Government Cyberscoop

“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.

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.

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.

A Trump administration official endorsed a slate of congressional bills Tuesday targeting cybersecurity in the energy sector while touting the office’s new emphasis on AI-driven cyber defenses. Meanwhile, Democratic members repeatedly pressed him over the cybersecurity and reliability impacts from thousands of job cuts that have taken place at the Department of Energy over the The post CESER chief touts AI projects as congressional Dems point to federal cuts appeared first on CyberScoop.

A House hearing weighed the pros and cons from the Trump administration and some lawmakers to step up cyber offensive operations. The post Hill warning: Don’t put cyber offense before defense appeared first on CyberScoop.

The UK body said it is not a government censor, and the inquiry will determine whether X is facilitating the spread of nonconsensual deepfake pornography of adults and children.  The post British regulator Ofcom opens investigation into X appeared first on CyberScoop.

The announcement comes after months of leadership turmoil for the NSA and the U.S. military’s Cyber Command. The post Hegseth, Gabbard tap Tim Kosiba as NSA deputy director after months of cyber leadership tumult appeared first on CyberScoop.

“There can be no mistake about X’s knowledge, and, at best, negligent response to these trends,” the lawmakers wrote to company executives. The post Dems pressure Google, Apple to drop X app as international regulators turn up heat appeared first on CyberScoop.

There are legal tools in place to curb what’s happening on X, but the incident will be precedent-setting for how these laws and regulations are wielded for AI-generated images. The post ‘Elon Musk is playing with fire:’ All the legal risks that apply to Grok’s deepfake disaster appeared first on CyberScoop.