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The nations warn that governments and industry can no longer treat quantum codebreaking as a distant or theoretical possibility. The post The G7 tells industry to hurry up and prep for post-quantum encryption appeared first on CyberScoop.

The agency also booted 14 phone service providers from U.S. networks for violating existing robocalling regulations. The post FCC proposes public scorecard to rate telecoms on anti-robocall efforts appeared first on CyberScoop.

It’s the first Pegasus infection of 2026 that Citizen Lab is forensically confirming, and the SHARE Foundation said it’s the biggest wave of spyware surveillance in Serbia yet. The post Pegasus, NoviSpy variant spyware found on devices of Serbian activists appeared first on CyberScoop.

it’s the latest in a sequence of letters to feds from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on commercial VPNs. The post Wyden seeks upgraded NSA security guidance on commercial VPN use appeared first on CyberScoop.

More than 200 companies have now signed to an August 27 letter about improving cyber defenses in the age of AI. Buried in it are three metrics every one of them endorse under its own logo: coverage, containment speed, and whether fixes work. The post The Collective Cyber Defense letter wrote your next vendor questionnaire appeared first on CyberScoop.

Elon Musk claimed he was aware of “literally zero” CSAM content created through Grok. A new lawsuit from thousands of real victims say the model was trained on their child abuse.  The post Former sexual abuse victims say Grok used their images, videos to train deepfake capabilities appeared first on CyberScoop.

A memecoin, a manifesto, and a week of daily leaks — but to researchers, it’s a familiar extortion playbook with an unusually large audience. The post The GTA VI leaks are breaking the internet. Security researchers have seen this before. appeared first on CyberScoop.

Under the bill, FERC would consider cyber threats from quantum computers and post-quantum cryptography in its reliability standards for the energy sector.  The post Bipartisan Senate bill aims to prepare energy sector for Q-Day appeared first on CyberScoop.

The designation would unlock a range of federal services, tools and resources for an industry that policymakers view as increasingly tied to national and economic security. The post The push to designate AI as the next critical infrastructure sector appeared first on CyberScoop.

The superseding indictment adds defendants and allegations against the Iranian firm accused of a massive cybertheft campaign against foreign universities and others. The post Eight years later, federal authorities re-up charges against alleged Iranian hackers at Mabna Institute appeared first on CyberScoop.