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Milan_Jovic/Getty Images ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW June 16, 2026 01:56 PM ET A Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency official says advanced AI can cut parts of the vetting process from months to hours. * Defense * Artificial Intelligence The nation’s largest counterintelligence unit aims to use
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* Vulnerability in UpdraftPlus plugin on Awesome Motive’s marketing server enabled CDN compromise and malicious JavaScript injection * Malware targeted logged‑in WordPress admins, harvesting tokens and creating rogue accounts for full takeover * Site owners urged to check for fake admin accounts (‘developer_api1’, ‘dev_xxxxxx’), hidden backdoor plugins, and rotate
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At a spatial AI convention in Long Beach on Tuesday, Snap finally unveiled Specs, its long-awaited consumer smart glasses, and at $2,195, they don’t come cheap. Specs will be available for preorder on June 16th, with a $200 refundable deposit, and are expected to ship this fall in
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* Varonis uncovered “SearchLeak,” chaining three flaws in Microsoft 365 Copilot to enable one‑click data theft * Attack exploited prompt injection, HTML race condition, and Bing SSRF to exfiltrate inbox, OneDrive, and SharePoint data * Microsoft patched CVE‑2026‑42824 earlier this month, rating it 10/10 critical Experts have uncovered a
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Amos Stealer, an information-stealing malware, is targeting Apple Mac computers to steal private data, according to new details from cybersecurity research firm CyberProof. Threat actors are, reportedly, actively using this malware family to run financially motivated campaigns by compromising macOS environments. Although Amos Stealer is not new, in the latest
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* The UK government has announced a social media ban for under-16s * Privacy advocates are concerned about the impact of increased age checks * Some groups also argue that a ban will fail to protect kids online The UK's "world-leading" plan to protect teenagers with strict social media
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TL;DR Anthropic spent six months warning about AI risk, weakening its own safety pledge, withholding its most powerful model, filing for an IPO, calling for an industry slowdown, and then watching the White House shut down its flagship models. This timeline traces the paradox. No company in the AI
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TL;DR Three more tech executives, including Cloudflare’s CTO, have joined the US Army’s Detachment 201 as lieutenant colonels. The programme now includes seven Silicon Valley leaders advising the Pentagon on AI and modernisation, raising conflict-of-interest concerns as their companies hold billions in defence contracts. The US Army
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For most of the past decade, the security industry quietly gave up on prevention. Breaches were treated as inevitable, and the money went into detecting and cleaning up the mess afterwards. A new startup from two veterans of that industry says AI has made stopping the attack in the first
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The cybersecurity industry is confronting a new reality: traditional vulnerability management is no longer enough. As enterprises rapidly deploy AI-powered applications, autonomous agents, and large language model (LLM) infrastructure, security teams are discovering that many of the most dangerous exposures cannot be identified through conventional CVE-based scanning alone. Instead, organizations
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* Google GTIG exposes UNC6508, a PRC‑linked group exploiting REDCap servers with custom INFINITERED malware * Attackers stole credentials, exfiltrated sensitive data via manipulated compliance rules, and hid for over a year * Gmail accounts tied to campaign disabled; admins urged to enforce phishing‑resistant MFA, device‑bound sessions, and advanced protections
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iRhythm, a health company specializing in wearable cardiac monitoring technology, has been targeted in a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of information. The data breach was disclosed by iRhythm, known for its Zio wearable ECG monitor, in a Monday filing with the SEC. The company said it detected “unauthorized
