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“If I’m confirmed for this, I think my role is to be objective about that as that comes up, or if it continues to come up as a topic,” Rudd said. The post Trump’s cyber chief pick tells lawmakers he’ll assess efficacy of Cybercom-NSA dual-hat role, if confirmed appeared first on CyberScoop.

A researcher who discovered the vulnerability said it was fixed in December, after he first reported it to the agency in September. The post CISA’s secure-software buying tool had a simple XSS vulnerability of its own appeared first on CyberScoop.

Americans are learning to “trust the citations” in AI-generated answers—but AI doesn’t reward credibility, it rewards access. The post The quiet way AI normalizes foreign influence appeared first on CyberScoop.

ANCHOR will restart conversations between government and industry around critical infrastructure security, with some changes around liability and other areas.  The post Sources: DHS finalizing replacement for disbanded critical infrastructure security council  appeared first on CyberScoop.

The botnet took an unusual path by abusing residential proxy networks, allowing it to control an untapped collection of unofficial Android TV devices. The post Kimwolf botnet’s swift rise to 2M infected devices agitates security researchers appeared first on CyberScoop.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an investigation Wednesday into xAI over allegations that its artificial intelligence model Grok is being used to create nonconsensual sexually explicit images of women and children on a large scale, marking the latest escalation in regulatory efforts to address AI-generated deepfakes. The California investigation focuses on Grok’s “spicy mode,” The post California AG launches investigation into X’s sexualized deepfakes appeared first on CyberScoop.

It’s the latest batch of revelations about what makes the Intellexa-made spyware stand out from competitors. The post Predator spyware demonstrates troubleshooting, researcher-dodging capabilities appeared first on CyberScoop.

The service became a prolific tool for cybercriminals in the past year, as it facilitated thousands of attacks involving credential theft, account takeovers, mass phishing and payment diversion fraud. The post Microsoft seizes RedVDS infrastructure, disrupts fast-growing cybercrime marketplace appeared first on CyberScoop.

President Donald Trump resubmitted his nomination Tuesday after it stalled in the Senate last year. The post Sean Plankey re-nominated to lead CISA appeared first on CyberScoop.

Researchers said the information disclosure zero-day exposes sensitive information that attackers can use to undermine defenses and make other exploits more reliable. The post Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 112 defects, including one actively exploited zero-day appeared first on CyberScoop.