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Congressman James Walkinshaw (D-VA) speaks at a press conference with other Democratic members of House Homeland Security Committee outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on January 14, 2026. Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW August 21, 2026 08:00 AM ET Lawmakers
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Deepfakes and AI clones get more sophisticated and harder to detect. * Advanced attacks involve long-term infiltration of a company's systems. * Experts recommend low-tech security protocols that offer better defenses. In January 2024, an
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Kaspersky has received the 2026 Asia-Pacific OT Security Customer Value Leadership Recognition and the 2026 Asia-Pacific Converged IT and OT Security Product Leadership Recognition for its strong performance in delivering customer value, product innovation, and advancing converged cybersecurity across mission-critical industrial environments. The recognitions, provided by Frost & Sullivan, highlight
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NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, and Palo Alto Networks today announced a multi-year strategic alliance designed to help organizations securely adopt AI, modernize cybersecurity, simplify complex technology environments and build cyber resilience for the AI era. As Palo Alto Networks first strategic alliance
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I’m a cognitive security independent researcher which means I spend most of my time researching how corporate workers fall for phishing attacks through their emotions and how CISOs can use that insight to reduce breaches. A few days ago, I surveyed r/CISO from April 2013 to the present
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North Korean hackers are responsible for a new open source software (OSS) supply chain attack targeting the Rust ecosystem, cybersecurity firm Wiz reports. The attack occurred on August 20 and involved one of the most popular Rust crates, arrayref, an array-conversion utility with over 245 million downloads, found in approximately
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Two industry surveys released this week paint a consistent picture of the defense industrial base: contractors say they’re more confident in their cybersecurity compliance than ever, even as their ability to prove that compliance lags behind. Kiteworks surveyed 273 defense contractors in the days following the Pentagon’s July
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Critical infrastructure faces a common challenge. Across transport, utilities and communications, organizations are expected to deliver higher levels of performance, resilience and security while working with ageing assets and increasingly constrained budgets. Large-scale replacement programs are rarely practical, affordable or necessary. Instead, the organizations making the greatest progress are taking
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The US cybersecurity agency CISA on Thursday warned federal agencies that threat actors have been exploiting two vulnerabilities in TrueConf. A secure on-premises video conferencing platform, TrueConf relies on Scalable Video Coding (SVC) to connect client applications through a dedicated corporate server. All TrueConf Server versions since 2022 contain two
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* US Air Force buys banned DJI drones to train against likely hostile aircraft * F.E. Warren base will use DJI aircraft for counter-drone security drills * RIZER software will isolate the DJI drones before they enter training The US Air Force plans to buy DJI drones for counter-drone training at F.
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Infrastructure costs and cybersecurity threats are rising simultaneously and dramatically, yet executives must still demonstrate both fiscal discipline and cyber resilience. Instead of approaching these challenges as separate objectives measured by different metrics, organizations should optimize for risk reduction per dollar spent, not independent cost reduction or security expansion. This
