Over the next three to five years, both governments and the private sector will need to rapidly adapt identification and mitigation protocols as adversaries move from AI-assisted to AI-enabled sanctions evasion and proliferation financing (PF), a new research paper warns. The report, Algorithms of Evasion: The Rise of AI-Enabled Proliferation Financing, from the Royal United…
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AI, Apps, Compliance, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Network Security, privacy, Risk Management
Another IT governance headache: AI-enabled sanction evasion
Over the next three to five years, both governments and the private sector will need to rapidly adapt identification and mitigation protocols as adversaries move from AI-assisted to AI-enabled sanctions evasion and proliferation financing (PF), a new research paper warns. The report, Algorithms of Evasion: The Rise of AI-Enabled Proliferation Financing, from the Royal United…
Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Risk Management
US states step up cyber defenses to protect local communities
U.S. state governments are taking on a larger role in cybersecurity to help protect local communities and essential services. Many states are building state-led cyber defense programs, including cybersecurity clinics, regional security operations centers (RSOCs), and state cyber corps programs to reduce costs, strengthen the local workforce, and improve cyber resilience. Cyber defense programs in…
AI, Apps, china, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Endpoint, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Network Security, Risk Management, Venture
AI, Cybersecurity Education, and the Defense of America’s Digital Border
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping cybersecurity at a pace that is forcing educators, businesses, and governments to rethink workforce development and national defense strategies. During a recent discussion with cybersecurity entrepreneur and ConnectSecure Chairman, Arnie Bellini, key themes emerged around the evolution of cyber threats, the importance of protecting America’s “digital border,” and the urgent…
Europe, Global Security News, Government & Policy
KDE gets over €1 million investment to strengthen security and core infrastructure
European governments and public institutions have been shifting away from proprietary software for years, and the financial infrastructure supporting open-source alternatives is growing to match. Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund announced today that it is investing more than €1 million in KDE, the open-source project behind the Plasma desktop environment and a broad range of Linux…
AI, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy
Flaw in Claude’s Chrome extension allowed ‘any’ other plugin to hijack victims’ AI
As businesses and governments turn to AI agents to access the internet and perform higher-level tasks, researchers continue to find serious flaws in large language models that can be exploited by bad actors. The latest discovery comes from browser security firm LayerX, involving a bug in the Chrome extension for Anthropic’s Claude AI model that…
AI, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Politics
One House Democrat is pressing Commerce on the government’s spyware use
A House Democrat who’s been at the forefront of congressional efforts to scrutinize the federal government’s use of commercial spyware wants the Commerce Department to brief Capitol Hill amid apprehension that the Trump administration might further embrace the technology. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., sent a letter to the department Thursday seeking a briefing on several…
AI, Compliance, Global Security News, Government & Policy
Compliance by design in the age of AI
GUEST OPINION: There’s no denying Australia is moving fast on AI. Governments are launching AI offices, businesses are building new data centres to support AI workloads, and importantly, regulators are starting to ask tougher questions about how the technology is used. But alongside the excitement sits the reality: organisations can’t bolt compliance as an afterthought…
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Government & Policy, privacy, Risk Management
Social media bans might steer kids into riskier corners of the internet
Governments are moving to block children under 16 from social media in the name of safety. But once these measures move from policy to practice, they raise a harder question: what happens when protecting kids requires collecting more data than ever before and may put them at greater risk? Age checks spark debate over privacy…
AI, Global Security News, Government & Policy, malware
New AgingFly malware used in attacks on Ukraine govt, hospitals
A new malware family named ‘AgingFly’ has been identified in attacks against local governments and hospitals that steal authentication data from Chromium-based browsers and WhatsApp messenger. […]
AI, Cybersecurity, Funding, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Politics
CISA cancels summer internships for cyber scholarship students amid DHS funding lapse
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has informed participants of the federal government’s Scholarship for Service program that it has canceled this year’s summer internship programs due to the current funding issues at the Department of Homeland Security. Emails from CISA obtained by CyberScoop recently informed applicants that the agency will not bring any CyberCorps:…
AI, Global Security News, Government & Policy
Anthropic Wins Injunction in Court Battle With Trump Administration
A federal judge said the government’s ‘measures appear designed to punish Anthropic’ in a standoff over military use of A.I.
AI, Global Security News, Government & Policy
SideWinder Espionage Campaign Expands Across Southeast Asia
The suspected India-linked threat group targets governments, telecom, and critical infrastructure using spear-phishing, old vulnerabilities, and rapidly rotating infrastructure to maintain persistent access.
AI, Global Security News, Government & Policy
Middle East Conflict Highlights Cloud Resilience Gaps
Data centers — used by both governments and militaries for operations — are now fair game, not just for cyberattacks, but for kinetic attacks as well.
AI, Cybersecurity, Europe, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Politics, Risk Management
Anthropic’s US gov’t lawsuit says federal action “unprecedented and unlawful”
Anthropic on Monday fought back against the US federal government’s determination that it is a supply chain risk, suing the feds and arguing to a California federal judge that the government is being inconsistent and contradictory. “The Constitution confers on Anthropic the right to express its views—both publicly and to the government—about the limitations of…
Global Security News, Government & Policy, Network Security
Western governments lay the groundwork for secure 6G networks
Governments are preparing for 6G, the next generation of mobile networks, placing security and resilience among their top priorities. In response, seven countries participating in the Global Coalition on Telecoms (GCOT) have introduced a set of 6G Security and Resilience Principles, developed with support from industry partners. The coalition brings together the governments of the…
AI, Europe, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Russia
The Coruna exploit: Why iPhone users should be concerned
A new iPhone-hacking exploit has exposed the uncomfortable truth that when governments build offensive attacks, they eventually come for all of us. Revealed by Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) and iVerify, the Coruna exploit can compromise iPhones running iOS 13 through to iOS 17.2.1, though Apple has secured its systems against this threat in iOS 26. What Coruna does Coruna…
AI, china, Europe, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Network Security
From phishing to Google Drive C2: Silver Dragon expands APT41 playbook
APT group Silver Dragon, linked to APT41, targets governments via server exploits and phishing, using Cobalt Strike and Google Drive for C2. Check Point researchers have identified Silver Dragon, an APT group tied to the China-linked group APT41, targeting government entities in Europe and Southeast Asia since mid-2024. The group gains initial access by exploiting…
Global Security News, Government & Policy
Pentagon Gives Anthropic Ultimatum and Deadline in AI Use Standoff
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to use the government’s leverage in a meeting with CEO Dario Amodei at the Pentagon.
Compliance, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Risk Management
Applying green energy tax policies to improve cybersecurity
For years, governments have focused only on the stick of compliance when they could leverage the carrot of tax incentives. Theoretically, compliance fines and penalties should act as a deterrent that improves accountability and reduces data breaches. However, many vendors often assume compliance risk rather than securing data effectively. For example, Meta has been the…
AI, Global Security News, Government & Policy
Ukrainian sentenced to 5 years in prison for facilitating North Korean remote worker scheme
A Ukrainian national who ran multiple operations to aid the North Korean government’s expansive scheme to hire remote IT workers at U.S. companies was sentenced to five years in prison, the Justice Department said Thursday. Oleksandr Didenko stole U.S. citizens’ identities and created more than 2,500 fraudulent accounts on freelance IT job forums, money service…
Global Security News, Government & Policy
NSW’s cyber strategy reflects a broader shift, security is becoming an enabler of progress
GUEST OPINION: The NSW Government’s new cyber security strategy is a strong point of reference, not just because it applies to government, but because it reflects a broader shift we are seeing across Australian organisations.
AI, Global Security News, Government & Policy
Asia Fumbles With Throttling Back Telnet Traffic in Region
Only Taiwan made the top 10 list of governments, effectively blocking the threat-ridden protocol, but overall the region lagged in curbing Telnet traffic.