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Cyber Defense Agency Axes Funding for Key ISACs as Trump Shifts Federal Priorities
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is eliminating $10 million in annual funding for two key cybersecurity hubs supporting states and local elections as agency officials tell Information Security Media Group the move is aimed at eliminating waste and realigning priorities.

Browser Isolation Protects Access Points as Remote Work Expands Attack Surface
With 92% of organizations supporting remote connectivity and phishing attacks surging to record levels, browser-based security has become essential for zero trust frameworks to protect against malware, ransomware and credential theft.

AI-Enabled Security Offers Continuous Monitoring for Distributed Enterprise Apps
As cybercriminals increasingly use AI for sophisticated attacks against cloud workloads, organizations must implement zero trust principles with continuous policy enforcement and proactive threat management to protect mission-critical applications.

Juniper Networks Urges Immediate Updating and Malware Scans to Block Attackers
Hackers have been infecting outdated Juniper MX routers with backdoor malware as part of an apparent cyberespionage campaign that traces to a Chinese-affiliated hacking team tracked as UNC 3886, warned Google's Mandiant incident response group.

Tested on Three OpenAI Models, 'Minja' Has High Injection and Attack Rates
A memory injection attack dubbed Minja turns AI chatbots into unwitting agents of misinformation, requiring no hacking and just a little clever prompting. The exploit allows attackers to poison an AI model's memory with deceptive information, potentially altering its responses for all users.

Stretched Agency Must Balance HIPAA Enforcement With Policing DEI in Healthcare
HHS investigators charged with protecting the civil rights and privacy of patients are now assigned to finding and stamping out diversity, equity and inclusion programs at universities and hospitals, with DEI deemed discriminatory under the Trump administration.

Experts Express Surprise Over Major Social Platform Falling Victim to DDoS Attacks
One of the world's biggest social networks continued to face intermittent outages Tuesday, apparently due to unsophisticated, distributed denial-of-service attacks. Experts said the attacks were traced to malware-infected devices - many based in the U.S. - and pro-Palestinian hacktivists.

Plankey Led Efforts to Engage Energy Sector in Cyber Prep During Trump's First Term
President Donald Trump has nominated a former Energy Department and National Security Council cybersecurity official to lead the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. National Guard and Coast Guard Veteran Sean Plankey has been tapped to replace Jen Easterly as the director of CISA.

Abuse Can Lead to Fraud, Impersonation Scams
Need a new voice? Artificial intelligence has you covered. Need to protect your own? That's another story. Some of the most widely used AI voice synthesis tools offer only superficial safeguards against misuse - if any at all, researchers found in a recent analysis.

Risk of Espionage and Disruption Key Risks, Lawmakers Warned
The British government is "extremely worried" about the Chinese and Russian cyberespionage and disruptive hacks, government officials told the U.K. Public Accounts Committee on Monday. The United Kingdom has faced a "substantial escalation in cyberthreats" in the last three years, lawmakers heard.

Getvisibility's AI Mesh Integration to Bolster Data Classification, Risk Management
Forcepoint is buying Getvisibility to integrate its AI Mesh technology, boosting data classification and risk assessment capabilities. The purchase fortifies Forcepoint's cybersecurity solutions for highly regulated industries, with full integration expected by year-end pending regulatory approval.

Risk of Espionage and Disruption Key Risks, Lawmakers Warned
The British government is "extremely worried" about the Chinese and Russian cyber espionage and disruptive hacks, government officials told the UK Public Accounts Committee on Monday. The United Kingdom has faced a "substantial escalation in cyberthreats" in the last three years, lawmakers heard.

'Dark Storm Team" Takes Responsibility for 4 Major Outages on Monday
Repeated outages Monday on social media platform X - formerly Twitter - are the result of a distributed denial of service attack, asserted platform owner Elon Musk in a sporadically available tweet. The social media platform experienced four significant outages.

Mental Health Provider, Kansas Clinics Are Latest Victims of Cybercriminal Gang
A Kansas-based medical practice and a Rhode Island-based provider of mental health and addiction counseling and related services are the latest victims in a growing list of healthcare organizations reporting major data breaches by cybercriminal gang Rhysida.

Ousted Social Security Official Accuses DOGE of Bypassing Critical Data Protections
A former top official at the Social Security Administration has alleged that members of Elon Musk's controversial task force ignored critical security protocols to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data while disregarding established procedures designed to protect it.

GetVisibility's AI Mesh Integration Bolsters Data Classification, Risk Management
Forcepoint is buying Getvisibility to integrate its AI mesh technology, boosting data classification and risk assessment capabilities. The purchase fortifies Forcepoint’s cybersecurity solutions for highly regulated industries, with full integration expected by year-end pending regulatory approval.

Self-Described Hacktivists Appear to Remain Moscow Foreign Policy Extension
Russia's use of high-profile online nuisance attacks as a psychology ploy designed to amplify Moscow's geopolitical agenda continues. As Europe has rallied to support Ukraine, self-proclaimed Russian hacktivists have trumpeted their targeting of the U.K. and EU member states, instead of the U.S.