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Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, leaves the House Republican Conference caucus meeting at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. His bill seeking to seeks to clarify I&A’s role under the Homeland Security Act passed the House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday. Bill Clark/
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Shutthiphong Chandaeng/Getty Images ByAlexandra Kelley, Staff Correspondent, Nextgov/FCW May 14, 2026 04:05 PM ET Draft iterations of cybersecurity guidance for AI-driven threats across different types of emerging systems are in development as the federal government wades into AI model risk assessments. * Artificial Intelligence * NIST * Cyber Defense The
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Richard Socher has been a major figure in AI for some time, best known for founding the early chatbot startup You.com and, before that, his work on Imagenet. Now, he’s joining the current generation of research-focused AI startups with Recursive Superintelligence, a San Francisco-based startup that came out
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Nightmare-Eclipse, a cybersecurity researcher previously known for a controversial reveal of three Windows Defender zero-day exploits seemingly rejected by Microsoft for petty reasons, has followed up with information regarding a BitLocker bypass vulnerability dubbed "YellowKey." Nightmare-Eclipse describes the vulnerability as one of the most insane discoveries ever, even
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Ubisoft has been had a tumultuous time in the current gaming landscape, forcing the publisher to cancel several projects and close some of its talent laden studios. It’s hoping to turn its fortunes around by remaking one of its most beloved games, however, Assassin’s Creed Black Flag. While
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* New Linux kernel flaw CVE‑2026‑46300 “Fragnesia” allows local attackers to gain root * Discovered by William Bowling of Zellic; * PoC shows corruption of /usr/bin/su page cache to get root shell Security researchers have discovered a new vulnerability in the Linux kernel which could allow malicious actors to
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * The latest version of Claude Mythos has already advanced. * External researchers found that it achieved several firsts in testing. * AI capabilities may be improving much faster than anticipated. Anthropic's Claude Mythos, which the
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* Wordfence disclosed two flaws in Avada Builder, a WordPress plugin with around 1 million active installs * CVE‑2026‑4782 (Arbitrary File Read, medium severity) requires subscriber‑level access; CVE‑2026‑4798 (SQL injection, high severity) exploitable unauthenticated * Patches released in April and May 2026; users advised to update to v3.
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House Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., and Ranking Member Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., look on ahead of a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on March 25, 2026 in Washington, DC. Members of the committee received a briefing on Wednesday about Anthropic's Mythos
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* Chaotic Eclipse leaks two new Windows flaws: YellowKey (BitLocker bypass) and GreenPlasma (privilege escalation) * YellowKey abuses WinRE to bypass BitLocker; verified by Kevin Beaumont, though mitigations are debated * GreenPlasma exploits CTFMON services for SYSTEM access; follows earlier leaks RedSun, UnDefend, and BlueHammer (later patched as CVE‑2026‑33825) Chaotic Eclipse,
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Earlier this week, hackers hijacked several open source projects used by dozens of companies and pushed updates designed to spread malware. This is the latest in a string of recent so-called “supply chain” attacks targeting software developers and their projects. On Wednesday, OpenAI confirmed that two employees had their devices
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Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for May 2026. Today, Vinod D’Souza, director, Office of the CISO, shares highlights from his RSA Conference fireside chat with Anthony Belfiore, chief strategy officer, Wiz. As with all Cloud CISO Perspectives, the contents of this newsletter are posted to the Google
