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China Defends DeepSeek After US Ban of Its AI From Government Systems
The DHS said agencies should remove DeepSeek products as well as third-party products and services developed using DeepSeek from their IT systems.
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Children’s Data Stolen After Ransomware Attack Compromises ‘Password1’ Account
The ICO has slammed security failings by the Welsh local government data unit and IT service provider following the 2024 incident
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CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Exploited Plex2Shell, Siemens, and SiteGuard Flaws
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added four vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including four vulnerabilities impacting…
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NSO Spyware Pegasus Hit a Serbian University Rector Six Days Before Snap Elections
Citizen Lab confirmed Pegasus on a Serbian rector’s iPhone 6 days before elections, raising the known civil society spyware target count to 16. The Citizen Lab published a research note confirming…
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Energy Consumption of Post-Quantum Cryptography on Constrained and General-Purpose Architectures
arXiv:2610.27111v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: With Q-day approaching, the transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) has begun, with governments across the US, UK and EU mandating migration to…
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Operation FlashHole: Lazarus breaks security, defies control
In January, we responded to the Lazarus Group’s novel attack campaign against South Korea, which followed last year’s Operation SyncHole. In this new operation, the group employed an updated malware…
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Russian GRU hackers hit NATO shipbuilder, aircraft engine maker, law enforcement agency in espionage campaign
Russian government-connected hackers compromised two defense firms and a law enforcement agency in North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries as part of an espionage campaign, Symantec researchers…
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DOJ escalates fight for election supremacy with California raids
A series of federal raids and arrests of voters in California has escalated the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to take administrative control of U.S. elections.
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DHS bans DeepSeek products across US federal civilian agencies
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is ordering federal civilian agencies to stop using DeepSeek products and remove them from government systems.
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🏴☠️ Booba project has just published a new victim : City of Mt. Angel, Oregon
Government Administration Stolen data: 18 GB.
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🏴☠️ Booba project has just published a new victim : City Hall - Everett, MA
Government Administration Stolen data: 15 GB.
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Welsh firms ‘Password1’ and ‘Test 2’ fails led to hackers stealing children’s data
Alex Hickey reports: Two Welsh organisations have been censured by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after a ransomware attack led to the theft of personal data belonging to 3,300…
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U.S. bans DeepSeek from government agency systems amid AI rift with China
Jenny Lee reports: The Trump administration banned Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from civilian U.S. government agencies, citing security concerns. The Department of Homeland Security on Monday made…
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IDENTOS PolicyArc gives AI agents task-specific, time-limited access
IDENTOS has announced that PolicyArc is now generally available. The new solution gives security, platform, and compliance teams a single place to define, enforce, and audit access policy across…
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Japan Data Breaches 2026: Inside the October Surge
Japan is facing a dense wave of breach disclosures. Since late September, at least 20 major Japanese companies have reported breaches, including Times Car, Lawson, Yakiniku King, Sourcenext and…
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CISA Adds Six Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog
CISA has added six new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.
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US Army is developing AI agents that could strike enemy networks and vanish without a trace
The US Army is looking for AI agents that can slip into an adversary’s network, find their target, copy themselves onto nearby tablets and computers, and then erase themselves before anyone notices…
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Ex-OpenAI Engineer Detained in Spy Device Case as Saudi Royal Contacts Emerge
A U.S. court on Monday granted the U.S. government's request to detain a former OpenAI engineer accused of planting a recording device in an executive conference room at the company's San Francisco…
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OpenAI Engineer Accused of Spying on Executives Ordered to Remain in Custody
A judge ordered Abdulrahman Alfozan to remain in custody, likening the Saudi government’s offer to secure the former OpenAI engineer’s release to a “blank check.”
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Wyden seeks adoption of encryption tech at hundreds of federal agencies to protect visitors’ sensitive traffic
Hundreds of federal agencies should adopt an encryption tool to protect whistleblowers, veterans suffering from mental health crises and others from hackers who might target them when they reach out…