Alleged Russian Phobos ransomware administrator extradited to U.S., in custody

Evgenii Ptitsyn is said to have helped operate a ransomware-as-a-service organization that extorted millions from more than 1K victims, including schools and hospitals.

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Host of House panels getting briefed on major Chinese hacker telecom breaches

The reported scope of the Salt Typhoon hacks has expanded in recent days and weeks, from the incoming president to top U.S. officials.

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TSA issues proposed cyber mandates for pipelines, rail, airlines

The post-Colonial Pipeline proposal requires the agency’s charges to follow one cyber mandate to rule them all.

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Industry trade groups still have ‘concerns’ with cyber reporting mandate

21 organizations representing critical infrastructure interest groups ask Jen Easterly to have CISA go back to the drawing board.

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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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Agencies face ‘inflection point’ ahead of looming zero-trust deadline, CISA official says

Shelly Hartsook said she’s seen promising data on implementation of security protocols ahead of next week’s due date for agencies to submit updated plans.

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CISA sees elimination of ‘bad practices’ as next secure-by-design step

Officials at the cyber agency are doubling down on shifting the security onus to software makers.

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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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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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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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