US intelligence agencies’ embrace of generative AI is at once wary and urgent
ARLINGTON, Virginia (AP) — Long before generative AI’s boom, a Silicon Valley firm contracted to col...
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Insider Q&A: CIA’s chief technologist’s cautious embrace of generative AI
Knowledge advantage can save lives, win wars and avert disaster. At the Central Intelligence Agency,...
US-China competition to field military drone swarms could fuel global arms race
As their rivalry intensifies, U.S. and Chinese military planners are gearing up for a new kind of wa...
Scathing federal report rips Microsoft for shoddy security, insincerity in response to Chinese hack
BOSTON (AP) — In a scathing indictment of Microsoft corporate security and transparency, a Biden adm...
Microsoft says it hasn’t been able to shake Russian state hackers
BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft said Friday it’s still trying to evict the elite Russian government hackers ...
Microsoft says US rivals are beginning to use generative AI in offensive cyber operations
BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft said Wednesday it had detected and disrupted instances of U.S. adversaries —...
At least 30 journalists, lawyers and activists hacked with Pegasus in Jordan, forensic probe finds
Israeli-made Pegasus spyware was used in Jordan to hack the cellphones of at least 30 people, includ...
HP Enterprise discloses hack by suspected state-backed Russian hackers
BOSTON (AP) — Hewlett Packard Enterprise disclosed Wednesday that suspected state-backed Russian hac...
Microsoft says state-backed Russian hackers accessed emails of senior leadership team members
BOSTON (AP) — State-backed Russian hackers broke into Microsoft’s corporate email system and accesse...
US retail mortgage lender loanDepot struggles with cyberattack
BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. retail mortgage lender loanDepot is struggling to recover from a cyberattack ...
Whistleblower allegation: Harvard muzzled disinfo team after $500 million Zuckerberg donation
A prominent disinformation scholar who left Harvard University in August has accused the school of m...
Breaches by Iran-affiliated hackers spanned multiple U.S. states, federal agencies say
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A small western Pennsylvania water authority was just one of multiple organiz...
Congressmen ask DOJ to investigate water utility hack, warning it could happen anywhere
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Three members of Congress have asked the U.S. Justice Department to investiga...
A new Pentagon program aims to speed up decisions on what AI tech is trustworthy enough to deploy
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AP) — Artificial intelligence employed by the U.S. military has piloted pint-s...
US regulators sue SolarWinds and its security chief for alleged cyber neglect ahead of Russian hack
U.S. regulators on Monday sued SolarWinds, a Texas-based technology company whose software was breac...
Researchers discover attempt to infect leading Egyptian opposition politician with Predator spyware
BOSTON (AP) — A leading Egyptian opposition politician was targeted with spyware after announcing a ...
Google reaches tentative settlement with 36 states and DC over alleged app store monopoly
Thirty-six states and the District of Columbia have reached an agreement in principle with Google to...
Carmakers fail privacy test, give owners little or no control on personal data they collect
BOSTON (AP) — Cars are getting an “F” in data privacy. Most major manufacturers admit they may be se...
FBI and European partners seize major malware network in blow to global cybercrime
LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. officials said Tuesday that the FBI and its European partners infiltrated an...
Don’t expect quick fixes in ‘red-teaming’ of AI models. Security was an afterthought
BOSTON (AP) — White House officials concerned by AI chatbots’ potential for societal harm and the Si...
White House holds first-ever summit on the ransomware crisis plaguing the nation’s public schools
The White House on Tuesday held its first-ever cybersecurity “summit” on the ransomware attacks plag...