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Top Lawmaker Urges White House to Review Foreign Influence in Open-Source Code
A top Republican in the U.S. Senate warned the White House that foreign adversaries are exploiting trusted open-source software used across federal networks and defense systems, urging the National Cyber Director to lead efforts to monitor contributors and reduce supply chain risk.

Europe Faces Barriers No Legal Rewrite Can Fix
An assumption propelling a proposed recalibration of European tech regulation is that red tape is holding back the trading bloc from gaining ground in a global race for artificial intelligence dominated by the United States and China. But Europe's problem isn’t merely regulatory drag.

Landmark Cybersecurity Deal Embeds Prisma AIRS in Google Cloud for AI Protection
Palo Alto Networks is deepening its partnership with Google Cloud in a multibillion-dollar deal aimed at fortifying AI security. The collaboration includes native integrations of Prisma AIRS and Vertex AI, addressing security across hybrid multicloud environments.

Also: Cyber Insurers Brace for AI Risk, Shopping Agents Rewrite E-commerce
In this week's ISMG Editors' Panel, four editors examine how artificial intelligence is quietly reshaping trust, risk and decision-making, from identity verification and cyber insurance to the rise of AI agents in online shopping. The ISMG Editors' Panel runs weekly.

Machine-Written Pull Requests Contain 70% More Bugs
CodeRabbit analyzed 470 GitHub pull requests and found AI-generated code introduces more defects than human-written code across logic, security, maintainability and performance categories, with severity spiking higher as well. The use of AI code generation has expanded across the industry.

Former Unilever CISO to Lead Department of Defense IT
A former Unilever executive is officially the next U.S. Department of Defense CIO. The Pentagon CIO is the principal technology advisor to Pentagon leadership and manages the department's information management and IT, and many other critical systems.

Chinese Hacking Group Reportedly Behind the Hack
A top-ranking U.K. government official said that hackers targeted the government's foreign relations ministry but dismissed media reports that the attackers stole a large trove of data. "We managed to close the hole, as it were, very quickly," said Trade Minister Chris Bryant.

Widely Used ukr.net Is a Repeat Focus for APT28 Cyberespionage Operations
Don't expect cyber spies to respect distinctions between military and civilian networks, especially in times of war, warn researchers tracking persistent Russian military intelligence credential-harvesting attacks against users of Ukraine's popular, commercial UKR.NET webmail platform.

Chainalysis Data Shows Access-Driven Attacks Reshaping Risk
Hackers stole more than $3.4 billion in crypto this year. Losses were driven by a small number of high-impact breaches. Chainalysis data shows how North Korea actors, centralized platforms and expanding retail adoption reshaped where crypto risk accumulated.

Also: Terra Founder Do Kwon Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
This week, SantaStealer resurfaced as an infostealer, police took down a crypto platform accused of money laundering, Terra founder Do Kwon sentenced, Bitcoin Rodney faced fraud and money laundering charges. The United Kingdom may regulate crypto by 2027 and Binance warned of fake listing agents.

Precision Agriculture Boost Yields but Opens Farmers to Cybersecurity Risk
Precision agriculture is transforming U.S. farming with sensors, drones and automation, boosting productivity yields. But growing digital dependence is also expanding the attack surface, exposing farms to ransomware, disruption and rising cybersecurity risk.

Also: macOS Naughty or Nice, Cybercrime Karma, Spoofing Legacy Rail Infrastructure
London in December: Early to dark, quick to rain but also festive - and a mecca for cybersecurity researchers there for the annual Black Hat Europe conference. This year's event featured nearly 50 briefings that touched on everything from hardware hacking to combing infostealer logs for hidden gems.

Security Needs to Document Risks and Push Back Against Retroactive Accountability
A recent CISO resignation letter exposes a structural flaw in how organizations manage cyber risk. It shows what happens when risk is accepted quietly and accountability is enforced retroactively, and it's a cautionary tale about why CISOs need to actively manage their careers.

More Dry Powder Will Help Cyera Compete Against Proofpoint, Rubrik in AI Agent Era
Cyera in just four years has raised $1.3 billion, the second-largest venture haul for any cyber startup behind only Wiz. The company set its sights even higher in 2026, with media reports that Cyera is set to receive another $400 million - this time from Blackstone - at a valuation of $9 billion.

Practical Steps That Effectively Strengthen Security and Resilience
Cyberattackers know SMBs think they're "too small to be a target" - and they're acting on it. Learn why small businesses are increasingly targeted and the five foundational steps that can significantly reduce cyber risk.

Ink Dragon Compromised IIS Networks to Relay ShadowPad Malware
A Chinese hacking group is using compromised European government networks as relay nodes to route commands and support other hacking operations. Security firm Check Point attributed the campaign to a Chinese espionage group it tracks as "Ink Dragon."

Experts Say AI Is Already Enabling Faster and Harder-to-Detect Attack Campaigns
Artificial intelligence-fueled malware and automated cyber tools are enabling faster, more adaptive attacks at scale, with experts warning Congress that adversaries are now leveraging AI and quantum advances to outpace defenders and bypass outdated security architectures.

Push Comes as HHS Steps Up Enforcement of Data-Sharing and Record Access Regs
A privacy-minded senator is pressuring U.S. health tech companies to give patients more control over where their patient data goes, framing the matter as a matter of national security as well as privacy. Regulators have ramped up enforcement of rules that promote the interoperability.

Deal Would Move ServiceNow's Cybersecurity Ambitions From the Shadow to Spotlight
ServiceNow's security business has long been a sleeping giant inside the workflow orchestration behemoth's portfolio that in recent months appears to have awoken. With the buy of Armis possibly imminent, ServiceNow's security ambitions appear to be moving from the shadows to the spotlight.

2 More Vulnerabilities Need Patching in React Server Components, Warns Vercel
Mass exploitation of the "React2Shell" - CVE-2025-55182 - vulnerability remains underway by nation-state hackers tied to China, North Korea and Iran, as well as financially motivated cybercriminals running everything from cryptomining malware to DDoS services, security experts warn.