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Al Drago for The Washington Post via Getty Images ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW May 28, 2026 09:38 AM ET Alexandra Seymour currently serves as principal deputy assistant national cyber director for policy in the Office of the National Cyber Director. * White House * Leadership Alexandra Seymour, a top
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Every iPhone ships with a built-in cross-app tracking opt-out. Here's why most people haven't enabled it, and how to do it in seconds. 4 min read Most people know, in a vague sort of way, that their phone is being used to target them with ads.
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The BTMOB remote access trojan (RAT) is becoming a heightened threat to Android users due to its data theft and device takeover capabilities, ESET warns. Believed to be based on the SpySolr malware, BTMOB is distributed via phishing attacks leveraging lures such as streaming, cryptocurrency mining, and other familiar services.
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A critical FortiClient Endpoint Management Server (EMS) vulnerability patched in April has been exploited in fresh attacks to deploy information-stealing malware, Arctic Wolf reports. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-35616 (CVSS score of 9.1), can be exploited remotely via crafted requests for remote code execution (RCE) and does not require
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * NordVPN is rebuilding its VPN app to combine VPN service with modern threat protection. * The rebranding focuses on three pillars of a personal security strategy: connect, protect, and monitor. * NordVPN's transition highlights the
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Over 560,000 computer viruses are created every day, and they can wreak havoc on your life in a myriad of ways, from stealing your data to locking you out of your device. Thankfully, there are many antivirus tools that can protect you by scanning for threats and blocking suspicious
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* FBI warned about Silent Ransom Group (SRG), a threat actor impersonating IT staff to steal files and plant malware directly at victim offices * SRG, also known as Luna Moth/Chatty Spider/UNC3753, primarily targets US law firms, starting with vishing calls and escalating to in‑person intrusions with external drives
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At its first annual conference in Paris, Mistral formally rolled out the physics-aware AI stack it built around the Emmi acquisition, with Airbus, BMW and EDF as launch customers. Mistral AI used its first annual conference in Paris on Thursday to formally launch “Mistral for Industrial Engineering,” a physics-aware AI
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Organizations are making a big bet on AI, but if their plans don’t include a cybersecurity strategy, then they are gambling with their future. Over the past few years, GenAI platforms have matured from pattern-matching large language models (LLMs) to tool-calling agents. Many enterprises now report that the majority
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At first glance, Palantir receiving access to an address book containing up to 1.5 million NHS staff may seem like just one more example of digital transformation on a grand scale in healthcare, or simply a necessary step for a supplier supporting such a complex environment. However, underneath this
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The UK’s critical national infrastructure (CNI) is entering a converged threat era - one where cyber, physical and aerial risks are overlapping attack surfaces targeting the same high-value assets. Furthermore, data centers have been formally designated as CNI, elevating both their strategic importance and their exposure to attack. Historically,
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The cybersecurity industry has a hiring problem that isn’t getting better. ISC2’s latest Cybersecurity Workforce Study puts the global shortfall at 4.8 million unfilled positions — up 19 percent year over year, even as active hiring stalled. ISACA found that 55 percent of security teams are currently understaffed
