Lawmakers call on Treasury to sanction hackers-for-hire

The groups have allegedly targeted American citizens and companies, including the wife of GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers, a former representative running in a Michigan swing race.

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FBI cyber chief worries private sector not sharing enough cyber threat information

Brett Leatherman said that industry has the wrong idea about what the FBI does with the data it collects during incidents, which is used to help victims and investigations alike.

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FBI officials say AI is bolstering adversaries, emphasizing need to focus on cyber basics, patching

The remarks, to both CyberScoop and at the Billington CyberSecurity Summit, dovetail with the release of a new bureau cyber strategy.

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European parliament members call for slowdown of Serbia’s EU entry over spyware use

The letter follows revelations about Serbian student activists being infected with Pegasus and NoviSpy, and coincides with other pressures on Belgrade.

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Pegasus, NoviSpy variant spyware found on devices of Serbian activists

It’s the first Pegasus infection of 2026 that Citizen Lab is forensically confirming, and the SHARE Foundation said it’s the biggest wave of spyware surveillance in Serbia yet.

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Wyden seeks upgraded NSA security guidance on commercial VPN use

it’s the latest in a sequence of letters to feds from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on commercial VPNs.

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‘Watershed 250’ test program in Texas looks to private sector for water cybersecurity help

The six-month program will be overseen by the Office of the National Cyber Director and Texas Cyber Command to “find out what works.”

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Cyber threats nudge Trump to sign executive order on foreign equipment in U.S. energy infrastructure

The order says any foreign-produced equipment deemed to pose national security risks can’t be purchased or installed.

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Three 10.0 security flaws fixed across Ubiquiti’s UniFi line

The communications product company disclosed 22 total Wednesday, all but one of which was rated “critical” at 9.0 or higher.

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Arrested man allegedly impersonated NSA elite hacking unit, Supreme Court chief justice

Joshua Culver, aka “Maverick Young,” is accused of imitating the head of the NSA’s Tailored Access Operations unit during a time it wasn’t called that.

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