1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (478+ words) Russian state-backed hackers have exploited a vulnerability in widely used email software to steal messages, passwords and authentication data from Western government agencies and other organizations, U.S. and allied cyber-intelligence authorities said Thursday. The Russian hacking group, known primarily as Laundry…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (469+ words) Andriy Onufriyenko / Getty Images The challenge facing the federal government is not whether AI should be regulated. The challenge is whether policymakers can create a framework that is unambiguous, encourages innovation, protects national interests and provides market certainty without repeating…...

4+ week, 8+ hour ago   (540+ words) Swaths of consumer streaming devices and passive-income services are quietly turning Americans’ home internet connections into cover for cybercrime, fraud and foreign-linked hackers, according to a new investigation that found suspicious behavior from devices and apps sold through major online…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (182+ words) Gettyimages.com / Jason Marz The Homeland Security Department has finalized the first out of four awards under Cumulus, a centralized contract for acquiring commercial cloud computing services across the entire organization. Amazon Web Services’ portion of the contract will have…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (333+ words) Telecommunications services provider MetTel announced on Wednesday that it successfully completed network upgrades to 11 General Services Administration offices across the U.S. to help meet the needs of the Trump administration’s return to work mandate. President Donald Trump signed a January 2025 executive…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (356+ words) The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday proposed new restrictions that seek to block companies flagged as national security threats from gaining easy access to the U.S. telecom market. The agency voted to launch a rulemaking that would bar entities on its…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (434+ words) A Chinese state-backed hacking group that was discovered in telecom operators and other communications systems is likely holding onto pilfered data “in perpetuity” for future theft and cyber exploitation, a top FBI official said Thursday. Salt Typhoon, as the group…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (378+ words) FBI Director Kash Patel testifies during a House Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on the 2026 Annual Worldwide Threats Assessment at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on March 19, 2026. Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images A pro-Iran hacker group claimed to have…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (610+ words) The inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim-Berners Lee, during a conference at the Talent Arena, at the Fira de Barcelona, on 3 March 2026, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Lorena Sopena/Europa Press via Getty Images Decades after inventing the web, Tim…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (321+ words) A purported U.S. Cyber Command memo claiming that multiple apps were “compromised” and could be revealing servicemembers’ locations is fake, a DOD official confirmed to Defense One. “The command did not issue messages to U.S. service members to turn off…...