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Gettyimages.com/ Kevin Carter / Contributor ByNick Wakeman, Editor-in-Chief, Washington Technology September 9, 2026 05:10 PM ET A new class deviation moves the pause on third-party assessments for this security standard from policy to an enforceable rule. * Contracts * CMMC The Defense Department has moved beyond a simple suspension of third-party
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Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW September 9, 2026 05:10 PM ET Acting Director Nick Andersen says the agency is prioritizing operational teams and regional staff as it works to rebuild its workforce after reductions last year. * CISA * Workforce * Billington CyberSecurity Summit 2026 Roughly 250
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Copy that? US urges AI firms to ID, then secretly switch, Chinese users to less-capable models. The United States has now named six Chinese AI firms accused of waging industrial-scale attacks distilling US frontier AI model capabilities and perhaps sparing billions in Chinese development costs. In a joint release Tuesday,
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A leading British politician has urged the United Nations to intervene in “the unsafe development of super intelligence” after an Anthropic team leader posted: “We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!” Whether “marketing hype” or signposting of a genuine extinction threat, “governments must step in,” Labour MP
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The iPhone 18 Pro brings a new A20 Pro chip, variable-aperture camera and improved battery life over the iPhone 17 Pro. Here’s how the two Pro models compare. Prefer HTon Google Apple has finally launched the iPhone 18 Pro in India and global markets, alongside the iPhone 18 Pro
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As the author of a newsletter about artificial intelligence, I consider it my duty to experience the bleeding edge of this technology firsthand. This week, that meant embracing some agentic mayhem. You’re probably aware that frontier AI models have attained advanced cybersecurity capabilities in recent months. They can find
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mirsad sarajlic/Getty Images ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW September 9, 2026 02:21 PM ET The “hack-for-hire” entities have systematically targeted newsrooms covering corporate fraud, legal teams in high-stakes litigation and NGOs. * Congress * International * Cyber Threats * Commerce A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers is asking the Commerce Department
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Organizations selling digital products in the European Union face a key deadline: September 11, 2026. On this date, mandatory incident and vulnerability reporting begins under the EU's Cyber Resilience Act. Unprepared organizations could face financial penalties, as well as operational and market consequences, including product recalls, market bans
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Adversaries, both criminal and state-sponsored, are increasingly using AI to automate and scale their attacks, according to Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG). What started as relatively simple adversarial prompt injection into enterprise AI systems has become a full-blown war, with aggressors developing and using their own AI systems, and
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* Nearly half of the top mobile apps collect your browsing history * Social media apps are the worst offenders * Avoiding in-app browsers can limit data collection You probably assume your web browser is the only app keeping tabs on where you go online. According to new research from Surfshark, that assumption
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* NordVPN blocked over 5 million malware attempts in January alone * 99% of phishing attacks impersonate just 300 brands * AI tools and fraud kits mean attackers no longer need advanced skills We are well past the days when a cyberattack meant mass-mailing a poorly spelled virus. In 2026, cybercriminals are heavily
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Kevin Carter/Getty Images ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW September 9, 2026 11:25 AM ET The bureau wants more frequent disruption operations and quicker warnings to victims as the Justice Department works through rules for expanded private sector participation in hacking cybercrime groups. * FBI * Cyber Defense * Industry * Billington
