Government Cyberscoop

The House Homeland Security Committee asked Dario Amodei to answer questions about the implications of the attack and how policymakers and AI companies can respond. The post Congress calls on Anthropic CEO to testify on Chinese Claude espionage campaign appeared first on CyberScoop.

The agency’s brief notice also directed messaging app users to advice on how to protect themselves. The post CISA alert draws attention to spyware’s targeting of messaging apps appeared first on CyberScoop.

Despite years of effort to make software safer and more transparent with SBOMs, the rise of AI coding assistants is fueling optimism—and, some experts argue, “kind of insane”—claims about a future with vulnerability-free software. The post The slow rise of SBOMs meets the rapid advance of AI appeared first on CyberScoop.

The lawsuit concerns the removal of apps like ICEBlock, Red Dot and DeICER from online playstores that provide real-time tracking of immigration raids. The post Privacy group sues feds over talks with tech companies on ICE raid trackers  appeared first on CyberScoop.

Outdated government web forms are placing millions of citizens at risk as sensitive information is collected and transmitted through insecure, non-compliant systems. The post Legacy web forms are the weakest link in government data security appeared first on CyberScoop.

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday dropped its case against SolarWinds and its chief information security officer over its handling of an alleged Russian cyberespionage campaign uncovered in 2020, an incident that penetrated at least nine federal agencies and hundreds of companies. The SEC’s decision brings to a halt one of the more divisive The post SEC drops case against SolarWinds tied to monumental breach appeared first on CyberScoop.

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said the Trump administration is leaving the nation vulnerable at a time of rising threats in cyberspace. The post Top Senate Intel Dem warns of ‘catastrophic’ cyber consequences of Trump admin national security firings, politicization appeared first on CyberScoop.

An international effort sanctioned Russia-based Media Land and took action against companies and people who helped Aeza Group evade previously issued sanctions. The post Five Eyes just made life harder for bulletproof hosting providers appeared first on CyberScoop.

The next steps for the law, now extended for a short time, are up in the air. The post Information sharing law’s expiration could squander government vulnerability hunting efforts, senator says appeared first on CyberScoop.

The national cyber director and a top FBI official shared more details about the forthcoming Trump administration document Tuesday. The post Completed draft of cyber strategy emphasizes imposing costs, industry partnership appeared first on CyberScoop.