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NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 5: Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavily armed Federal agents as they make their way into an armored car en route to a Federal courthouse in Manhattan on January 5, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by XNY/Star Max/GC Images)

CIA’s Michael Ellis says cyber intelligence is changing how the agency operates

The deputy director cited Operation Absolute Resolve as evidence that cyber teams have become central to CIA missions.

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Feds accuse China of ‘systematic’ distillation of U.S. AI models

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Russian national extradited to US for alleged involvement in bank-account takeover scheme

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How software development’s speed obsession enabled TeamPCP’s chaos crusade

The threat group’s remarkable success targeting open-source software was inevitable and fueled by the industry’s decision to prioritize code shipping over security.

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Inside the race to adapt to an AI-powered security world

AI is breaking things faster than anyone can fix them. Security leaders across the industry are racing to figure out what comes next.

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Security leaders say the next two years are going to be ‘insane’

Kevin Mandia, Morgan Adamski, and Alex Stamos tell CyberScoop that AI is finding bugs faster than anyone can fix them, exploit development is accelerating, and most organizations…

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Across party lines and industry, the verdict is the same: CISA is in trouble

The agency lost a third of its people in a year. Now industry and lawmakers on both sides say it's unprepared for a potential crisis.

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Your AI doctor doesn’t have to follow the same privacy rules as your real one

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Cyber scholarship-for-service students say government has pulled rug on them, potentially burdening them with debt

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A house full of open windows: Why telecoms may never purge their networks of Salt Typhoon

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‘Whatever we did was not enough’: How Salt Typhoon slipped through the government’s blind spots

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Prolific Russian ransomware operator living in California enjoys rare leniency awaiting trial

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Attackers exploit zero-days in consistently besieged SonicWall product

This photograph shows the G7 sign during the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 16, 2026. A working group report from the summit called on countries to speed up adoption of post-quantum encryption. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

The G7 tells industry to hurry up and prep for post-quantum encryption

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Jail time for Maine child in 764 marks turning point in federal law enforcement

The seal for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seen in the agency’s briefing room during a meeting at headquarters on Feb. 18, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

FCC proposes public scorecard to rate telecoms on anti-robocall efforts

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Dogged Russia-based botnet dismantled after 23-year run

This aerial photograph shows demonstrators and students as they gather in front of Serbia’s Constitutional Court building during a protest to demand accountability for the Novi Sad railway station tragedy, in Belgrade, on January 12, 2025. Thousands of Serbians protested in the capital Belgrade on January 12, 2025, against corruption and demanding justice for those killed in a train station roof collapse. The demonstrations have been ongoing for two months since a roof in a train station in the northern city of Novi Sad, which had recently undergone restoration work, collapsed on November 1, 2024, and killed 15 people. (Photo by TADIJA ANASTASIJEVIC / AFP via Getty Images)

Pegasus, NoviSpy variant spyware found on devices of Serbian activists

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks to reporters following the weekly Democrat Senate policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on May 6, 2025. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Wyden seeks upgraded NSA security guidance on commercial VPN use

The headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on August 16, 2022, in Washington. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

FBI raises alarm over deceptive phishing campaign targeting prominent people

CASTLE ROCK, CO – JUNE 26: A dobermann wearing a service dog registration is held onstage as former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters speaks during the first day of the Rocky Mountain Voice Freedom Festival on Friday, June 26, 2026, at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in Castle Rock, Colo. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Tina Peters, through attorney, backs off formal role in Shasta County elections

The inspector general report isn’t the first time the USPS has been taken to task for its cybersecurity shortcomings. (Flickr/Aranami)

Whistleblower says USPS deploying new, ‘untested’ IT systems governing mail-in ballots

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The Collective Cyber Defense letter wrote your next vendor questionnaire

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McKesson copes with fallout from data theft extortion attack

HOUSTON, TEXAS – FEBRUARY 17: Houston Water Director, Greg Eyerly, leads a tour of The East Water Purification Plant on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025 in Houston. A White House pilot project designed to boost the cybersecurity of water systems was announced on Monday in Texas. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

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

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