Cyber
GenAI.mil, the U.S. Department of Defense's enterprise AI platform, recently surpassed 1 million unique users with adoption spanning every military service.
The platform launched two months ago, and its popularity can be attributed to a decisive cultural and technological shift, the department... Read More »
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a new directive to federal agencies to take action against rising cyber security threats.
The Binding Operational Directive 26-02, Mitigating Risk from End-of-Support Edge Devices, requires Federal Civilian Executive Branch... Read More »
A new report from the VIPRE Security Group finds that cybercriminals are using trust and urgency to continue to ensnare victims in fraud schemes.
The report, Q4 2025 Email Threat Trends Report, looked at 1.5 billion emails and 500,000 spam messages to identify the trends in security threats for... Read More »
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced her state had received $9 million in federal grants to support the delivery of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) hard tokens to counties, municipalities, school districts and public authorities across the state.
MFA requires two or more proofs of identity to... Read More »
The Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) of the U.S. Department of Defense, referred to by the Trump administration as the U.S. Department of War, recently announced the launch of a new digital platform for small businesses, LYNX.
The LYNX system will strengthen supplier readiness, improve... Read More »
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is telling critical infrastructure organizations to take action against threats from insiders.
As part of CISA’s “Assembling a Multi-Disciplinary Insider Threat Management Team” report, the agency is supporting efforts to... Read More »
The U.S. Army recently established Army Rapid Implementation of AI (Project ARIA) to identify, analyze and develop AI-driven solutions to three of the Army's top problems.
The Army partnered with artificial intelligence, technology, and industry experts as the project seeks to integrate AI into... Read More »
Security control testing company Scythe and AI runtime assurance company Starseer announced a strategic partnership recently that would help organizations defend themselves against AI-driven cyber-attacks.
The companies said the partnership will combine their spheres of expertise in order to... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) wants answers from tech companies about suspected North Korean infiltration of U.S. companies.
Ogles, the chair of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, said he has sent a letter to LinkedIn, Amazon Web Services and Palo Alto Networks... Read More »
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently released its initial list of product categories for technologies that use post-quantum cryptography standards.
The list identifies hardware and software categories that currently support or are expected to support-post quantum... Read More »
According to a new report from the World Economic Forum, the increasing complexity of the cyber landscape creates significant implications for organizations and world nations.
The report, Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025, found that the complexity stems from the rapid growth of emerging... Read More »
Virginia-based MITRE Corp., a not-for-profit research and development organization, recently introduced a cybersecurity framework designed to protect the embedded systems that power critical infrastructure and defense technologies. It was developed in collaboration with the Air Force’s Cyber... Read More »
Global cybersecurity platform RSAC Conference LLC announced it had appointed Jen Easterly to its CEO position.
Easterly, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA)\, will step into the role to oversee the platform and host of the world’s largest cybersecurity... Read More »
Republicans and cybersecurity experts warned that the United States must move faster and act more aggressively to counter foreign cyber threats during a Jan. 13 hearing held by the U.S. House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
As foreign nations... Read More »
A new report from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and other organizations will help businesses reduce their exposure to cyber risk in operational technology (OT) network environments.
The report, Secure Connectivity Principles for Operational Technology, released in... Read More »
U.S. Sens. Gary Peters (D-MI) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) introduced legislation recently that they hope will help the U.S. Department of Defense recruit and retain cybersecurity professionals.
The Department of Defense Comprehensive Cyber Workforce Strategy Act would require the DoD to further its... Read More »
Global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said it will acquire Seraphic Security, a leader in browser runtime security.
The company said it would fuse Seraphic’s continuous in-session browser protection with SGNL’s continuous identity to secure every interaction from the endpoint to the browser... Read More »
In an effort to secure American military Artificial Intelligence dominance, the U.S. Department of Defense launched an AI Acceleration Strategy that it said would establish the U.S. as the world’s leader in military AI deployment.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the acceleration... Read More »
A new report from the World Economic Forum found that CEOs view cyber-enabled fraud to be one of the most persistent global threats in the cyber risk landscape
In its report, World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026, cyber-enabled fraud overtook ransomware as CEO’s top... Read More »
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced recently that it had retired 10 Emergency Directives issued between 2019 and 2024.
The emergency directives had been issued, per statute, to mitigate emerging threats and to minimize impact. Officials said the emergency... Read More »
Investment in cybersecurity vendors increased 47 percent in 2025 compared to 2024, according to a recent report by cybersecurity recruitment firm Pinpoint Search Group.
In 2025, investment in cybersecurity reached $13.97 billion, and deal volume increased from 304 to 392 funding rounds recorded.... Read More »
The U.S. Army recently created a career pathway for officers to specialize in artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) as an official area of concentration.
“This is a deliberate and crucial step in keeping pace with present and future operational requirements,” Lt. Col. Orlandon... Read More »
CrowdStrike joined Amazon Web Services (AWS) and NVIDIA in selecting 35 startup companies for its third annual Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator program.
Chosen from hundreds of global applicants, the 35 companies were selected for their strength of their innovation, potential to make market... Read More »
Two Americans have pleaded guilty in federal court to extortion through a ransomware attack in 2023.
The two men entered their guilty pleas in federal court in the Southern District of Florida for conspiring to delay or affect commerce through extortion in connection with ransomware attacks.... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Defense plans to soon expand its AI platform, GenAI.mil, to include xAI for the government's suite of frontier‑grade capabilities.
The department entered into an agreement with xAI on Dec. 22 for the deployment of its advanced capabilities on GenAI.mil. Under the... Read More »
Global cybersecurity leader CrowdStrike said it delivered 100 percent detection and 100 percent protection during the 2025 MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Evaluation, the most demanding in the program’s history.
As part of MITRE’s cloud adversary emulation, CrowdStrike was able to deliver perfect... Read More »
Bipartisan legislation recently re-introduced in the U.S. Senate would help commercial satellite owners and operators defend against growing cybersecurity threats.
The Satellite Cybersecurity Act would help secure commercial satellites used for global communications, weather forecasts,... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Defense recently launched Google Cloud's Gemini for Government, the first of several artificial intelligence tools that will be included on GenAI.mil, the department's new AI platform.
"There is no prize for second place in the global race for AI dominance," Emil Michael,... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Justice announced two businessmen have been arrested for their part in AI tech smuggling efforts.
The DOJ said “Operation Gatekeeper” disrupted the tech trafficking network and seized more than $50 million in advanced GPUs destined for China and other restricted... Read More »
Ongoing intrusions by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actors use BRICKSTORM malware, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said.
BRICKSTORM is a sophisticated backdoor for VMware vSphere and Windows environments that allows cyber threat actors... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Justice announced it had seized the domain used for a website that allegedly targeted Americans for cryptocurrency investment fraud scams.
The domain, tickmilleas.com, was allegedly used by the Tai Chang scam compound in the village of Kyaukhat, Burma. Officials with the... Read More »
U.S. Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) said his legislation to create a unified federal process to identify state-sponsored cyber actors will protect critical American infrastructure and enhance national security.
The Cyber Deterrence and Response Act of 2025 would provide real tools that would impose... Read More »
The Air Forces Cyber group is representing the United States in NATO’s flagship Cyber Coalition this week in Tallinn, Estonia.
Cyber Coalition 2025 brings together representatives from 29 NATO Allies, their partner countries, and the EU, as well as collaborators from academia and the industry... Read More »
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently announced it is aware of multiple cyber threat actors actively leveraging commercial spyware to target users of mobile messaging apps.
Criminals use sophisticated targeting and social engineering techniques to deliver spyware... Read More »
Three new guides from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) will help critical infrastructure owners and operators protect against unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), the agency said Thursday.
Part of CISA’s Be Air Aware campaign, the guides - “Unmanned Aircraft System... Read More »
