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The United Kingdom has withdrawn its demand that Apple create a backdoor to its encrypted cloud systems following months of diplomatic pressure from the United States, according to a statement from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Gabbard announced the decision Monday on X, stating that the U.S. government had worked closely with British partners The post UK abandons Apple backdoor demand after US diplomatic pressure appeared first on CyberScoop.

The provisions mentioned by the president, such as banning mail-in voting and voting machines, are viewed by many experts as plainly unconstitutional. The post Trump threatens executive order on elections, claims states must obey appeared first on CyberScoop.

Without strong cyber capabilities at State, America’s partners will turn to unreliable associates in China for infrastructure investment and succumb to cyberattacks that place U.S. forces overseas at risk. The post By gutting its cyber staff, State Department ignores congressional directives appeared first on CyberScoop.

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act lapsing might spell disaster, experts and industry groups warn. The post Here’s what could happen if CISA 2015 expires next month appeared first on CyberScoop.

A district appeals court ruled that the FCC “correctly determined” that telecoms had a duty to protect customer location data that was sold and later misused by third parties.  The post Court rebuffs request by telecoms to review $92 million privacy fine   appeared first on CyberScoop.

The vulnerability, which Cisco said it discovered during internal security testing, could allow unauthenticated attackers to execute high-privilege commands. The post Cisco discloses maximum-severity defect in firewall software appeared first on CyberScoop.

The rules, introduced during the Biden administration, would force telecoms to notify customers when their personally identifiable information is exposed in a hack. The post Court upholds FCC data breach reporting rules on telecom sector appeared first on CyberScoop.

The State Department also announced financial rewards totaling up to $6 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Garantex’s leaders. The post US widens sanctions on Russian crypto exchange Garantex, its successor and affiliate firms appeared first on CyberScoop.

The two messaging apps replied separately, commenting on user rights and efforts to counter crime. The post Russia restricts WhatsApp, Telegram calls, alleging criminal, terrorist activity appeared first on CyberScoop.

Researchers aren’t aware of any active exploitation of the software, but the issue is being dealt with simultaneously as attackers are trying to brute force the company’s security appliances. The post Fortinet SIEM issue coincides with spike in brute-force traffic against company’s SSL VPNs appeared first on CyberScoop.