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Nick Polk, branch director for cybersecurity at the Executive Office of the President, said government agencies must pay more attention to identity security in the age of AI. (Image Source: Maggie Callahan/Scoop News Group)

White House cyber official: identity security matters more than ever in the age of AI

While AI tools present unique cybersecurity threats, they still rely on poor identity security by organizations to do the most damage, a White House official said Thursday.

By Derek B. Johnson

Paul Lyons, principal principal deputy assistant secretary for cyber policy, right. (Image Source: Maggie Callahan/Scoop News Group)

Pentagon cyber official calls advanced AI ‘revolutionary warfare’

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By Tim Starks

Cisco zero-day under ongoing attack by persistent threat group

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By Matt Kapko

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Major tech manufacturer Foxconn confirms cyberattack hit North American factories

By Matt Kapko
Researchers say AI just broke every benchmark for autonomous cyber capability

By Greg Otto
Closed briefing sets stage for House hearing on Anthropic’s Mythos and cyber risks

By Tim Starks
DOJ releases legal rationale for nationwide voter data collection

By Derek B. Johnson
Weaponized AI: The new frontier of fraud and identity spoofing

By Fernanda Sottil

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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…

By Greg Otto

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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.

By Tim Starks

AI-powered health apps are flooding the market. But their data security policy is more of a pinky promise than a legal mandate. (Source: Getty Images)

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

AI apps are making their way into healthcare. It’s not clear that rigorous data security or privacy practices will be part of the package.

By Derek B. Johnson

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

Hiring freezes, budget cuts and more are raising questions about the future of CyberCorps.

By Tim Starks

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

By Derek B. Johnson

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

By Tim Starks

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

By Matt Kapko

Trump and others want to ramp up cyber offense, but there’s plenty of doubt about the idea

By Tim Starks Mark Pomerleau

Who is sending those scammy text messages about unpaid tolls?

By Matt Kapko

Insights

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Why cyber modernization requires partners with technical plus acquisition expertise

By Katie Baxter

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Why identity is the definitive cyber defense for federal agencies

By Daniel Wilbricht

Agencies push for digital transformation amid security challenges

By Scoop News Group

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Want to scale cyber defenders? Focus on AI-enabled security and organization-wide training

By Jay Bhalodia

Videos

T-Mobile’s Eric Jensen on the challenge of securing vast supply chains

By CyberScoop Staff

Datadog’s Emilio Escobar on compliance-first AI

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Cohesity’s Marlin McFate on risks tied to growing cloud dependence

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ThreatLocker’s Rob Allen on the dual impact of AI

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Podcasts

Why access brokers have stubbornly remained successful

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Last year, Florida State University student Pheonix Ikner shot seven people on campus. Two died, including Tiru Chabba, a food service contractor for the university. Chabba’s family filed a lawsuit against the OpenAI Foundation, alleging negligence. (Image Source: Getty Images)

Family of FSU shooting victim sues OpenAI Foundation for negligence, lack of safety guardrails

By Derek B. Johnson

Can you prove which agent did what?

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How government and Industry can raise the cost of cybercrime

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Daybreak is OpenAI’s answer to the AI arms race in cybersecurity

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‘Mini Shai-Hulud’ malware compromises hundreds of open-source packages in sprawling supply-chain attack

The concept of such a list, known as a “software bill of materials (SBOM),” is to know everything that goes into a particular piece of software so that any supply chain risks are easier to identify. (Getty Images)

Major world economies spell out key elements of AI ‘ingredients list’

Microsoft Romania headquarters in City Gate Towers situated in Free Press Square, in Bucharest, Romania. (Getty Images)

Microsoft addresses 137 vulnerabilities in May’s Patch Tuesday, including 13 rated critical

Google has been ramping up the new feature, Intrusion Logging, since last year, and has now begun rolling it out on Pixel devices. (Getty Images)

Google and Amnesty International teamed up to make it harder for spyware vendors to hide

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AI is separating the companies built to scale from the ones built to sell

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Instructure claims hackers returned stolen Canvas data after an extortion standoff

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Google spotted an AI-developed zero-day before attackers could use it

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The missing cybersecurity leader in small business

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., leaves after a meeting on AI at the Kennedy Caucus Room at Russell Senate Office Building on Nov. 1, 2023 on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Sen. Schumer seeks DHS plan on AI cyber coordination with state, local governments

ShinyHunters claims nearly 9,000 schools affected by Canvas data breach

The Claude AI logo is displayed on the screen of a smartphone placed on a reflective surface onto which lines of computer code are projected. Following the release of Claude Opus 4.6 on February 5, Anthropic continues to challenge its main competitors in the generative AI market in Creteil, France, on February 6, 2026. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Flaw in Claude’s Chrome extension allowed ‘any’ other plugin to hijack victims’ AI

A logo sign outside of the headquarters of Ivanti in South Jordan, Utah. (Kristoffer Tripplaar / Alamy Stock Photo)

Ivanti customers confront yet another actively exploited zero-day

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