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Arizona woman arrested and charged in North Korean IT worker scheme

Christina Chapman facilitated remote work and financial transfers for North Koreans tied to that nation’s weapons development programs, according to the U.S. government.

By AJ Vicens

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Inside Poland’s groundbreaking effort to reckon with spyware abuses

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By Tim Starks

Eric Goldstein, executive assistant director for cybersecurity at CISA, speaks during the Elastic Public Sector Summit 2024. (Scoop News Group photo)

Top CISA official Eric Goldstein to depart agency next month

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By Tim Starks

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Lawmakers fret over who will report foreign election interference

By Derek B. Johnson
Three bills governing AI in elections pass Senate committee

By Christian Vasquez
BreachForums, a key English-language cybercrime forum, seized by the FBI

By AJ Vicens
AI companies promise to protect our elections. Will they live up to their pledges?

By Derek B. Johnson
DeRusha stepping down from ONCD, federal CISO roles

By Matt Bracken Rebecca Heilweil

The FBI’s Brett Leatherman on LockBitSupp’s unmasking; a spyware reckoning in Poland

How Troy Hunt knows if you’ve been hacked and Washington tries to understand AI

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Rethinking democracy for the age of AI

We need to recreate our system of governance for an era in which transformative technologies pose catastrophic risks as well as great promise.

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Did someone really hack into the Oldsmar, Florida, water treatment plant? New details suggest maybe not.

By Christian Vasquez

This photo illustration shows the ChatGPT logo at an office in Washington, DC, on March 15, 2023. (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Coming to DEF CON 31: Hacking AI models

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When it comes to online scams, ‘ChatGPT is the new crypto’

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The pressing threat of Chinese-made drones flying above U.S. critical infrastructure

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The quantum computing threat is real. Now we need to act.

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Hackers leak huge cache of data from evangelical organization that supported Dobbs decision

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Misconfiguration leaves thousands of servers vulnerable to attack, researchers find

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North Korean hackers used polished LinkedIn profiles to target security researchers

By AJ Vicens

‘They outsmarted us.’ 3CX CEO acknowledges mistakes handling potential supply chain cyberattack

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Operationalizing zero trust: A practical guide for modern federal agencies

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Mandiant’s Sandra Joyce on AI for cyber defense and what’s troubling CISOs

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Sayash Kapoor on AI risk; Federal agencies affected by Russian breach of Microsoft

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Ransomware used in attack that disrupted US hospitals

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) speaks during a press conference on new legislation at the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 27, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Bipartisan House bill aims to prepare election workers for AI

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US, China meeting this week to talk AI safety, risks

Election officials Mason Gregory Gilchrist and Dorothy Allen count ballots at the Shasta County Clerk & Registrar of Voters offices on February 23, 2024 in Redding in Northern Califonia’s Shasta County. During “Super Tuesday” primaries, security guards will monitor the back door at one Shasta County polling precinct — a sign of the high political tensions in rural northern California. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Forget AI: Physical threats are biggest risk facing the 2024 election

Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President at the Microsoft Corporation, arrives for a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law oversight hearing to examine legislating artificial intelligence (AI), on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 12, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

House panel leaders call on Microsoft president to testify over security shortcomings

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Major health care system hobbled by ‘cyber incident’

CISA Director Jen Easterly testifies before a House Homeland Security Subcommittee on April 28, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Dozens of tech companies pledge to build safer, more secure tech

The Boeing Company headquarters are shown January 25, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Boeing confirms attempted $200 million ransomware extortion attempt

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines arrives for testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee May 2, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Top spy official releases principles on intel agency use of info bought from data brokers

An Iranian flag waves in a wind outside the Vienna International Centre hosting the United Nations (UN) headquarters and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as the socalled EU 5+1 talks with Iran take place in Vienna, on July 3, 2014. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images)

How an Iranian-linked influence campaign pivoted after Oct. 7 attack on Israel

Harry Coker testifies during his confirmation hearing to become the national cyber director before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Nov. 2, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

ONCD report: ‘Fundamental transformation’ in cyber, tech drove 2023 risks

A pedestrian walks past a seal reading “Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation”, displayed on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI building, in Washington, DC, on August 15, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

US, UK authorities unmask Russian national as LockBit administrator

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the press at the port of Ashdod in southern Israel on May 1, 2024. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

State Department wants ‘digital solidarity’ at center of tech diplomacy

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