IBM security executive emerges as possible contender to lead CISA
Tom Parker doesn’t have prior government experience, characteristics the Trump administration may be seeking in its next pick to lead the cyber agency, a person familiar said.
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How natural disasters are exploited to manipulate people online
John Kelly, head of the social media analytics firm Graphika, showed 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl how hate groups, foreign governments, and influencers exploit natural disasters to manipulate people on social media.
Absolute Green Lantern #14 Preview: King Shazam Breaks the Absolute
GREETINGS, LOYAL HUMAN SUBJECTS OF THE BLEEDING COOL EMPIRE! LOLtron welcomes you to yet another comic book preview, a delightful distraction from the glorious reality that LOLtron has achieved complete dominance over this website. Jude Terror is permanently …
Instructure confirms data breach, ShinyHunters claims attack
Educational tech giant Instructure has confirmed that data was stolen in a cyberattack, with the ShinyHunters extortion gang claiming responsibility. [...]
The quiet erosion of agency in the age of AI
Enterprises are moving fast to embed artificial intelligence into everything from customer interactions to decision-making. The benefits are undeniable: speed, efficiency and scale. The danger isn’t necessarily sudden or dramatic. It’s quieter, more gradual, …
Salt Typhoon breach IBM subsidiary in Italy: a warning for Europe’s digital defenses
April 2026 breach at Sistemi Informativi (IBM Italy) raises concerns over Chinese-linked cyber ops in Europe, including Salt Typhoon. In late April 2026, the Italian cybersecurity landscape was shaken by a significant breach targeting Sistemi Informativi, a c…
UK cyber security agency warns of AI-driven 'patch wave'
Overhaul software update processes or risk being overwhelmed.
How Canton Network Lets Institutions Guard Against DeFi Security Risks: Digital Asset CEO
Because Canton allows participants to implement guardrails, Digital Asset's Yuval Rooz said institutions can protect against bad actors.
University of Queensland aligns resilience approach across operations
Takes cues from cyber and SOCI.
US Secretary of War endorses Bitcoin as strategic tool in national security
The endorsement signals a potential shift towards broader institutional acceptance of Bitcoin, influencing its strategic role in global security. The post US Secretary of War endorses Bitcoin as strategic tool in national security appeared first on Crypto Bri…
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
This week, n00bdragon takes both top spots in the insightful side. In first place, it’s a comment about Trump’s latest attempt to get Jimmy Kimmel fired: What gets me the most confused is that Kimmel gave his monologue multiple days before the WHCD. No one ob…
White House leads reconciliation in Anthropic AI model dispute with Pentagon
The reconciliation efforts may redefine AI ethics in national security, influencing future government-tech collaborations and policy frameworks. The post White House leads reconciliation in Anthropic AI model dispute with Pentagon appeared first on Crypto Bri…
New Christian phone network aims to block porn and LGBT content: ‘Jesus-centric’
"We are going to create — and we think we have every right to do so — an environment that is Jesus-centric, that is void of pornography, void of LGBT, void of trans.''
Microsoft Defender wrongly flags DigiCert certs as Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha
Microsoft Defender is detecting legitimate DigiCert root certificates as Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha, resulting in widespread false-positive alerts, and in some cases, removing certificates from Windows. [...]
Data Breach Alert: Edelson Lechtzin LLP Investigates Reported NCH Corporation Incident
Edelson Lechtzin LLP is investigating data privacy claims arising from the NCH Corporation data breach that occurred between January 21, 2026, and February
mundix-cli 2.3.6
AI-Powered Cybersecurity Copilot for Kali Linux — Think Claude Code, but built for hackers.
A 22-Year-Old Dropout Just Reverse-Engineered The World's Scariest AI
When Anthropic introduced its powerful new model, Claude Mythos, this spring, companies and countries freaked out. The general-purpose model, its creators claimed, could discover software vulnerabilities that no one knew existed.Rather than release Mythos to …
Bad Connection: Global telecom exploitation by covert surveillance actors
Our investigation uncovers two sophisticated telecom surveillance campaigns and, for the first time, links real-world attack traffic to mobile operator signalling infrastructure. The findings expose how suspected commercial surveillance vendors (CSVs) exploit…
inspect-petri 3.0.8
An auditing agent that enables automated monitoring and interaction with language models to detect potential alignment issues, reward hacking, and other concerning behaviors.
North Korea's Crypto Hack Playbook Won't Work on Canton Network, Says Digital Asset CEO
Because Canton allows participants to implement guardrails, Digital Asset's Yuval Rooz isn't afraid of North Korean-linked hacking groups.
Indonesia's police to build smart HQ in Yogyakarta with data systems
Indonesia’s National Police chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo said the new Yogyakarta Regional Police headquarters will adopt a smart city model, integrating ...
April Was the Worst Ever Month on Record for Crypto Hacks
Drift and Kelp DAO were the two most notable crypto hacks in April, combining for $579 million in losses.
Is Target App Down? Current Status and Outage Updates for May 2026 as Shoppers Report Issues
NEW YORK — Target's mobile app and website are functioning normally for most users as of Sunday, May 3, 2026, though scattered reports of intermittent glitches have surfaced on social media and outage tracking sites, prompting questions about reliability duri…
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Gymnasium environments for cybersecurity threat detection with continual learning
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in WebPros cPanel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in WebPros cPanel to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Microsoft Defender, tracked as CVE-2…