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The Senate voted 59-35 to place Republican Party insider Sean Cairncross atop the Office of the National Cyber Director, which plays a pivotal role in dictating policy and bolstering U.S. cybersecurity efforts.

The Commission on Cyber Force Generation will develop potential routes Congress and the White House could follow in creating a separate cyber service and aim to deliver them in time for next year’s must-pass national defense authorization act.

Beginning on October 12 a new program known as the Entry/Exit System (EES) will be launched, requiring biometric data instead of paper checks of passports in order to enter certain European countries.

Hackers have leaked flight records allegedly belonging to the CEO of the Russian airline Aeroflot following a major cyberattack that grounded flights.

Makers of the period tracking app Flo agreed to settle with plaintiffs in a suit alleging that millions of users' data was improperly shred with Meta.

Russia shut down mobile internet services more than 2,000 times in July as authorities ramped up digital restrictions in the name of security.

Authorities in Luxembourg said a nationwide telecommunications outage in July was caused by a deliberately disruptive cyberattack. Huawei networking products were reportedly the target.

San Diego-based Illumina will pay $9.8 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by selling systems to the federal government that included cybersecurity flaws.

In a warning to foreign embassies in Moscow, Microsoft said a Russian state-backed hacking group known as Secret Blizzard or Turla has been using internet service providers for adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) attacks.

The goal of Thorium is to enable cyber defenders to bring automation to their existing analysis through simple tool integration and event-driven triggers, CISA said, adding that it is built to support cybersecurity teams across mission functions.

In its latest operation, Lazarus took advantage of major gaps in the open-source software supply chain — like developers depending on unvetted packages and the lack of oversight for popular tools that are often maintained by just one or two people.

Mike Burgess, who leads the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, said at the Annual Hawke Lecture at the University of South Australia that he was putting a dollar figure on the economic cost of espionage for the first time to stress the “real, present and costly danger” facing Australia.

Discount retail giant Dollar Tree denied its systems were impacted by ransomware after a cybercriminal group claimed to have attacked the company.

License plate readers from controversial surveillance tech company Flock Safety will be added to Raptor Technologies' school safety suite, the two companies announced.

Researchers have discovered more than 10 patents for powerful offensive cybersecurity technologies filed by a prominent Chinese company allegedly involved in Beijing’s Silk Typhoon campaign.

Sean Plankey’s nomination to direct the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency advanced out of committee on Wednesday after languishing for several months, bringing him one step closer to confirmation.

Speedtest, made by Seattle-based Ookla, collects data that could be exploited for cyberattacks, Russia's telecom regulator said in blocking the service.

The global average cost of a data breach fell from $4.88 million in 2024, a 9% decrease that now matches numbers seen in 2023.

The Stolichki pharmacy chain, which operates about 1,000 stores across Russia confirmed that a technical failure that halted its operations on Tuesday was caused by a hack.

Silicon Valley-based Palo Alto Networks is acquiring CyberArk, with an eye on improving identity security for AI agents as well as people.