies caution

An international advisory says that the purpose of the “brute force” attacks is to sell the info to cybercrime forums.

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Tens of thousands of IPs vulnerable to Fortinet flaw dubbed ‘must patch’ by feds

The Shadowserver Foundation put the figure at around 87,000 for a vulnerability rated as critical and first discovered in February.

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