DARPA awards $14 million to semifinal winners of AI code review competition
Seven teams of cybersecurity researchers have been awarded $2 million each from the U.S. Defense Department for their work in creating artificial intelligence systems that can find and...
GM lawsuit is Texas attorney general’s first shot in privacy initiative
General Motors handled drivers’ data in a “false, deceptive, and misleading” way, according to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has filed a lawsuit against the company for...
Indian telecom regulator orders crackdown on spam calls
India’s telecom regulator has directed service providers to block all promotional calls — whether pre-recorded or computer-generated — from unregistered senders in a major move "to curb the...
FBI Shuts Down Dispossessor Ransomware Group’s Servers Across U.S., U.K., and Germany
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday announced the disruption of online infrastructure associated with a nascent ransomware group called Dispossessor (aka Radar).
The effort saw the dismantling...
‘Prolific’ malvertising scammer arrested and extradited to US to face charges
A Belarusian-Ukrainian national dubbed "one of the world’s most prolific Russian-speaking cybercrime actors" by the British National Crime Agency (NCA) has been arrested in an international operation and...
In landmark for post-quantum encryption, NIST releases three algorithms
Three encryption tools designed to protect information against a quantum computer were publicly released on Tuesday by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) — a...
Russia is pushing disinformation about Kursk operation, Ukrainian officials say
The Ukrainian security service (SBU) is warning of a new Kremlin disinformation campaign related to Ukraine’s recent incursion into Russian territory. According to the SBU’s statement, Russia...
Australian gold mining company Evolution Mining announces ransomware attack
Evolution Mining, an Australian gold mining company, told investors on Monday that it became aware of a ransomware attack last week impacting its IT systems. The company,...
Britain and France to discuss misuse of commercial cyber intrusion tools
The United Kingdom and France will soon launch a consultation on how to tackle “the proliferation and irresponsible use” of commercial cyber intrusion tools, according to a statement...
As he retires after two decades at Homeland Security, Brandon Wales reflects on CISA’s...
Brandon Wales sails into the sunset this week. The outgoing executive director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Wales will leave the Department of Homeland...
